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How the AP selects the college player and coach of the year winners

Apr. 05, 2024 15:06 PM EDT

The Associated Press has announced its annual college basketball player and coach of the year awards. Caitlin Clark of Iowa won the AP Player of the Year award for the second consecutive season while South Carolina's Dawn Staley was honored for the second time as the AP Coach of the...

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson edges UConn's Dan Hurley for AP coach of the year

Apr. 05, 2024 13:02 PM EDT

There was a moment during the NCAA Tournament, when top-seeded Houston was well on its way to a 40-point rout of No. 16 seed Longwood, that helps to capture why the Cougars have become so dominant under Kelvin Sampson. It was late in the game, and Mylik Wilson was late closing out on...

Houston's Kelvin Sampson is the AP Coach of the Year in men's college basketball, edging Dan Hurley of UConn

Apr. 05, 2024 13:01 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Houston's Kelvin Sampson is the AP Coach of the Year in men's college basketball, edging Dan Hurley of UConn.

Houston All-America guard Jamal Shead injures right ankle in Sweet 16 loss to Duke

Mar. 30, 2024 01:31 AM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Jamal Shead buried his head in his arms at his locker as reporters shuffled away from their postgame interview with the Houston point guard. The top-seeded Cougars had just lost to Duke 54-51 in the Sweet 16 on Friday night, with Shead missing the final 26 minutes...

Houston's 5 Sweet 16s in a row its best run since Phi Slama Jama. Duke has done a lot since then

Mar. 28, 2024 18:55 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Houston is home in the Lone Star State, playing as a No. 1 seed in the South Region and in the Sweet 16 for the fifth NCAA Tournament in a row. With All-America point guard Jamal Shead, big man J'Wan Roberts and coach Kelvin Sampson, the Cougars are in the midst of...