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...
amazing balances felt game hat kansas stuff tip tonight
The Kansas game was one that we felt like we should have won. Tonight was one that we probably shouldn't have. It's amazing how that stuff balances out, isn't it? But I have to tip my hat to our kids' will to win.
bounce kids
These kids will bounce back. It's not like we're 8-20. We're 20-8.
gets goes hear kid tough
A kid that you don't hear a lot about, he gets it done on the court. He's a tough kid, understands how to play. When he goes for a rebound, he's a man.
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You've got to give Mike credit. Just because they called the foul doesn't mean he's going to hit all three free throws. He was tough enough to make those.
asked bit corrected human mistake moved ncaa realize stand
It is a little bit embarrassing to stand up here and be asked about NCAA violations, but you also have to realize we're human and we make mistakes. I made a mistake but we've corrected it and moved forward.
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I think Texas is good, but I don't think there's a lot of difference between the two teams. I thought Gibson was a lot more active today. Texas was good today, but I was more disappointed in our team than I was impressed with Texas.
season
It's been a frustrating season in a lot of ways.
america beat nice sure team win
For our team and what we need right now, I'm not sure I could have scripted it any better. It would have been nice to win by 25, but I don't think there's a team in America that could beat (Oral Roberts) by 25.
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But we're a little bit different team than we were against Missouri and Nebraska. There's no secret that our guards are playing a lot better now that we have them all.
good kids lucky oklahoma order won
In order to say you got lucky, well you've got to be good enough to get lucky first of all. We won the game, so give Oklahoma some credit. They could have won it, but we won it. That's why you give our kids a lot of credit.
hop reason step
You could just tell for some reason he got his hop back, got his step back.
believe games guys today
I just believe in our program. I told our guys today that these are the games we've always won.
guys played
I thought he played like a veteran. His play is so important for us. He makes all these guys better.
against coached eddie hope mean next
I hope he's back next year. I mean this sincerely. I've never coached against a better coach than Eddie Sutton.