Although Houston has made a habit of getting into the Sweet 16 in recent years, you wouldn’t know it from its head coach’s raucous and surprising postgame celebration in the locker room.
Kelvin Sampson, one of the last coaches you’d expect this from, could be seen with his players celebrating as if they were an underdog who had just won the national title. The 66-year-old was waving his arms with his fists in the air and had his eyes closed from all the water being sprayed and poured on him. Oh yeah, he also took off his shirt.