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A victory would have have marked a breakthrough for a program and a coach who took the championship stage in San Antonio on similar trajectories.
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Florida mustered the third-biggest comeback in NCAA title game history, and that left the Houston locker room a mirror image of the devastation it had wrought two nights earlier.

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Houston's Kelvin Sampson on failed final play in NCAA championship loss to Florida: 'At the end, you've gotta get a shot'
"We have a set where it's a stack or gate... We thought if we get Emanuel to shot fake and get downhill... he probably should've shot faked that." — Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson on the final play of the National Championship Game vs. Florida pic.twitter.com/KJx91Tzu1p
Houston Coach Kelvin Sampson Dancing In Locker Room After Final Four Win Was Too Good
Sampson deserves every bit of the credit after leading his resilient Cougars squad to an unlikely late-game victory, as Duke at one point had a whopping 98.5% chance of winning th
Houston’s Kelvin Sampson was close to his 1st national title. It slipped away painfully vs. Florida
Kelvin Sampson watched his Houston team come within seconds of the first NCAA title for both himself and the program.
Kelvin Sampson calls Houston's ending 'incomprehensible'
Houston squandered a 12-point lead in the second half and finished the national title game with four consecutive turnovers in losing to Florida on Monday night.
Kelvin Sampson's old-school Houston program is a reminder of a disappearing era
If Houston wins this title as college sports become professionalized, it’ll be remembered as relic of days when culture mattered more than contracts.
Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, a North Carolina native, looks to cement legacy with NCAA championship
As the pinnacle of the college basketball season tips off in the NCAA championship game on Monday night, one of the leaders of the final two teams originally resided from southeastern North Carolina.
For Kelvin Sampson, a journey comes up one shot short
A shot. That’s all Sampson ever wanted more than four decades ago, when as a young nobody coaching his first teams at Montana State, he’d come to the Final Four
Duke's Jon Scheyer and Houston's Kelvin Sampson meet in Final Four after putting own stamps on their programs
Before Duke coach Jon Scheyer coached in his first official game after taking over for Mike Krzyzewski, he flew his team to Houston to play in a secret preseason scrimmage.  Scheyer intentionally sought out Kelvin Sampson and the Cougars for his first career "game.
Kelvin Sampson left NC and never came back, but still represents the best of the state
Kelvin Sampson’s career has taken him elsewhere, all the way to Monday night’s NCAA national title game with Houston, but he’s never far from his Lumbee roots, or upbringing in Robeson County.
'New clutch city': Houston legends celebrate historic Final Four comeback
The Houston Cougars looked well on their way to a disappointing exit in the men's Final Four on Saturday night. A late-game flurry for the ages saved the season for Kelvin Sampson's squad. Houston ripped off a 9-0 run in the final minute to secure a 70-67 win over the Duke Blue Devils in the national semifinal in San Antonio.
Houston's Kelvin Sampson is 'carrying the banner' for his Lumbee Tribe in quest for federal recognition
In the Lumbee Tribe 's hub of Pembroke, population 2,832, they will be rooting on Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, a local hero from this tightly knit and often overlooked community.
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