INDIANAPOLIS — Kelvin Sampson has come to expect the late-night phone calls from Rick Barnes. The Houston coach can’t begin to predict Barnes’ reason for calling after decades of picking up ...

Is Rick Barnes smoking cr-ck?” A disgruntled fan said. Kelvin Sampson’s coaching prowess has been proved in front of a team that modelled itself after Houston. The copy can’t beat the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Some nights Kelvin Sampson’s phone will ring. Rick Barnes has a question. “He won’t even say hello. He will just say, you still run your 3-2-zone? I’ll say, yeah,” said ...

Houston’s Kelvin Sampson Praises Tennessee’s Rick Barnes Ahead of Elite Eight Battle As No. 1 Houston takes on No. 2 Tennessee in the Elite Eight, the spotlight isn’t just on the game—it ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It's hard sometimes for Kelvin Sampson to recognize ... The Volunteers are led by Sampson' longtime friend, the 70-year-old Rick Barnes. Seventy-year-old Michigan State ...