Kelvin Sampson, National Title
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"I'm the happiest person in San Antonio today," Popovich wrote after Houston beat Tennessee in the Elite Eight to send Sampson to his second Final Four with the Cougars.
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Duke's total output was well below its season average (83.2 points), and it shot nearly 10 percent worse from the field (39.6) than its usual rate.
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Kelvin Sampson sits 40 minutes from the national championship that has eluded him and the Houston Cougars as they face Florida on Monday.
Florida, which has won 11 in a row, has returned to the NCAA championship game for the first time since Billy Donovan's Gators won back-to-back crowns in 2006-07. The sportsbooks favor Florida by 1 or 1.5 points while the predictive analytics (such as KenPom) suggest Houston should win by 1.
Kelvin Sampson’s career has taken him elsewhere, all the way to Monday night’s NCAA national title game with Houston, but he’s never far from his Lumbee roots, or upbringing in Robeson County.
If Houston wins this title as college sports become professionalized, it’ll be remembered as relic of days when culture mattered more than contracts.
Kelvin Sampson, the head coach of the University of Houston men's basketball team, has achieved a significant milestone in his career. With his team heading to the Final Four, Sam
Houston erased a 14-point second-half deficit and pulled off a 70-67 win against Duke Saturday night in the Final Four. Houston downs Duke: Live score, updates,
SAN ANTONIO -- It would be an oversimplification to say that Florida is college basketball's version of Moneyball while Houston runs the sport's version of the Oklahoma drill in practice. The Cougars also use analytics, and the Gators were rugged enough to wear down Auburn's Johni Broome.
Duke's win chances plummeted in the Blue Devils' Final Four collapse vs Houston, as a video from the NCAA illustrated: