SAN ANTONIO — A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile — two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking ...

Bruce Pearl had the cookout. Kelvin Sampson had all the phone calls. Will Wade made the “strong-ass” offer. Rick Pitino was caught up in that same FBI investigation, which alleged bribes to ...

On the Auburn and Houston benches sit the next generation of head coaches with familiar surnames to their successful, longtime bosses.

SAN ANTONIO — A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile – two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were ...

Nothing against Duke, and while coaches Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Todd Golden of Florida are lugging various shapes of baggage, nothing against them either. Kelvin Sampson wasn’t the best ...