Houston coach Kelvin Sampson grew emotional Friday talking about his father, John W. “Ned” Sampson, the longtime coach of Pembroke High School in North Carolina who once went toe-to-toe with members of the Ku Klux Klan. Ned Sampson was among a group that forced the Klan out of town in what is still celebrated today as the Battle of Hayes Pond. That’s a vivid, vivid, very clear memory for me,” said Kelvin Sampson, the only Native American coach among 353 in Division I basketball. The Zags, who covered the spread their first four NCAA Tournament games, are -225 favourites to win the national title. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...___More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/College-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

Source: thestar April 02, 2021 21:56 UTC