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...
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.
player unique
He's a unique player and he kind of does what we need.
fills good left player time
I just think he's a good player that fills a need for us. Every time he and I have talked, I left with a good feeling.
player league freshman
Brandon Rush is not just one of the best freshmen in the league, he's one of the best players.
best player situations thinks wish
The important thing in all of these situations is that the player is happy. If this is what he thinks is the best thing for him, then I wish him the best.
automatic basketball best coach coaches great high indiana places players school sees special state tremendous word
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.
dice roll
We just had to roll the dice and keep Terrell in there.
boards extra gave happen kicked
We just gave them too many extra possessions. They kicked out butts on the boards and that doesn't happen very often.
best game knew lost shooting
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.
clock good shot sign
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.
great job running second
The second half, we did a great job of running our stuff. We had great movement, we set great screens.
front gets guy points strength team
The strength of the team is up front now. But we don't have a guy who you know can give you points when the going gets tough.
advantage five four gives good league teams win
Is that good or bad? The league is so talented, I don't know what advantage it gives you. There are about four or five teams in this league that are good enough to win it.
start
I see this as something like a snowball. Get it rolling, and it's got to start somewhere.