Smith: This Houston team will find out if it is Kelvin Sampson-tough
UH coach Kelvin Sampson and point guard Jamal Shead escaped one threat against Northern Kentucky only to await another one facing Auburn in its backyard with the season at stake.BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Kelvin Sampson surely has a Montana Tech story that tops this.
Trudging through 10 feet of stacked snow on the way to work, then battling through 20 feet of snow on the way back home in the dark. A Washington State, Oklahoma or life-in-the-crazy-NBA tale that puts everything in perspective and will remind his No. 1 seed University of Houston Cougars that, in the end, this is just another winnable game and the tougher team wins winnable games.Sampson’s Coogs reaching the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive season, but this time withclawing past Bruce Pearl and No. 9 AuburnThis will be a Sampson story told over and over if his hobbling squad stays alive in the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
This will be the latest reminder that toughness trumps talent on Cullen Boulevard and inner strength is everything for the Coogs on college basketball’s largest stages. “We'll go regroup. See how many bodies we have for Saturday and see who's available and go play,” said Sampson, after
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