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...
beat guard next security sneak team upset
You may upset one team, but you don't sneak up on the next one. This team is not Cinderella. This team is the security guard at the back door. They'll beat you up.
game harder oklahoma practiced teams time
This is the first of my 12 teams at Oklahoma that have practiced harder than they played. They practiced and competed hard this week. But come game time they didn't play as hard as they should have.
beat guard security
This isn't Cinderella. This is the security guard at the back door. They'll beat you up.
gains gets good gotten great maturity player
As he's gotten healthy, he's gotten better and better. He's got a great feel for the game. He can do a lot more things than he's doing right now. As he gets older, gains maturity in this program, he's going to be a really good player in this league.
attribute good great kids playing win
We're playing good enough to win, and that's a great attribute to have. Our kids know how to win games.
figure good guard point
We're good at the guard position, but I don't think you can have two point guards. I think you need one. We've got to figure out who we're going to play there.
added changed finally
We haven't changed anything, we haven't added new plays. We've finally started to put it all together.
expected good happen high problem ranked saying team
The problem with being ranked so high comes if you don't play up to expectations. But we never had our guys. We were always saying what would happen if we could ever get them back. We expected to be a good team, but we weren't the only team to go through some injuries.
chance finish higher team trying
We're all trying to get that one little thing to get us going. Whichever team does that has a chance to finish higher in the standings.
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.
fills good left player time
I just think he's a good player that fills a need for us. Every time he and I have talked, I left with a good feeling.
attack basket best chris pitch transition
I just think for us to be the best we can be, Terrell has to be able to score, too. I'd like to pitch it up to him in transition so he can attack the basket then, and that's when Chris comes into play.
great guy job needs team tournament
I just know that Ricardo does a great job there and he's got his team in the tournament and a guy who does that needs to be rewarded.
desire team time
I have no desire to go anywhere. I have a desire to make my team better. . . . It ain't time for me to go yet.