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INDIANAPOLIS — DeJon Jarreau and Quentin Grimes embrace, screaming into each other’s ears, floating off the contact high of making the boldest of dreams come true. It’s just happy chaos now. Cougars finding Cougars and hugging with all thei…
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — Kelvin Sampson would be the first to tell you that it’s not about him. That it’s about DeJon Jarreau raising his game even higher in March, going on one of those runs that special guards can have in the NCAA Tournament. That …
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — The chant starts slowly, but then quickly reverberates around old Hinkle Fieldhouse, serenading a special team as it starts to walk towards the locker room, arms raised in the air. “Houston! Houston Houston!” It’s growi…
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — Anyone who’s spent any amount of time with Tilman Fertitta understands how hard it is get his full attention. There is always something else pulling on the billionaire tycoon behind a Fortune 500 empire, usually several other thing…
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS —After it’s over, after the comeback and a win that will be remembered for a long, long time, DeJon Jarreau and Kelvin Sampson find themselves the last two men on the court. The point guard who played through excruciating pain and th…
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — Naptown is anything but snuggled and quiet this weekend. Downtown Indianapolis is filled with college basketball fans. Walk 10 feet and you’ll run into 10 different sets of school colors. The line outside St. Elmo Steak House, the …
Read MoreBLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Everything changes for the University of Houston’s powerhouse basketball team just 41 seconds into its first NCAA Tournament game. Assembly Hall is a storied old arena where strange things seem to happen (see the Bobby Knight …
Read MorePlaying out over 767 acres of rolling hills in Montgomery, Texas, Bluejack National is home to the first Tiger Woods-designed golf course in the United States. But it’s also more than that — as if that wasn’t enough. The highly lauded, master-planned c…
Read MoreFORT WORTH — They watch the NCAA Tournament Selection Show in the locker room they’re using at Dickies arena, personal pizza boxes and empty Gatorade bottles at their feet. Kelvin Sampson’s University of Houston players are still wearing th…
Read MoreFORT WORTH — Quentin Grimes just keeps hunting the moment, putting all the pressure that comes with it on himself. Grimes will not let his University of Houston team buckle. He’ll find a way, big shot by big shot by big shot. Memphis is certain i…
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