Once upon a time, Arizona torched the teams Sampson brought into this building. Saturday painted a different picture.

Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson has a long history coaching against the Arizona Wildcats. Sampson has also known Tommy Lloyd for many years. Sampson is good friends with Gonzaga coach Mark Few, Lloyd's former boss.

Arizona State’s seventh straight home loss marked a new low in Bobby Hurley’s tenure as head coach of the program, as the Sun Devils were outclassed by Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars in many ways.

Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his squad got a big win Saturday over the Arizona Wildcats. Following the victory, Sampson gave tribute to Wildcats coach Tommy Lloyd. He also thought about Arizona’s legendary coach Lute Olson.

Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson talked about his team’s huge Saturday showdown at Arizona in a media session on Thursday. The Cougars go into the McKale Center for a 1 p.m. Central time tipoff holding a one-game lead on the Wildcats for first place in the Big 12.

When Sampson was asked about Arizona's strengths during his Thursday press conference, he gushed about the Wildcats athleticism and size. “Offensively they’re really, really athletic in the backcourt and they have multiple,

Once upon a time, Arizona torched the teams Sampson brought into this building. Saturday painted a different picture.

Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson talked about his team’s huge Saturday showdown at Arizona in a media session on Thursday. The Cougars go into the McKale

Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson has a long history coaching against the Arizona Wildcats. Sampson has also known Tommy Lloyd for many years. Sampson is good friends with Gonzaga coach Mark Few, Lloyd's former boss.

Two decades ago, as the head coach at South Florida, Seth Greenberg would visit every season to play the University of Houston at Hofheinz Pavilion. By then, around the turn of the century, the UH men’s basketball program had fallen on hard times and was almost two decades removed from the Phi Slama Jama era.

Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson has a history with Arizona and when meeting with the media on Thursday, spoke highly of his past with the Wildcats. "I go way back with Arizona," Sampson said.

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