There was an Instant Classic on ESPN Monday night, and then on Wednesday morning, there was this, in bold, black letters, on the University of Oklahoma athletic website:
WEST VIRGINIA, KANSAS MBB GAMES SOLD OUT.
MBB stands for "men's basketball." You probably knew that. But Oklahoma is known as a football school. So when another sport wrests the biggest, boldest headline away from Bob Stoops, sometimes you still have to use the abbreviation.
MBB is the sport that Lon Kruger coaches at Oklahoma. It was the sport he coached at UNLV for seven seasons — that was the last time the Rebels made a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.