Article: ELATION, INSOMNIA MAY OCCUR FINAL FOUR TEAMS' COACHES EXPERIENCE THE SIDE-EFFECTS OF GOING TO THE BIG DANCE.(Sports)

Article: Coach escapes Knight's shadow: Hoosiers reach Final Four for first time since 1992
Charleston Daily Mail;  March 28, 2002 ;     644 words ......last 13 years, reaching the Final Four for the third time...his seventh trip to the Final Four. Williams was an assistant...on the way to its first Final Four in a decade. "I had...Terrapins had never been to the Final Four until last season...the game." Oklahoma Coach Kelvin Sampson ...

Article: This Final Four is about toughness.
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  March 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ......them life stories. This Final Four is full of them, amazing...the Georgia Dome, for the Final Four. After all they have...nothing on Oklahoma Coach Kelvin Sampson, who has nothing on his...Hoosiers to their first Final Four since 1992. Oklahoma Coach Kelvin Sampson, despite ...

Article: MINORITIES SQUARE OFF FOR FIRST TIME IN FINAL FOUR SEMIFINAL
Evansville Courier & Press;  March 30, 2002 ;     454 words ......Pembroke, N.C., Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson worked in tobacco warehouses...coached against each other in the Final Four when Davis, an African-Americ...when it came to discussing the Final Four. "This is the pinnacle...him that never made it to the Final Four. "You know coach (Gene...

Article: Along for the ride Sooners will join Sampson on trip to the Final Four
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 24, 2002 ;     492 words ......JOSE, Calif.--Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson is going to another Final Four. Only this time, he won...Atlanta. "Coach goes to the Final Four every year, but he never...along this time." After the final buzzer, Price enjoyed a long...

Article: Tigers can't block Oklahoma's trail; Cool: Sooners' poise in crunch time sends them to Final Four
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 24, 2002 ;     538 words ......Calif. (AP) - Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson is going to another Final Four - only this time, he won...Kent State. "Coach goes to the Final Four every year, but he never...along this time." After the final buzzer, Price enjoyed a long...

Article: Kelvin Sampson not feeling lonely this time.
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  March 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Gary Peterson SAN JOSE _ Kelvin Sampson was 26 when he got his first...age 37, he had been to more Final Fours than he could count on...State, I remember going to the Final Four, Sampson said. I didn...go. I know I can go to the Final Four (anytime), but it loses...

Article: Final F ur; Notebook
The Washington Post;  March 29, 2006 ;     626 words ...Indiana will hire Kelvin Sampson as its next basketball coach...Pride went 26-7 and twice beat Final Four team George Mason. The...consecutive day waiting in line for Final Four T-shirts, this time a...Patriots needed to make the Final Four to save him from staying...

Article: Sticking with Sooners; Oklahoma is the right place for former Henry star Johnnie Gilbert, whom coach Kelvin Sampson calls his team's `glue'.(SPORTS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Oklahoma team that intends to duplicate its Final Four run from a season ago. Gilbert watched his Sooners reach the Final Four a year ago from the sidelines...s Big 12 tournament. Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson expects Gilbert will stay there throughout...will attempt to play his way to the ...

Article: Kelvin Sampson not feeling lonely this time.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ...SAN JOSE _ Kelvin Sampson was 26 when he got his first...37, he had been to more Final Fours than he could count...I remember going to the Final Four, Sampson said. I didn...I know I can go to the Final Four (anytime), but it loses...

Article: There's madness off the court, too, at Final Four.
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  March 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ......testosterone and ego makes the Final Four a sight to behold. Oh...together, especially when the Final Four was held in Kansas City...university officials to attend the Final Four. But it makes you wonder...Hoffman was caught up in the Kelvin Sampson-NCAA phone call scandal as...will be ...

Article: Final Four has a retro look.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 25, 2002 ;     605 words ...Call it the belated return engagement Final Four. Kansas, Indiana and Oklahoma join Maryland in...lay ahead. But seasons ultimately are measured by the Final Four, and the door closed for each of them around the...long before they ever imagined. After reaching the Final Four in 1993 with the Rex Walters and ...

Article: Another (No.) 1 bites the dust in regional finals; To Final Four: Syracuse to face Texas Saturday
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 31, 2003 ;     542 words ......knock off top-seeded Oklahoma 63-47 in the East Regional final Sunday. "This is my first time getting to the Final Four," he said, "and hopefully not my last." "I'll second...its 2-3 zone, the Orangemen advanced to their first Final Four in seven years. "Our defense was the difference...outside. The ...

Article: Final Four with pluck and luck College Basketball
International Herald Tribune;  April 2, 2003 ;     631 words ......games, Lute Olson of Arizona and Kelvin Sampson of Oklahoma said that being an...over four games to reach the Final Four. But good fortune also blessed...top-seeded team to win its regional final and reach the Final Four. But in three of its last...

Article: Magic, Bird brought Final Four to forefront in '79.
Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT);  April 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ......and it happened 25 years ago. It might seem that the Final Four has been part of the national consciousness forever...'s hard to believe this is the 25th anniversary of that Final Four in Salt Lake City. So much has changed. So many...basketball's highest-rated TV broadcast. Oklahoma coach Kelvin ...