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When I first heard the news that both Husker basketball teams would be playing Texas A&M in their respective NCAA tournaments, I felt the way I did in 1978 after NU in its sixth try had finally beaten #1 ranked Oklahoma in Lincoln. The next week, NU stumbled losing at home to Missouri 35-31. Adding insult to injury was the news that Nebraska and Oklahoma would have a rematch in the Orange Bowl. But after the pairings were released on Sunday, I realized the two incidents have very little in common. Of course I was factoring in that Trev Alberts had just quit his AD role at Nebraska and bolted f…