Saturday afternoon in the cavernous bowels of The Peake, VCU coach Will Wade sat in front of cameras and reporters and talked about the long-term success of his program.
A little while later, Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger sat in the very same chair and talked about making over and elevating programs like he has done with these Sooners.
You almost expected the next person in that chair to be Jeff Capel.
Even though he was 1,629 miles away in Providence, R.I., his ghost has definitely loomed over this Oklahoma City regional. He has been a head coach at only two schools, and those two programs will play each other Sunday afternoon.