Kelvinsky's Dream Team Takes Down Stiff Competition in Heart-Pumping Game

Maybe this will be the year for Kelvin Sampson . After coming oh so close a season ago , falling to Florida in the national championship game, maybe Houston can go all the way. In this week’s March Madness edition of Mussatto’s Minutes, we break down the first-round matchups for the Oklahoma and Oklahoma State women, give you reasons to root for each of the eight tournament teams in OKC and highlight a local school making a run in the Division II Tournament.

But we start with Sampson and the No. 2 seed Cougars, who will open the tournament here in Oklahoma City against No. 15 seed Idaho at 9:10 p.

m. Thursday. Houston has been one of the best programs in men’s college basketball since the turn of the decade.

The Cougars have either been a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in five of the last six NCAA Tournaments.