Texas Dominates NCAA Tournament Field

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Unlike in past couple of years, Texas has an undeniably strong presence in this year’s NCAA Basketball tournament with a record-tying 7 teams in the 68 team field vying for the Final Four in San Antonio.  In no particular order, Texas Tech, Stephen F. Austin, Houston, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, TCU and UT have made the field.  Red thinks Tech and TCU have the best shot at a Final Four appearance, but he is almost always wrong about such things.

In fact, a Texas school has not been in the Final Four since 2003 when the University of Texas came on strong for its third Final Four shot.  But, UTEP is the only other Texas team to have made a Final Four and won the only NCAA Championship for a Texas team with its upset of Kentucky in 1966.  Maybe this is the year.

Today in Texas History – March 13

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From the Annals of the Frontier – In 1849, Captain Seth Eastman and his unit established Camp Leona in Uvalde County. The encampment was on the Leona River and was ultimately called Fort Inge.  The Fort was intended to provide protection to settlements and travelers in the western Hill Country and was part of a federal line of forts in Texas.  The Fort was a base for U.S. Army regulars and Texas militia.   Fort Inge operated primarily as a small one-company post  with about 50 soldiers.  The Fort allowed additional settlement in the area and by the late 1850s farmers had established the nearby community of Uvalde. Fort Inge was closed in 1869 and the site today serves as part of Fort Inge County Park.

Drawing by Seth Eastman.