A decade ago, on March 1, 2006, Baylor senior Chameka Scott and Texas junior Tiffany Jackson faced off for the last time collegiately. Baylor won; each player scored 10 points.
They were both native Texas kids: Scott from the greater Houston area, Jackson from Dallas. They were high achievers making the most of their talents, both examples of the best of NCAA sports.
What they didn't know then was that basketball was teaching them things they didn't recognize as potentially life-saving. Things that someday would be essential to their survival.