Cougars coach demands toughness, leadership, relentless defense and a high basketball IQ
As Houston's point guard, Jamal Shead carries extra responsibility under coach Kelvin Sampson's watchful, and demanding, eye.Three years ago, Bennie Seltzer, an assistant men’s basketball coach at Texas State, attended a preseason practice at the University of Houston.“I’m literally having flashbacks of my freshman year,” said Seltzer, an All-Pacific 10 point guard for Sampson at Washington State in the early 1990s. “Coach was just riding him and riding him.
As the Cougars, the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region, get set to play No. 16 seed Northern Kentucky in Thursday’s first round of the NCAA Tournament, the main storyline will be the health of All-American guard Marcus Sasser, who suffered a groin injury in the American Athletic Conference tournament. How far the Cougars advance, however, may depend on the play of Shead, a junior who is the unquestioned leader of the team.
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