Sampson relayed how he became the 31-year-old coach of another Cougar team, in Washington State, back in 1987 at exactly the same time that Lute Olson had turned the Wildcats into a national power.

He also thought about Arizona’s legendary coach Lute Olson. “But I would be lying ... Sampson couldn’t come up with a victory in Tucson, before Saturday. “They used to have a tradition ...

TUCSON, ARIZ.? Arizona coach Lute Olson is taking a leave of absence for unspecified personal reasons. In a statement issued by his public-relations firm Sunday, the 73-year-old Hall of Famer said ...

The Cougars come into Tucson on Saturday in first place in the ... He also has been around long enough to understand the impact Lute Olson had on the college basketball landscape.