After the 65-59 Houston victory, Bill Self gave an all-time compliment to Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson.

Holding Houston to just 35.3% from the field, the Jayhawks gave the No. 3 team in the country a run for its money

With one more win, the Cougars will become the second program to repeat as outright Big 12 champs, redeeming a coach's pivotal decisions.

It wasn’t too long ago that there were concerns about how the Houston Cougars basketball program would adjust to life in the Big 12 Conference. Sure, the Coogs had won five consecutive regular season titles while playing in the American Athletic Conference,

The Jayhawks defense held Sampson's squad to a season-low from the field, but it wasn't enough to pull off the upset

Despite another Kansas setback, Self had nothing but good words for his Houston counterpart, with Sampson and the Cougars still being a force not just in the Big 12 but in the nat

Bill Self is one of the most storied head coaches in college basketball history, so his words carry a lot of weight. After Monday night's loss against Houston, he had a ton of praise for Kelvin Sampson.

However, in the conference tournament title game, they were throttled by Iowa State. No doubt that revenge was on the Cougars’ minds when the two teams faced off Saturday afternoon at the Fertitta Center.