The Daily Cougar · Feb 28, 2024
Oklahoma trip a homecoming for UH basketball program
Kelvin Sampson (left) coached at Oklahoma from 1994 to 2006. Four members of the program, including his daughter Karen and son Kellen (right), went to or played under Kelvin at OU. | Sean Thomas/The CougarOn Saturday, head coach Kelvin Sampson and the No. 1 Cougars will travel to Norman, Okla. to play the Oklahoma Sooners in the team’s penultimate road game and first game in March.
It’ll be a tough game for a Houston team that looks to further tighten its grip on a potential Big 12 regular season title against an equally tough opponent inside Lloyd Noble Arena. But for Sampson, it’ll be the first time back in the gym he coached in for 12 years and won four Big 12 titles.