IU gains fierce competitor: Kelvin Sampson takes winning seriously.

From: The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN) | Date: March 30, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Pete DiPrimio

Mar. 30--BLOOMINGTON -- Love is great, romance is fine, but this was about priorities. This was about the big picture and Kelvin Sampson knew, he absolutely knew, that the woman he had just married could not beat him.

Flash back nearly 27 years, well before Kelvin left Oklahoma to become Indiana's new basketball coach, well before his fierce competitiveness produced fiercely competitive teams, well before anyone figured he would make $1.5 million a year.

Kelvin and his high school sweetheart, Karen Lowery, were on their honeymoon in Myrtle ...

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