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Mary Huglen Esposito lives in Lubbock, Texas, and on Sunday afternoon, she was all smiles.

Her husband, Joe, is the assistant basketball coach for Tubby Smith at Texas Tech, and they're going to the Big Show.

Forget NCAA hockey.

This is the granddaddy of the Big Shows with 68 teams entered.

Getting to the Final Four is a testament to talent, perseverance, and luck.

"It's pretty exciting," said Mary, who met her husband nine years ago.

That was back when Joe was the Director of Operations for Tubby Smith at the University of Minnesota.

"It was his first year in Minnesota and the mother of T...