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Oklahoma basketball: NCAA offers finanical assistance to players' families heading to the Final Four

HOUSTON — Thursday morning, if all goes as planned, Larry and LeAnn Spangler will load up their Chevy Tahoe and hit the road for the final time this basketball season.

The final time watching their son, Ryan Spangler, play in college for his home-state school. The final road trip — they hope — for the vehicle that's taken them from Ames, Iowa, to Lubbock, Texas, to Baton Rouge, La., and Columbus, Ohio, and all kinds of places in between.

This time, though, the Spanglers will do so with financial assistance from the NCAA.

Ryan Spangler and Oklahoma will open the Final Four against Villanova at 5:09 p.