How Tark tried to keep Bill Walton from John Wooden and UCLA

HOUSTON — The swapping of stories is perhaps as big a part of Final Four weekend as the basketball games. It’s a massive convention of tall people coming together and reminiscing in restaurants, hotel lobbies and bars with an occasional detour over to the stadium to find out who ends up winning the national championship. But mostly, it’s the story-telling thing. And just about everyone around these parts is armed with a Jerry Tarkanian story they can’t wait to tell, particularly once they find out their audience is from Las Vegas and attended UNLV. By the way, wait until 2028…