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...
figure good guard point
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.
area chance comforting felt second shoot third
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.
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.
free lose miss three throws
You look up and we're up 10, we miss a 1-and-1, we miss three free throws and it's like 'How do you lose a lead?
last league oklahoma won year
We won the league last year and didn't get to play in Oklahoma City.
beat behind far gets guard kevin line run sea thinking
They run out there behind that three-point line and it's kind of like a sea to them. Kevin doesn't guard three-point shooters . . . In the back of Kevin's mind, when he gets that far out, the first thing he's thinking about is getting beat off the dribble.
amazing left
Amazing thing is he tipped it in with his left hand, and it's broken.
guys last league played reason time won year
There's a reason why we won the league last year - these two guys here and the way they played. This is the first time all year that these guys played the same way.
defense man opponent tried worked zone
You would think we'd never, ever, ever scouted an opponent or worked on defense or any of those things. We tried to man them. We tried to zone them. We couldn't get them to miss.
beat guard next security sneak team upset
You may upset one team, but you don't sneak up on the next one. This team is not Cinderella. This team is the security guard at the back door. They'll beat you up.
country leaving
There was no way we were leaving the country without P.J. Tucker.
gains gets good gotten great maturity player
As he's gotten healthy, he's gotten better and better. He's got a great feel for the game. He can do a lot more things than he's doing right now. As he gets older, gains maturity in this program, he's going to be a really good player in this league.
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.
beat guard security
This isn't Cinderella. This is the security guard at the back door. They'll beat you up.