Here’s everything Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson and his players said at the podium Thursday, ahead of Friday night’s NCAA Tournament game against Kentucky:
Kelvin Sampson
Opening statement: “Really fun team to coach. There’s sometimes you have an inkling. Oftentimes that inkling is wrong, but you have an inkling that you might have a pretty good team. We lost so much from last year’s team that — and that spurred us into June and July of when we’re allowed to work with those kids four hours a week.
“We really focused on three, four things that we value.