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...
maybe motion pure run
We don't run a motion maybe in the pure sense. We run some sets, we run some continuity. We've been able to do it different ways.
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UNCP is a very special place to me, and I'm honored to be involved in a campaign that is as important to Pembroke's future as this is. Athletics is a huge part of the total college experience ... it plays a huge role in molding character and creating tradition.
basketball team philosophy
Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.
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Brandon Rush is not just one of the best freshmen in the league, he's one of the best players.
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K-State is a dangerous team. Those are the kind of teams you don't want to see in the tournament.
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From a common-sense standpoint, you're probably on the right road. The problem is, you're opening a can of worms you might not be able to shut. That might cause more problems than it solves.
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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.
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We won the league last year and didn't get to play in Oklahoma City.
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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.
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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.
added changed finally
We haven't changed anything, we haven't added new plays. We've finally started to put it all together.
ask great recruiting
When you ask how is recruiting going, I think it's going great because we're going to keep D.J.. To me, he was the most important recruit.
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When North Carolina won the national championship last year, they had a lot of two-year players. You get them at the front end or back end. It just depends on how you want to look at it.
game run
When the game got tight, out of every timeout we would run something for Michael.