[dropcap]L[/dropcap]et’s begin with the notion that we’re a Baylor loss away from celebrating 51 years since a men’s basketball team in Texas last won an NCAA tournament title.

It’s surprising to realize the 1966 Texas Western College men’s basketball team still holds the lone men’s hoops title in the Lone Star State. That fact is a little more eye-popping when you account for the plethora of talented Texan hoopsters that have played at Texas universities over ...