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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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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Who knows what will happen in February? We dug ourselves into a hole early. But I like how we're playing heading into this stretch of the season.
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I'm proud of my guys for hanging in there. I leave here encouraged, playing in this environment, with that group of guards.
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Confidence is like a drug. Right now, we're playing with a lot of it.
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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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He was in a group that could have made it or not made it. But I said there's no way we're going out of this country playing on a team without P.J. Tucker. That's one of the things the USA teams have missed in the past. We've taken cookie-cutter kids instead of kids with big hearts who know how to win.
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But we're a little bit different team than we were against Missouri and Nebraska. There's no secret that our guards are playing a lot better now that we have them all.
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He's learned how to play under control. Early in the year, I didn't know what he was going to do. But now he's just playing at a nice pace. He doesn't get too ahead of himself.
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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.
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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.
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Recruiting is not something you can rush. You have to be patient with it. At the same time, you have to work behind the scenes with the coaches. Those are the people I want to get to know the best.
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I think Texas is good, but I don't think there's a lot of difference between the two teams. I thought Gibson was a lot more active today. Texas was good today, but I was more disappointed in our team than I was impressed with Texas.
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I thought he played like a veteran. His play is so important for us. He makes all these guys better.
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I think this is going to be a fun team to watch. I'm really looking forward to getting started.