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...
absolutely community good pay solid takes
It takes time. It's like stock. You go up and down with it, but if it's solid and it's a good stock, it will pay off. This is a good investment. For this community and this county, I think it is absolutely the right thing to do.
aaron breakout game lead together wish
I wish he'd already had that breakout game because you know it's coming. They're going to put it together soon, and Aaron is going to lead them.
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.
anybody beat everybody seen slow texas
I haven't seen anybody slow Texas down in Austin. You can beat Texas away from Austin. But in that gym, they're like everybody else in our league.
confidence program regardless starting team
Confidence comes through in your swagger. Our program has always had a swagger, regardless of where we play. This team is just now starting to get it.
credit kept kid tough
Give that kid credit for making tough shots. He kept MSU in the game.
call crazy explain
It was a crazy game. I don't know how else to explain it. Hey, that's why they call it Bedlam.
anybody close lose win
I think a big part of tonight's win was having been in so many of these things. I didn't see anybody lose their composure, I didn't see anybody lose their poise. I think we're getting better at being in these close situations.
game harder practiced season teams
This has been a frustrating season in a lot of ways. This is the first of my 12 teams that practiced harder than they played. Come game time, we didn't always play as hard as we should have.
court left oklahoma remember
I've been at Oklahoma for 12 years, but I don't remember many times that I've left the court where I was embarrassed as I was tonight.
front gets guy points strength team
The strength of the team is up front now. But we don't have a guy who you know can give you points when the going gets tough.
call conference hard national obvious reasons seems since syracuse time topic won year zone
It seems this topic comes up every year on the conference call since Syracuse won the national championship. We see a lot of zone for obvious reasons -- because we have a hard time making 3s.
start
I see this as something like a snowball. Get it rolling, and it's got to start somewhere.
hard stays team top
I think we're a top 10-type team. If this team stays healthy, we'll be hard to beat.