During my tenure at Oklahoma State University, the only sport that both Bedlam schools played at a high level during the same year was Men's basketball. Every Spring, my beloved Eddie Sutton-led Defense/Discipline/Determination teams would battle the Kelvin Sampson-led Heart/Hustle/Hardwood teams for bragging rights, and as a result, I intensly disliked the OU basketball coach.
I was reminded of this recently when Coach Sampson suddenly became one of the hottest names in NBA coaching circles. Three teams, all teams hoping to sign LeBron James this Summer, are supposedly targeting the former Sooner coach as the new head coach of their franchise.