As if Oral Roberts, the 9th 15 seed in NCAA tournament history to reach the sweet 16, wasn’t fun enough to root for already (they play 3 seeded Arkansas on Saturday at 6:25), they’ve got loads of Houston/Texas ties. Here’s some fun facts.

Media darling Kevin Obanor (from the H) and his running mate, Max Abmas (Rockwall), are one of 3 duos in NCAA tournament history to each score 25 points in consecutive games.

It's relatively well-known that the HC, Paul Mills, spent well over a decade on staff at Baylor, but few know that he was in basketball operations at Rice before getting poached by Scott Drew. Furthermore, he's an A&M grad who led Fort Bend Baptist Academy, out of Sugar Land to the TAPPS 4A state Final Four in '02. Also, his middle name is Kerry and according to him, he once tried to fight Kevin Bacon after being flipped off in a Las Vegas salon.

Sophomore forward Deshang Weaver played at Cypress Falls.

Freshman center Nate Clover III came out of Port Arther Memorial.

Redshirt senior guard Justin Lovvorn is a transfer from Hardin-Simmons.

Assistant coach Russell Springman spent 17 years on staff at UT under Rick Barnes.

Assistant coach Sam Patterson is from San Antonio, is a Baylor grad, and spent the last 13 years with Mills on Scott Drew's staff.

As if we ever needed more reasons to root for a scrappy Cinderella that just won't quit, many of them are ours.