First there was Abe and Eddie and those classic games when Abe Lemons and Eddie Sutton matched coaching wits.
Next was Tom and Nolan and the wildly athletic games that were equally well coached as "Sweet" Tom Penders, so called by Nolan Richardson in a not-always-friendly way, mixed and matched players and schemes looking for an advantage.
Usually, the scales tilted toward the Arkansas Razorbacks, but those old Southwest Conference games were always highly anticipated and were played in front of standing-room-only crowds.
It didn't matter if they played in Dallas, Fayetteville or Austin, fans packed the joint.