Auburn's Pearl, Houston's Sampson Rise

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Once pariahs, now winners, Final Four coaches Bruce Pearl, Kelvin Sampson a reflection of a changing game

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Auburn coach Bruce Pearl and Houston coach Kelvin Sampson are both coaching at the Final Four .

Auburn plays Florida in one semifinal, while Houston faces Duke in the other.

Sampson made too many phone calls to a player who had already given verbal commitments to another school.

The recruiting misdeeds that nearly submarined their careers seem almost quaint now in a cash-saturated world of name, image, likeness endorsement deals.

Even with the Big 12’s perennial success in basketball, Houston still has strides to make with a football program that went 4-8 last year .

The question is whether the Cougars have the resources to rebuild football while staying great at hoops.

UMass coach Frank Martin : “We all want to be in a fair game. It’d be like asking one team to play in the NCAA Tournament with four players, instead of five .”.

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