Houston men’s basketball has become a machine under coach Kelvin Sampson, an unlikely national juggernaut that has risen to the upper echelon of the sport after spending the better part of the ...

The 1982-83 Houston Cougars, a sensation nicknamed Phi Slama Jama, lost the N.C.A.A. men’s title game to North Carolina State on a dunk in the final moments. By Andrew Keh Forty years is too long to ...

Bryan Williams, who was a part of the University of Houston’s Phi Slama Jama teams, took pictures for this week’s cover story in the Houston Press about the incredible decline of the university’s ...

Having Houston as an Elite 8 and perhaps Final Four team, triggered memories of the last Houston team to make it to the Final Four, the 1983 version. It also rekindled thoughts of our buddy and TMG ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Among the more underrated aspects of the Phi Slama Jama legacy is an unparalleled collection of nicknames. Back when the Houston men’s basketball team soared and dunked and slammed its ...

HOUSTON – As the University of Houston men’s basketball team prepares to take on the Baylor Bears this weekend in the Final Four, KPRC 2′s Kris Gutierrez sat down with a couple of former UH basketball ...

With a 31-3 record and slam-dunking skills like no other, the “dunking fraternity” Phi Slama Jama put University of Houston men’s basketball on the map in 1983. So much so that Nike will soon be ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The University of Houston Cougars are now among the top five men's basketball teams in the country, notching their highest ranking in 37 years. On Monday, UH climbed one spot ...

As the Final Four returns today to Houston for the first time in 40 years, fate has staged the national semifinals on the 28th anniversary of the day that the Houston Cougars, aka Phi Slama Jama, ...