On Jan. 20, 1968 ... 2 Houston. Lew Alcindor vs. Elvin Hayes. John Wooden, the “Wizard of Westwood” and architect of UCLA’s 10-time championship dynasty, and Guy V. Lewis, the Cougars ...

Elvin Hayes, one of the most dominant forces in basketball history, made a significant impact during his college years at the ...

Bill Bridges had a memorable football career at the University of Houston, earning a place in the school’s Athletics Hall of ...

Now, though, Sampson has changed the perception of Houston and brought the Cougars back to national relevance for the first time since the Phi Slama Jama days of the mid-1980s. In late November ...