If Houston wins this title as college sports become professionalized, it’ll be remembered as relic of days when culture mattered more than contracts.

The journey began for Kelvin Sampson in Butte, Mont., arguably as far from college basketball’s grandest stage as one could get. Forty-four years later, he has the University of Houston just 40 minutes away from its — and his — first national championship in Monday night’s title game against Florida at the Alamodome.

Sampson deserves every bit of the credit after leading his resilient Cougars squad to an unlikely late-game victory, as Duke at one point had a whopping 98.5% chance of winning th

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson praised his team's defensive effort and focus in Saturday's 70-67 comeback victory over Duke in the men's Final Four. He singled out Blue Devils freshmen Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel,

SAN ANTONIO — Florida coach Todd Golden is college basketball’s boy wonder. Houston’s Kelvin Sampson is the game’s old lion. Golden, 39, relies heavily on an analytical new-school approach, pushing his team to score points and maximize every possession.

In the Lumbee Tribe's hub of Pembroke, population 2,832, they will be rooting on Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, a local hero from this tightly knit and often overlooked community. "We are just so proud of him,