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 ...

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 — 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 ...

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 (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 ...