Oklahoma State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Opens Exhibition Season Thursday Night
November 08, 2000 | Cowboy Basketball
Nov. 8, 2000
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Thursday's Game
Oklahoma State, competing with one of the youngest teams in school history,
opens its exhibition season against the Athletes First team Thursday night.
To begin a month of games away from Stillwater -- while work is completed on
the new Gallagher-Iba Arena -- the Cowboys will "host" the exhibition at
Enid's Chisholm Trail Expo Center.
About the Cowboys
On the heels of an Elite Eight season that saw the graduation of seven
Cowboy seniors, OSU's 2000-01 roster includes 10 newcomers, the most since
1991-92. Oklahoma State returns just 17.4 percent of its scoring from last
season, the smallest amount since 1992-93, the year after the senior class
of Byron Houston, Sean Sutton and others.
OSU Coach Eddie Sutton
Eddie Sutton (Oklahoma State, 1958) is in his 11th year at OSU and his 31st
year overall. Under his guidance, OSU has advanced to the NCAA Tournament
seven times. Sutton currently owns a career record of 659-259 (71.8 percent)
overall and is 229-95 (70.7 percent) at OSU. Sutton is the only coach to
take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament.
Cowboys open exhibition schedule
OSU opens its exhibition season Thursday and looks to continue its 11-year
exhibition winning streak. OSU has won 22 straight exhibition games, with
the last loss coming nearly 11 years ago. On Nov. 22, 1988, the Cowboys lost
80-63 to an outstanding USSR team -- led by Sharunas Marchulenis, Arvidas
Sabonis and Alexandr Volkov -- that also defeated Kansas that month. Here's
a look at OSU's exhibition performance since 1988:
About Athletes First
Thursday's game is Athletes First's fourth contest of the year, the team
lost a 95-91 contest at Tulsa on Nov. 2 and defeated Stephen F. Austin 86-80
on Tuesday. The squad's roster includes numerous Oklahoma college products,
including three OSU players from last year's team -- Joe Adkins, Doug
Gottlieb and Alex Webber. Of the three, only Webber has played in both
Athletes First games, and Adkins played in only the first contest. Other
names on the Athletes First roster that appeared as Gallagher-Iba Arena
opponents during their careers include Tim Gill and Chad Wilkerson, formerly
of Oral Roberts, and Oklahoma's James Mayden and Lou Moore.
On the air
OSU games are broadcast on the OSU Radio Network with KWTV's Bill Teegins
handling play-by-play duties and Tom Dirato, OSU coordinator of radio & TV,
providing commentary. Dirato and Teegins are in their 10th year as the
Cowboys' basketball radio team, and Dirato is calling OSU men's basketball
for the 24th season. The OSU radio network can be accessed through the
Internet (www.okstate.com) or on Teamline. Fans wishing to use Teamline
should call (800) 846-4700 and use team code No. 1750. Use of Teamline
requires a Visa or MasterCard.
Noting the Cowboys
Bernard Kidd has not yet been cleared for full practice after suffering a
knee sprain in September ... Ivan McFarlin will sit out the season as a
partial qualifier. McFarlin will be eligible in 2001-02, and if he completes
graduation requirements in four academic years, he will regain his fourth
year of competition in 2004-05 ... Because of a grade change from his time
as a student-athlete at Minnesota, Antoine Broxsie is academically
ineligible for the first semester this season ... Coach Eddie Sutton
underwent LASIK surgery in Tulsa two weeks ago Thursday.
Head Coach Eddie Sutton
Eddie Sutton (Oklahoma State, 1958) is in his 11th year at his alma mater
with a 229-95 record at the school as well as a 659-259 overall mark in his
31st year of collegiate coaching. Under his guidance, OSU has advanced to
postseason play in nine of 10 years and has won 20 games or more eight
times. Sutton is the 20th coach in Division I history to reach the
600-victory mark, and he is just the seventh coach to reach it in 28 years
or less, joining Denny Crum, Bob Knight, Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Jerry
Tarkanian and John Wooden.
Only one active coach (Tarkanian) ranks ahead of Sutton in both victories and winning percentage, and Sutton is the 26th person overall and the fifth active boss to coach 900 NCAA games. Sutton, who previously coached at Creighton, Arkansas and Kentucky, is the only coach in NCAA history to lead four different schools to the national tournament. With Sutton and Henry P. Iba among the 600-win club, OSU is one of only three schools -- joining Illinois and Kentucky -- with two coaches among the all-time top 20.
Player Thumbnails
15 - David Anderson - F - 6-8 - 200 - Fr.
Originally from Levittown, Puerto Rico, Anderson moved to the U.S. in summer
1998 ... one of six Hargrave Military Academy players to commit to Division
I schools in 2000 ... averaged 18 points for Hargrave in 1998-99 ...
co-winner of the slam dunk award at the NBA Players Association Camp in
Princeton, N.J., in summer 1999 ... played with the Puerto Rican national
team in summer 2000 ... McDonald's All-American.
1 - Maurice Baker - G - 6-1 - 175 - Jr.
First-team All-Scenic West Athletic Conference selection as a sophomore at
Dixie (Utah) College ... honorable mention NJCAA All-American after leading
Dixie to a 22-11 record ... averaged a team-high 18.8 points, 6.9 rebounds
and 2.3 steals while hitting 36 percent from the three-point arc ... named
by recruiting pundit Bob Gibbons as one of the three best point guards in
the junior-college ranks.
21 - Antoine Broxsie - F - 6-10 - 240 - Jr.
Academically ineligible to start the season, but hopes to join the active
roster this winter ... finishing recovery from January reconstructive knee
surgery ... played in 57 games in two years for Minnesota, averaging over
four blocks per 40 minutes of playing time ... second on the team in blocked
shots in both 1997-98 and 1998-99 despite averaging 10 minutes of playing
time.
14 - Terrence Crawford - F - 6-6 - 220 - Fr.
Top recruit in Oklahoma in 2000 ... averaged 21.0 points, 11.9 rebounds and
3.9 assists per game as a senior while leading McGuiness to a 26-3 record
and its third consecutive class 4A state championship ... Little All-City
Player of the Year according to the Daily Oklahoman ... Tulsa World Player
of the Year and the Gatorade Oklahoma High School Player of the Year.
11 - Nate Fleming - G - 6-0 - 180 - Fr.
Played in four games last season ... broke his nose in practice in late
December but returned to practice shortly thereafter, took a medical
redshirt ... lettered three years in basketball under coach Garret Mantle
and four in tennis while at Edmond North ... helped lead Edmond North to a
state semifinal appearance and was a member of the national eighth-place AAU
team.
13 - Guy Ikpah - G - 6-2 - 170 - Fr.
Team captain who helped lead Williamstown (N.J.) HS to the Tri-County
Championship in 2000 ... hit the game-winning shot against Pitman High
School ... scored career-high 37 points in a game as a junior ... averaged
8.0 assists and hit 68 percent of his three-pointers as a senior ... also
competed in cross country for one year ... full name is Kwaghhange Orngu
Ikpah.
12 - Fredrik J?nz?n - F - 6-10 - 230 - Jr.
Earned Big 12 all-improved and all-underrated honors ... also an Academic
All-Big 12 first-team honoree and the only OSU player to earn All-East
Region status ... career-high 21 points against Pepperdine ... 30 rebounds
in two Big 12 Tournament games, including a tourney-record 17 against Iowa
State ... last name is pronounced "zyahn-ZEE-un."
43 - Jason Keep - C - 6-10 - 290 - Jr.
Played in 20 games and hit two-thirds of his field-goal attempts last year
... scored six points twice -- against Langston and Nebraska -- and had nine
points, seven rebounds in one of the exhibition games ... has already become
a Gallagher-Iba crowd favorite ... averaged 15 points, nine rebounds and two
blocked shots at North Idaho College in 1998-99, his freshman season.
24 - Ellis Kidd - G - 6-4 - 190 - Fr.
Dallas Morning News All-Area selection ... helped lead Madison HS to a 32-3
record and the Texas 4A championship game ... coached by his father, Ellis
Sr., who led the Trojans to three state-final appearances in the past five
years ... helped his team to a 29-5 record as a junior, averaging 14.8
points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, earning All-District 13-4A
honors.
3 - Daniel Lawson - G - 6-3 - 205 - Jr.
Played twice last year but ended up taking a medical redshirt season ...
second-team NJCAA Division II All-American at Mott (Mich.) CC ... earned
Michigan community college player-of-the-year honors ... helped lead Mott to
a 26-6 overall record and a final No. 2 national ranking.
55 - Jack Marlow - C - 6-11 - 285 - Fr.
Listed by some publications as the No. 2 prospect in Oklahoma, second only
to Terrence Crawford ... averaged 17.3 points and 8.4 rebounds a senior,
helping Union to a 21-5 record and a state quarterfinal appearance for the
second straight year ... second-team All-Metro according to the Tulsa World
... averaged 18.1 points and 10.0 rebounds as a junior at Union ... coached
by Rudy Garcia.
23 - Ivan McFarlin - F - 6-8 - 210 - Fr.
Will sit out the 2000-01 season as a partial qualifier ... all-state
selection after leading Willowridge to the class 5A state championship, its
third straight ... averaged 15.9 points, 14.9 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 3.2
steals ... MVP of the state tournament ... helped Willowridge finish the
year ranked No. 5 nationally by USA Today and No. 2 by HoopsUSA ... named as
a top-40 recruit nationally.
34 - Melvin Sanders - G/F - 6-5 - 215 - So.
Helped lead Seward County Community College to a 23-9 record in 1999-2000
... first-team All-Jayhawk Conference ... averaged 15.6 points and 5.6
boards per conference game ... hit 19 of 25 shots from beyond the arc during
an eight-game stretch late in the year ... 74-percent foul shooter,
including 84 percent during league play, hit 11 of 12 charities in one game
... stellar track athlete who recorded a high jump of 7-2 to go with a
52-foot triple jump and a 25-foot long jump.
40 - Andre Williams - F - 6-7 - 210 - So.
Athletic power forward who showed flashes of excellent play as a freshman
last season ... had an adventurous year that ran the gamut from a five-game
NCAA suspension to single-handedly putting out a fire at his dorm ... the
Big 12's leading freshman shot-blocker a year ago ... became the first
freshman ever to record double-digit rebounds in an OSU season opener.
5 - Victor Williams - G - 5-10 - 170 - So.
Illinois State's starting point guard as a freshman in 1998-99 and named the
top freshman in the MVC ... began his career with a stellar performance
against Oakland with 19 points, seven rebounds and seven steals ... came
into his own late in the year, averaging 13.4 points and 4.0 assists while
hitting 53.1 percent of his three-pointers in the final eight games of the
season.
Around the Big 12
# denotes exhibition games
Wednesday, November 8
#Next Level Sports at Iowa State, 7 p.m.
#EA Sports Calif. All-Stars at Texas, 7 p.m.
Thursday, November 9
Kansas vs. UCLA, ESPN2, 5:30 p.m. (Coaches vs. Cancer, New York, N.Y.)
#EZY Bond Australia at Baylor, 7 p.m.
#Athletes First vs. Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. (at Enid, Okla.)
Friday, November 10
#California All-Stars at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Kansas vs. Kentucky/St. John's (Coaches vs. Cancer, New York, N.Y.)
Saturday, November 11
#Global Sports at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
Sunday, November 12
#AAU Team at Missouri, 2 p.m.
Monday, November 13
Navy at Texas, 7 p.m. (Chase Preseason NIT)
#Exhibition at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 14
#Calif. All-Stars at Kansas State, 7 p.m.
#Exhibition at Missouri, 7 p.m.
#Sports Tours International at Nebraska, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday, November 15
#Global Sports at Iowa State, 7 p.m.
Texas vs. Calif./Miss. St., ESPN2, 7 p.m. (Chase Preseason NIT)
#Exhibition at Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 16
#Houston Superstars at Baylor, 7 p.m.
#California All-Stars vs. Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. (at Tulsa, Okla.)
#Exhibition at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Alaska-Fairbanks, 10 p.m. (Top of the World Tourn., Fairbanks,
Alaska)
The Athletic Center
Oklahoma State is slated to open its stay in the new Gallagher-Iba Arena
next month. Here is a quick look at the facts of the construction:
Facility name: The arena itself will continue to be called "Gallagher-Iba
Arena," but the entire facility is currently known as "The OSU Athletic
Center."
Architects: Gary Sparks Companies
Contractor: Manhattan Construction
Projected capacity: 13,611
For current construction information, see the "Facility Update" section of OSU's Web site (http://www.okstate.com).
On tap this week
Here's a look at what is planned for construction during the week of Nov. 6:
- EIFS system: academics, practice court and south elevation/stair 4
- Window installation: south & east entrances
- MEP work: stairs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 10, catwalks, practice gym and academics
- Masonry inside stairs, basement and northeast corner
- Metal roofing and flashing
- Concrete north side & east entrance
- First-, ground- and second-floor Gallagher-Iba renovation
- Final finishes in stadium club
- Steam tunnel work: Hall of Fame tunnel (on hold by OSU)
- Terrazzo: east lobby & concourse (sealing)
- Install new seating in Gallagher-Iba lower bowl
- Academic center finishes
- Practice court finishes
- Arena bowl finishes
- Concourse finishes (floor tile, fixtures, ceilings, painting)
- North parking lot grading and sub base
