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Kelvin Sampson's old-school Houston program is a reminder of a disappearing era

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Houston Cougars will play Florida for the NCAA men’s basketball national title.

Coach Kelvin Sampson's old-school Houston program is a reminder of a disappearing era.

Houston is like the only mom-and-pop store in town that could figure out how to stay in business.

The winning coach will receive a trophy from NCAA president Charlie Baker .

If you’re looking for a Cinderella story, this isn’t it.

The Cougars are not a bunch of one -star recruits and they aren”t playing for free.

But there is an essential quality about Houston that feels like it’s from a different time.

Most of his staff, in fact, has been together for 10-plus years .