American Indian communities in the Four Corners region lack many things that Americans think are standard. Basketball makes up for whatever may be missing, and it elicits passion from an entire region.
Nationally ranked St. Mary's has won 58 straight against in-state opponents and has six Division I recruits, but it doesn't mean everyone else is conceding the title to the Knights for the third-straight year.
Several top seeds, including Division III's No. 1, are already gone as Elite Eight action unfolds this week in Arizona's boys basketball state playoffs.