For Star subscribers: Sampson’s formula at Houston is like that of TCU, the aggressive rebound-and-defense club that forced Arizona into overtime Sunday. The difference is that Houston has better players than TCU.
Greg Hansen SAN ANTONIO — A day after Arizona was ranked No.1 for the first time in history, Dec. 21, 1987, the Wildcats played at Washington State. It was the wrong place at the wrong time for WSU’s first-year head coach Kelvin Sampson.
Now, 20 years later, Sampson and the Wildcats meet in the Sweet 16 again and there’s no fear of getting jumped by lions and tigers. Rather, it’s Arizona that has concerns about being jumped by Cougars — Sampson’s Houston Cougars. When Sampson was hired by Houston in 2014, the school had not won an NCAA Tournament game since the 1984 Final Four. The Cougars have since gone to a pair of Sweet 16s and a Final Four. The man who once went 0-15 against Arizona saved his best for last.
Sampson’s formula at Houston is like that of TCU, the aggressive rebound-and-defense club that forced Arizona into overtime Sunday. The difference is that Houston has better players than TCU.
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