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...
attitude hard love missed weight workout
Every workout we've had D.J. has been there. He hasn't missed one thing. And he's been great. I love his attitude and his work ethic. He's working hard in the weight room, and he's working hard on the court.
gone hardest
D.J. has been at every practice. He's our hardest worker. There's not a day gone by where we haven't called each other. He was the most important recruit.
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.
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.
hard stays team top
I think we're a top 10-type team. If this team stays healthy, we'll be hard to beat.
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.
amazing left
Amazing thing is he tipped it in with his left hand, and it's broken.
eddie people respect
People can say what they want and think what they want. I like Eddie Sutton. I respect Eddie Sutton.
country group hearts instead kids missed playing taken team teams usa
He was in a group that could have made it or not made it. But I said there's no way we're going out of this country playing on a team without P.J. Tucker. That's one of the things the USA teams have missed in the past. We've taken cookie-cutter kids instead of kids with big hearts who know how to win.
group guys hanging leave playing proud
I'm proud of my guys for hanging in there. I leave here encouraged, playing in this environment, with that group of guards.
happy
I'm happy with the win, but disappointed with the effort.
easier football guys nine post stick year
It makes everyone better. It's like in football -- if all you can do is run, they just stick nine guys in the box. This year we have a perimeter and a post attack. It's a lot easier to watch.
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.
except free hook shooting
Kevin's in all our drills, ... He's shooting, doing his hook shot, shooting free throws. He's doing everything except contact.