SAN ANTONIO—It turns out, the rest of the Pac-12 was doing it all wrong.
So says Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, whose gameplan to neutralize Arizona’s speedy, potent offense worked to near perfection on Thursday night in the Sweet 16.
The fifth-seeded Cougars held No. 1 Arizona to 33.3 percent shooting, its third-lowest efficiency of the season, and its second-lowest scoring output in a 72-60 loss.
“I watched Arizona play,” Sampson said. “I watched them play UCLA. I watched them play Colorado. I watched the way those teams guarded them, and I knew we weren’t going to guard them like those teams did.