Gator
02-26-2008, 10:58 AM
"I was out eating at lunchtime the other day and three guys, students,” said Budke, "came up and said, ‘Coach, that was our first one. We'll never miss again. We just didn't realize the level of basketball. We just didn't realize the athleticism.'
"That happens a lot. I think that's just a lot of people who haven't given women's basketball a chance in the last five years. They don't know how the game's changing and how athletic these young ladies are and what kind of quality basketball they do play.”
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Billy Tubbs, who once orchestrated one of college basketball's most entertaining men's teams while at OU, finds himself a fan of what the women are doing.
"The women are more fundamentally sound, although I've noticed their games are getting physical,” Tubbs said. "They're more fundamentally sound than a lot of the men's teams.
"They've come a lot further in the last 15 years than the men have.”
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It's possible that the Bedlam women have opened doors to a new type of sports fan at their respective schools: fans either seeking something different than men's basketball and football, or ones who can't afford those tickets.
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The rest of the story is at
http://newsok.com/article/3207776/1203754782?pg=1
Another view of Bedlam
http://newsok.com/article/3207770/1203755015
"I don't think there's any question, when you have a rivalry like this in the same state, it means a lot to the alumni and the fans,” Budke said. "So if it [beating OU] wasn't that high on the ‘To Do List' when I first took the job, after about a week here it was very high on the list.
"I figured that out real quick.”
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I know I'm taking a chance reintroducing OSU and OU in the same thread but THIS is what the rivalry SHOULD be about IMO - not the personal attacks, not football tickets - but EXCITING in-state WBB with two exciting teams with hopefully mutual respect. OK OK - I'll get off my soap box.
"That happens a lot. I think that's just a lot of people who haven't given women's basketball a chance in the last five years. They don't know how the game's changing and how athletic these young ladies are and what kind of quality basketball they do play.”
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Billy Tubbs, who once orchestrated one of college basketball's most entertaining men's teams while at OU, finds himself a fan of what the women are doing.
"The women are more fundamentally sound, although I've noticed their games are getting physical,” Tubbs said. "They're more fundamentally sound than a lot of the men's teams.
"They've come a lot further in the last 15 years than the men have.”
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It's possible that the Bedlam women have opened doors to a new type of sports fan at their respective schools: fans either seeking something different than men's basketball and football, or ones who can't afford those tickets.
************
The rest of the story is at
http://newsok.com/article/3207776/1203754782?pg=1
Another view of Bedlam
http://newsok.com/article/3207770/1203755015
"I don't think there's any question, when you have a rivalry like this in the same state, it means a lot to the alumni and the fans,” Budke said. "So if it [beating OU] wasn't that high on the ‘To Do List' when I first took the job, after about a week here it was very high on the list.
"I figured that out real quick.”
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I know I'm taking a chance reintroducing OSU and OU in the same thread but THIS is what the rivalry SHOULD be about IMO - not the personal attacks, not football tickets - but EXCITING in-state WBB with two exciting teams with hopefully mutual respect. OK OK - I'll get off my soap box.