I'm a basketball nut and I love March.  I always cheer for Oklahoma and Oklahoma State - when they're not playing each other - and Arkansas. OU and OSU fell by the wayside this year.  Neither made the Tourney.  Arkansas, a great team in a tough conference, struggled through much of the year but made a run in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.  They made it to the finals with last year's national champ Florida.  When Florida blew them out, I prepared myself for another year with no favorite for which to cheer.

My luck has changed.  Somehow, the NCAA selection committee chose them as a low seed.  They will play Southern Cal in the first round.  Am I happy?  You bet I am.  They are in the same bracket as Texas and if both teams win, I could be treated to a long-awaited repeat of one of many such meetings in the now defunct Southwest Conference.  What's old becomes new again.

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