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University of Maryland men's basketball head coach Mark Turgeon on his teams preparation for the No.1 team in college basketball the Kansas Jayhawks. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun video)

Hey, did you realize that Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon went to Kansas? Of course you did. It's the Most Valuable Narrative of their Sweet 16 game Thursday night. Jim Nantz will bring it up reverentially within five minutes of tipoff on CBS. Then another five times, probably, just to be safe.

But you know what? Turgeon maybe isn't even the Terps staff member with the most evocative connection to Kansas.