But the Texas Basketball Museum, opened in 2009, also offers travelers good reason to linger, especially as the NCAA tournament, or March Madness, commences March 17.
Bob Springer, former publisher of Texas Basketball magazine, founded the museum to trace the stateโs hoops history, from high school to the pros.
A few years later, at the Texas state basketball tournament, Springer approached OโNeal, a spectator at the tourney, about acquiring a shoe for the museum.
โI mean, heโs one of the great basketball players to come out of Texas.
The room is lined with photos of legendary Texas high school coaches such as Granburyโs Leta Andrews, who retired in 2014 after 52 years on the bench with 1,416 winsโmore than any high school coach in U.S. history.