A&M's Blair faces former team in Arkansas

By: Associated Press

Posted: Sun 4:02 PM, Mar 18, 2012

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M coach Gary Blair is one of three coaches in Division I women's basketball history with Final Four appearances with two difference schools.

On Monday, Blair will coach one of those teams against the other when the Aggies meet Arkansas in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Blair took the Razorbacks to the Final Four in 1998 and led the Aggies to the national title last season.

He's not excited about facing his former team for the first time, saying he would have rather played the team two or three years ago when it was rebuilding.

Blair is happy for the success of Arkansas coach Tom Collen, his former assistant at Arkansas, who guided the Razorbacks to the tournament for the first time since 2003.

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