Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson held a media conference on Thursday prior the Cougars’ regular season finale Saturday at Baylor. The Cougars can finish Big 12 Conference play at 19-1 by beating the Bears in a game that will take place late Saturday night.

It wasn’t too long ago that there were concerns about how the Houston Cougars basketball program would adjust to life in the Big 12 Conference. Sure, the Coogs had won five consecutive regular season titles while playing in the American Athletic Conference,

Despite another Kansas setback, Self had nothing but good words for his Houston counterpart, with Sampson and the Cougars still being a force not just in the Big 12 but in the nat

While Houston men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was having his Thursday media conference, word broke about the resignation of women’s basketball coach Ronald Hughey. Hughey announced he was stepping down after spending 11 seasons at the helm of the Cougars.

Right now, Houston has only clinched a share of the Big 12 regular title, but it would be shocking to see anyone catch the Cougars. Houston has a 3.5-game lead on the next closest team, so if they win just one of their remaining three games, they will win the conference outright.

After the 65-59 Houston victory, Bill Self gave an all-time compliment to Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson.