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.