COLUMBIA, MO - JANUARY 03: Andrew Fitzgerald #4 of the Oklahoma Sooners in action during the game against the Missouri Tigers on January 3, 2012 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Opening games in the NCAA Tournament rarely match up old foes like Oklahoma basketball is with Missouri.
The No. 8-seeded Sooners and No. 9 Tigers meet in the opening round of this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, and although they have played each other just twice in the last decade, it will be the 212th time they have faced each other on the hardwood.