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In tournament full of chaos, Kelvin Sampson has built UH to succeed

Nothing is certain in the NCAA Tournament.

What was thought to be impossible — a 16-seed beating a 1-seed — has now happened twice in five years.

In 2018, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County took down Virginia, the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, in blowout fashion.

In the first round of this year’s tournament, David slayed Goliath once again, literally.

Farleigh Dickinson, the smallest team heightwise in all of Division I college basketball, knocked out the East Region’s No. 1 seed Purdue, a team led by 7-foot-4-inch National Player of the Year favorite Zach Edey.