SAN ANTONIO -- Kelvin Sampson reached into his pocket and pulled ... an old friend and Texas foil from his Oklahoma days, Rick Barnes, emerged on the opposite sideline. Even the security guards ...

Kelvin Sampson, his father, heading toward Vols coach Rick Barnes for the postgame handshake, turning around and hugging his son. And his son – Kellen – looking so joyous. We all see the world ...

SAN ANTONIO — The texts piled up on Kelvin Sampson’s phone in the hours ... Tubby Smith, Tom Izzo and Rick Barnes as messengers in support of their fellow Baby Boomer, hoping he becomes ...

Kelvin Sampson always starts the first day of his ... was thinking about his friend down the sideline, Volunteers coach Rick Barnes — and when he’s in that mode, most of the Houston players ...

SAN ANTONIO — A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were ... to compete at the NIL level,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes told The Associated Press recently.

Kelvin Sampson has built Houston basketball into ... as only St. Johns' Rick Pitino (72), Tennessee's Rick Barnes (70) and Michigan State's Tom Izzo (70) are currently older than Sampson.

SAN ANTONIO – Roughly five years ago, somewhere between nothing and everything, Fran Fraschilla asked Kelvin Sampson ... against Rick Barnes’ Lenoir-Rhyne teams when Sampson was at UNC ...

They defeated second-seeded Tennessee in the Elite Eight round and then toppled Duke, a team many picked to win it all, in ...

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson holds the championship trophy ... and spun yarns about playing against Rick Barnes’ Lenoir-Rhyne teams when Sampson was at UNC Pembroke 50 years ago.