Kelvin Sampson and the Houston Cougars on Monday came ever so close to winning a national championship. Despite emotions running high, the runner-up coach was both gracious and grateful in defeat ...

SAN ANTONIO — All Kelvin Sampson could do was stand there, hands on hips with a blank look on his face, as the ball bounced loose and Houston’s latest chance at a national title bounced away, too. The ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — All Kelvin Sampson could do was stand there, hands on hips with a blank look on his face, as the ball bounced loose and Houston’s latest chance at a national title bounced ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Nearly an hour after Houston coach Kelvin Sampson walked off the court amid flurries of Florida-colored orange and blue confetti, he stood in front of a black curtain in a hallway ...

Before the Cougars inbounded the ball, head coach Kelvin Sampson used his final timeout to draw up a play, hoping for either a game-tying shot or a potential game-winner. However, out of the timeo ...

Never heard of Sasquatch State? You're not alone because it seems that Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson made it up on the fly. "It's nerves. It's championship night. This isn't the middle of ...

At the end of the day, head coach Kelvin Sampson is hoping to go out with a bang in what could be his final game as head coach. The energy shifted in the Cougars' favor when Ja’Vier Francis ...

Kelvin Sampson has evolved from winning cheater at Oklahoma and Indiana to sympathetic loser at Houston. Or maybe it's the rest of us who have evolved. Sampson's NCAA violations hurt Oklahoma and ...

Kelvin Sampson has waited his entire career for a National Championship. He'll have to wait at least another year. After Houston's 65-63 loss to the Florida Gators, the 69-year-old coach was ...

The final 20 minutes brought the latest moment of heartbreak for Kelvin Sampson's squad. Houston lost the national title 65-63 to the Florida Gators, marking their program's seventh Final Four ...