Leila Rahimi

So we're going to dial it back a little bit, and I'll give you a little history of Stacey.

So Stacey was born in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Very celebrated high school basketball player.

Five-star player.

Recruited by everyone.

And when I say everyone, we're talking about everyone.

He was recruited by Kansas and Oklahoma, of course, but also DePaul.

Joey Meyer and Jim Molinari, who was an assistant under Joey Meyer, took over for his dad in 84.

They went after Stacey hard.

And Stacey loved DePaul, but he loved the state of Oklahoma.

Now keep in mind, we're talking about the Big Eight then.

We're not talking about the Big 12.

This is mid-80s.

And so Stacey came in as a freshman, replacing an All-American by the name of Wayman Tisdale, who was a fabulous player.

So Stacey goes to Oklahoma, kind of blends in for the first two years, has a breakout junior season where he averages double-doubles, 20 and 10.

And he takes Oklahoma to the Final Four championship game at Kemper Arena in Kansas City in 1988.

I was at that game.

So because it's the Big Eight,

They played each other twice.

And in that series, Oklahoma beat Kansas twice.