INDIANAPOLIS — Kelvin Sampson has come to expect the late-night phone calls from Rick Barnes. The Houston coach can’t begin to predict Barnes’ reason for calling after decades of picking ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Lauren and Karen Sampson, daughter and wife to Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, stood on the Lucas Oil Stadium floor on Sunday afternoon with confetti at their feet celebrating ...

Houston is on the doorstep of the Final Four once again, a scenario that only seemed like a dream before Kelvin Sampson came along. Since taking over the Cougars in 2014, Houston has ascended from ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Some nights Kelvin Sampson’s phone will ring. Rick Barnes has a question. “He won’t even say hello. He will just say, you still run your 3-2-zone? I’ll say, yeah ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Kelvin Sampson keeps every practice plan he has ever created — from 1981, when he began his head coaching career at Montana Tech, to this year, his 11th at Houston — in a ...

Kelvin Sampson was overjoyed at a message he received from San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. The two became coaching teammates after Sampson's ouster at IU. Popovich, a Merrillville grad ...

Kelvin Sampson, 69, has won 723 games with a .700 winning rate. He's yet to land the biggest win yet. Houston went 10-0 on the road in the Big 12, and added two more "road" wins against Purdue and ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A trip to the Final Four in San Antonio has special meaning for University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson. It was there that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich offered a lifeline in ...