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"There's a rule in place that makes sense, other than when you have 100,000 T-shirts coming in for hurricane victims. The NCAA has granted us a waiver, and it's full steam ahead."</p><p>Cougars men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson started the campaign on Twitter more than a week ago, asking coaches around the country to donate their excess T-shirts and sneakers to help hurricane victims in Texas.</p><p>Yurachek estimated that Houston officials have received more than 100,000 T-shirts and tens of thousands of pairs of shoes. He said the <a href="/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, <a href="/nba/team/_/name/mil/milwaukee-bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, <a href="/mlb/team/_/name/bos/boston-red-sox">Boston Red Sox</a> and <a href="/mlb/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a> sent boxes of donations to Houston this week, in addition to those from pro teams, colleges and high schools in all 50 states.</p><p>"We've been floored," Yurachek said. 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