A little more than a dozen hours passed when Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, when asked about the point guards in the Elite Eight, made a point to compliment Braden Smith.
Kelvin Sampson was concerned with Friday's late tip-off time and a game that stretched into the early hours of Saturday morning. He was less concerned about Tennessee afterward.
Houston's Kelvin Sampson and Tennessee's Rick Barnes will face off in the Elite Eight, continuing a relationship that spans more than 40 years.
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Houston's Kelvin Sampson, Tennessee's Rick Barnes and Michigan State's Tom Izzo are showing that the old guard of college basketball coaches isn't entirely going away.
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April 7, the men’s national championship will tip off from San Antonio. The final two teams standing in the NCAA Tournament will play for a title at the Alamodome, marking the end of the 2024-25 college basketball season.
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Much has been made of Kelvin Sampson’s return to college basketball coaching when he took the Houston job in 2014. Without a doubt, Sampson has made a career co
Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson explained why he didn't make a big deal of his No. 1 seeded team playing Purdue in Indianapolis