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...
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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I'm a huge proponent of weight training. We lift at 6 because of the work ethic required, the discipline and doing the right thing. It makes them accountable. It makes them be on time.
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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.
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.
good work
You have to take what you're good at and work with it.
game run
When the game got tight, out of every timeout we would run something for Michael.
analyze emphasize forward rather rebounds sit step tonight took type
Tonight we took a step forward and you have to look at the positives. I'm not the type to sit around and analyze what we don't have. I'd rather emphasize what we do have. I emphasize rebounds with our guards.
bit tonight turned
Tonight was a little bit of an ambush. I just didn't see this one coming. If we can't find a way to get this turned around, we're probably going to have just one more game.
coaches fuel game kids needs team
This team desperately needs leadership. Coaches can fuel practice, but come game time, you've got to have kids that are more vocal, with more fire.
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This was really important. We could be 0-3, if Terrell doesn't hit that shot. But we could easily be 3-0, too. It was good to win this game and have a week off.
bags couple sand
We had a couple of sand bags in the dike, but it's just embarrassing. I don't know what else to say.
The defenses they play, they play very well.
good
We weren't as good as them for 38 minutes, but we were for 40.
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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.