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Houston Cougars News / Houston Cougars on SI / June 27
How Houston Basketball Solved Its Interior Scoring Problem

How Houston Basketball Solved Its Interior Scoring Problem

Houston basketball finished well short of reaching back-to-back National Championships last season after suffering a 65-55 loss to Illinois in the Sweet 16.

College Basketball News / Houston Cougars on SI / April 13
What's Next For Houston in Portal After Dedan Thomas, Delrecco Gillespie Commits?

What's Next For Houston in Portal After Dedan Thomas, Delrecco Gillespie Commits?

If there's a surefire trait of coach Kelvin Sampson every offseason, it's that he consistently picks up reputable names in the transfer portal while also uncovering talents previously less exposed on a national scale.

Houston Cougars News / Houston Cougars on SI / April 11
Houston Basketball Lands Elite Forward From Transfer Portal

Houston Basketball Lands Elite Forward From Transfer Portal

With Houston losing a total of nine players from last season’s team, coach Kelvin Sampson staff have no choice but to take experienced players from the transfer portal.

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The '2nd-overall NBA Draft picks' quiz

How many of the players to be taken second-overall in each NBA Draft since the lottery era began in 1985 can you name in six minutes?

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College Basketball News / ESPN / April 11

Houston lands Thomas, Gillespie out of portal

Kelvin Sampson's Houston Cougars landed a pair of top-60 transfers on Saturday with commitments from Dedan Thomas Jr. (LSU) and Delrecco Gillespie (Kent State).

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Looking back at the guy who followed THE guy in college basketball

Looking back at the guy who followed THE guy in college basketball

North Carolina recently fired head men's basketball coach Hubert Davis, ending a five-year run in which he struggled to keep the program at the heights of its lofty expectations.

College Basketball News / The Blade - Bowling Green / January 6

Glillepsie's late spurt lifts Kent State past Bowling Green men's basketball

KENT, Ohio — Delrecco Gillespie was the only player to score for Kent State in the final four minutes of Tuesday’s Mid-American Conference men’s basketball game against Bowling Green State University.

College Basketball News / Purdue Boilermakers on SI / December 26
5 Things to Know About Purdue's Last Non-Conference Foe — Kent State Golden Flashes

5 Things to Know About Purdue's Last Non-Conference Foe — Kent State Golden Flashes

Non-conference play will come to an end for fifth-ranked Purdue on Monday evening. The Boilermakers will host Kent State at Mackey Arena before jumping back into Big Ten competition for the remainder of the regular season.

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