Dallas is the home of the Big 12 offices and the big-money Texas folks want the tourney there the next few years.

Basically, Tulsa lost their chance at this back in 1999 when they voted down their MAPs clone plan because they "didn't want to make the same mistakes those hayseeds in OKC made" with MAPs. If you'll remember, at the time, MAPs had a lot of problems and, by golly, those uppity Tulsans weren't going to make the same mistakes OKC did!

Funny thing was, their plan got voted down big-time and within 18 months all the MAPs problems were solved and things were looking great. The "Vision 2025" deal and the arena were all jealous responses to the success MAPs has been for OKC. They won't get a chance because of their previous vanity.