It has been an interesting week to be a fan of the Oklahoma State University basketball team. 
First, on April 17, we got our new coach, Travis Ford. He played at Missouri for 1 year and then finished his playing career at Kentucky. He began his coaching career at Campbellsville University (NAIA), moved to Eastern Kentucky University and most recently has been at the University of Massachusetts. Here is a link to the official announcement at the okstate.com website:
First, on April 17, we got our new coach, Travis Ford. He played at Missouri for 1 year and then finished his playing career at Kentucky. He began his coaching career at Campbellsville University (NAIA), moved to Eastern Kentucky University and most recently has been at the University of Massachusetts. Here is a link to the official announcement at the okstate.com website: Then today, I was driving through Pawnee Oklahoma, the home of Keiton Page of the Oklahoma State Champion Pawnee Black Bears. Keiton has sig
ned to play for OSU next year. As I drove by the high school gym, there was Keiton and his father/coach. I pulled over and Coach Page very graciously and enthusiastically spoke with Kelly and me for quite some time about his son's future at OSU playing for our new coach. Coach Page said that Coach Ford had talked to Keiton and was very encouraging regarding his future at OSU! Apparently, Coach Ford sees a lot of similarities between himself and Keiton. They are both small, played at small-town schools, were/are great shooters, got scholarships to big-time schools, met with a lot of scepticism as to whether they can play big-time basketball, but most importantly, they both made their teams better. It will be a lot of fun to watch our new coach and new recruit next season.
ned to play for OSU next year. As I drove by the high school gym, there was Keiton and his father/coach. I pulled over and Coach Page very graciously and enthusiastically spoke with Kelly and me for quite some time about his son's future at OSU playing for our new coach. Coach Page said that Coach Ford had talked to Keiton and was very encouraging regarding his future at OSU! Apparently, Coach Ford sees a lot of similarities between himself and Keiton. They are both small, played at small-town schools, were/are great shooters, got scholarships to big-time schools, met with a lot of scepticism as to whether they can play big-time basketball, but most importantly, they both made their teams better. It will be a lot of fun to watch our new coach and new recruit next season.Coach Page told us that the school basketball team does not play at the high school gym, but rather at the Pawnee Nation fitness center, so we made the short drive there and took these photos.
Finally, we went to a really good place, "Pawnee Prints," and bought a couple of t-shirts of the state champion Black Bears basketball team.
To read my earlier entry about Keiton Page and see some interesting photos, videos and scans, go to my post for March 17, 2008, or click this link to the post. http://khcsportsphotos.blogspot.com/2008/03/keiton-page.html
To read my earlier entry about Keiton Page and see some interesting photos, videos and scans, go to my post for March 17, 2008, or click this link to the post. http://khcsportsphotos.blogspot.com/2008/03/keiton-page.html
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