Well, of course it makes sense that Texas is a basketball hub. Think about it, Texas is the largest state in the lower 48 states, and has very many large metropolitan areas: Dallas-Forth Worth; Austin-San Antonio; and Houston.
Each of those metropolitan areas has an NBA Basketball team: The Dallas Mavericks http://www.mavs.com/?ls=iref:nba:gnav, the Houston Rockets http://www.nba.com/rockets/, the San Antonio Spurs http://www.nba.com/spurs/. Add to that, the Oklahoma Thunder http://www.nba.com/thunder who are not so far away from the Texas teams.
When I went to college in 1970, I learned that Texas was a football fanatic state: High school teams were flown to games across the state, and high school stadiums seated 10s of thousands of fans.
Some seven years later, when I moved to Texas, I learned that these commentaries on high school football were not exaggerations.
Now, the Big Twelve Basketball Conference of the NCAA www.big12sports.com is a very strong basketball conference. This week, there are 6 of the 10 Big Twelve teams in the men's top 25 national rankings, and the women's top 25 include 4 Big Twelve teams.
So, yes, Texas can be called a basketball hub.
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