Kelvin Sampson
Kelvin Sampson
Kelvin Matthew Sampsonis an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team. He was a head coach at Montana Tech from 1981 to 1985, Washington State University from 1987 to 1994, the University of Oklahoma from 1994 to 2006, and Indiana University 2006 to 2008. He has also been an assistant coach for several NBA teams including the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets...
dug happen heading hole knows ourselves playing stretch
Who knows what will happen in February? We dug ourselves into a hole early. But I like how we're playing heading into this stretch of the season.
basketball coming good happens impact knew michael mike obviously shooter whoever
Whoever got Mike Neal was getting an impact guard, and we obviously knew that coming in. A lot of times shooters are one-trick ponies. Michael is an outstanding shooter who happens to be a really good basketball player.
call either
That call could have could have went either way. Sometimes you've just got to have a break.
class
That would probably help. I think P.J. is probably going to class now.
breaking game good kept telling
That was an important game for a lot of reasons. I kept telling (Everett) that he was one good game away from breaking out.
college compliance head issue last major mistake ncaa nor programs rule seriously staff took
That was a mistake that we made. There really is no excuse. . . . I don't know that as a staff we took that rule seriously enough. I think if you look back at the compliance of our programs over the last 19 years as a major college head coach, we've never had an issue with NCAA rules, nor will we again.
game run
When the game got tight, out of every timeout we would run something for Michael.
bags couple sand
We had a couple of sand bags in the dike, but it's just embarrassing. I don't know what else to say.
good
We weren't as good as them for 38 minutes, but we were for 40.
happy hard lose won
We were happy we won those games, but you could just tell that we didn't have our edge. When you lose your edge, it's hard to get back.
free lose miss three throws
You look up and we're up 10, we miss a 1-and-1, we miss three free throws and it's like 'How do you lose a lead?
last league oklahoma won year
We won the league last year and didn't get to play in Oklahoma City.
area chance comforting felt second shoot third
We felt like if there was an area we could dominate, it would be the boards. It's comforting to know we don't have to shoot well and we have a chance to make second and third shots.
anybody good kansas league month
I don't think our league is different than anybody else's. A month ago Kansas was struggling. I think they are pretty good right now. A month ago we were struggling. We're pretty good right now.