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Here’s what Houston’s Kelvin Sampson said about matchup with UK and Arkansas rumors

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.