After a stellar season that included a second straight regular season title, Kelvin Sampson was named Big 12 coach of the year and the Cougars’ Joseph Tugler earned defensive player of the year in a vote of league coaches announced Monday.

It has been a special season for Houston men’s basketball, and that was reflected in the Big 12 Conference postseason awards announced on Monday. Cougars’ head coach Kelvin Sampson was named as the Big 12 Coach of the Year for the second straight season,

Houston's Kelvin Sampson is The Associated Press Big 12 coach of the year for the second year in a row and Cougars guard LJ Cryer is the league’s top player after another regular-season conference title for the second-ranked program.

It wasn’t too long ago that there were concerns about how the Houston Cougars basketball program would adjust to life in the Big 12 Conference. Sure, the Coogs had won five consecutive regular season titles while playing in the American Athletic Conference,

Check out everything Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his players had to say following a Big 12 Conference win at home against Kansas.