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...
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The second half, we did a great job of running our stuff. We had great movement, we set great screens.
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Duke is the premier basketball program in the nation. For us, this is a great opportunity, and to me, it is an honor to go to Duke and play. Playing Duke will be a great experience for our kids and will certainly prepare us for the wars we are going to have to play in the Big Ten.
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We played tough, we played with great determination. This was a very important game for us. Not just because we avoided going 0-3 (in the Big 12), but it is good to win and then have a week off to practice.
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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've had some great conversations with these guys and I'm not trying to talk them in or talk them out of anything. I'm just trying to get to know them and trying to do that in the best way possible. You have to respect these kids. I'm also dealing with it on the other side (in Oklahoma), and it is sensitive.
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We're playing good enough to win, and that's a great attribute to have. Our kids know how to win games.
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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.
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Jimmy is great. To me, he's great with the kids and he's excellent for your program.
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I just know that Ricardo does a great job there and he's got his team in the tournament and a guy who does that needs to be rewarded.
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Indiana is one of those special places where you say 'basketball', and Indiana is an automatic word association. Every coach sees it as a great basketball state with tremendous high school coaches and players, and we will do our best to keep those players in the state.
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We just had to roll the dice and keep Terrell in there.
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We just gave them too many extra possessions. They kicked out butts on the boards and that doesn't happen very often.
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We lost a one-point game and a two-point game without our best shooter. I knew when we got him back we'd be a lot better shooting team.
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We had them at the end of the shot clock a lot tonight, but Jackson, he just made big plays. That's the sign of a good player.