It's that time of the year! Stormchasers are changing their windshield wipers, Regular Jim Traber's planning his boring MLB preview, and your entire neighborhood smells like asparagus urine thanks to all the blooming Bradford Pear trees. Yes, spring is in the air in Oklahoma, and along with it comes Ogle Madness IX – the 9th (!!!) installment of our annual tournament to determine the best things this fine state has to offer.
In case you're new to Oklahoma, Ogle Madness works a lot like the NCAA Tournament. We seed 64 Oklahoma people, places, and things into a tournament field and over a three-week period let our readers vote for who they want to advance and who they want to send packing back to Gotebo. Past champions include Kevin Durant, Emily Sutton and... Lauren Richardson. Last year's champ was Gary England. The perennial underperforming 1-seed finally took home the crown after beating Russell Westbrook by a 495 vote (51%) to 471 vote (49%) margin.