BERMUDA
THIS ZONE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, NAMED AFTER THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA, IS KNOWN FOR HAVING MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES OF PLANES AND BOATS, WITH EXPLANATIONS RANGING FROM WEATHER, TO INTENSE WAVES, TO EVEN ALIEN ABDUCTIONS.
BERMUDA TRIANGLE
RALPH SCOTT WILL JOIN THIS CURRENT COOG AS A GRADUATE OF IMG ACADEMY AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
CHASE MCCARTY
THE 2025 FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE WAS THE SEVENTH IN SCHOOL HISTORY AND FIRST SINCE THIS YEAR.
2021
KELVIN SAMPSON HAS COACHED 5 ALL-AMERICANS IN HIS CAREER, THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH WAS THIS PLAYER.
L.J. CRYER
MICHAEL JORDAN WAS DRAFTED AFTER THIS FORMER COOG IN THE 1984 DRAFT.
HAKEEM OLAJUWON
THIS PERSON WILL BE THE FIRST DIVISION 1 PLAYER FROM BERMUDA.
RALPH SCOTT
IMG ACADEMY, LOCATED IN BRADENTON FLORIDA, IS CLOSEST TO THIS MAJOR FLORIDA CITY THAT THIS CURRENT COOG IS FROM. NEEDS BOTH.
TAMPA, EMANUEL SHARP
HOUSTON BEAT SIU EDWARDSVILLE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT, WHO IS REPRESENTED BY THIS MASCOT.
COUGARS
COACH SAMPSON HAS REACHED THREE FINAL FOURS, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS IN THIS YEAR.
2002
TWO FORMER COOGS BOTH TAKEN AT 25TH OVERALL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DRAFT CLASSES.
QUENTIN GRIMES, MARCUS SASSER
BERMUDA IS FAMOUS FOR ITS BEACHES WITH THIS COLOR OF SAND.
PINK
THIS CURRENT COOG ELIMINATED IMG ACADEMY AT THE 2025 CHIPOTLE NATIONALS.
ISIAH HARWELL
THE COUGARS PLAYED THE FINAL FOUR IN FRONT OF OUR OWN FANS IN SAN ANTONIO IN THIS ARENA.
ALAMODOME
IN 2018, COACH SAMPSON LED THE COUGARS TO THIS ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1984.
NCAA TOURNAMENT WIN
COACH GOLDWIRE WAS DRAFTED OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IN 1994 BY THIS TEAM.
PHOENIX SUNS
THIS EUROPEAN NATION HAS ITS FLAG EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BERMUDA NATIONAL FLAG.
GREAT BRITAIN
FORMER COOG AND IMG ACADEMY GRADUATE, JARACE WALKER WAS DRAFTED BY THIS TEAM 8TH OVERALL IN THE 2023 NBA DRAFT.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
EMANUEL SHARP WON THE MOP OF THE MIDWEST REGION AND MADE THE ALL-REGION TEAM ALONGSIDE THESE TWO COOGS EN ROUTE TO MAKING THE FINAL FOUR. NEEDS BOTH.
MILOS UZAN, L.J. CRYER
COACH SAMPSON IS THIS MANY WINS AWAY FROM 800, WHICH WOULD MAKE HIM ONLY THE 31ST COACH TO REACH THAT MILESTONE.
THREE WINS
THIS NUMBER 1 OVERALL PICK IS THE LEADING SCORER IN THE HISTORY OF COUGAR BASKETBALL.
ELVIN HAYES
OWNERSHIP OF THIS FORM OF TRANSPORTATION IS BANNED ON THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA.
PRIVATE CARS
IMG ACADEMY HAS PRODUCED THIS MANY NBA DRAFT PICKS.
19
HOUSTON FACED ITS BIGGEST DEFECIT OF THIS MANY POINTS BEFORE COMPLETING THE COMEBACK AND BEATING DUKE 70-67 TO ADVANCE TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
14 POINTS
COACH SAMPSON’S FIRST HEAD COACHING JOB WAS AT MONTANA TECH, WHERE HE STARTED COACHING IN THIS YEAR.
1981
THIS MANY FORMER COOGS COACHED BY COACH SAMPSON HAVE SIGNED NBA OR G-LEAGUE CONTRACTS.
10. (CRYER, SHEAD, SASSER, WALKER, MOORE, GRIMES, JARREAU, HINTON, BROOKS, DOTSON)