Better days lie ahead for head coach Kelvin Sampson and the Houston Cougars following a gut-wrenching national championship loss.

Kelvin Sampson and the Houston Cougars are fresh off a trip to the national title game, suffering a loss in the final leg of the NCAA Tournament. Houston made their way to the national title game and lost to the Florida Gators after defeating a couple of the best teams in the league.

Houston, in its seventh Final Four, is a program with a rich history and a proud lineage that features Phi Slama Jama, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and Elvin Hayes. It's a history that does not include an NCAA championship.