Houston's dominant performance in the NCAA Tournament and Kelvin Sampson's coaching style
There was a moment during the NCAA Tournament, when top-seeded Houston was well on its way to a 40-point rout of No. 16 seed Longwood, that helps to capture why the Cougars have become so dominant under Kelvin Sampson . It was late in the game, and Mylik Wilson was late closing out on the Lancers' DA Houston , who buried a 3-pointer over him. “They were up 30,” Longwood coach Griff Aldrich recalled, “and I thought DA barely got the shot off.
And Sampson's screaming at Wilson like that's an emergency. ‘Get out there!’ It's like, damn. I thought he was out there." That's the way Sampson coaches, demanding excellence no matter the score or time left in the game. And the results speak for themselves: Houstonduring which All-American guard Jamal Shead hurt his ankle, allowed Sampson to narrowly edge UConn's Dan Hurley for his second Associated Press Coach of the Year award, which was announced Frida
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