Oklahoma State Destroys Hurricane....dribbles

#23 TU's Jerome Jordan battles for ball with OSU's Terrell Harris.........

Afew dribbles......that I thought about while sleeping.....

Travis Ford showed ME a little "sumpin sumpin" about this years Cowboy squad. The Pokes completely frustrated Doug Wojcek's Tulsa University team with their superb quickness and athleticism. Terrel Harris plucked the ball away repeatedly from Tulsa's two gunners, Hurtt and Andrews. The Hurricane had 15 turnovers in the first 14 minutes of the game!! Ridiculous.

A 20-1 run basically ended the game in the first half, although Tulsa had one 2nd half spurt that cut the lead down close to single digits. But Ford put his quickest group in, applied full court pressure, and quickly elevated the advantage to back over 20 points.

Ben Uzoh, who Wojcek was forced to move to the point guard position [due to BAD recruiting decisions?] was the only Hurricane player to not succumb to OSU's relentless pressuring defense. Uzoh is a special player.

It was said that at least 7 NBA scouts were in attendance last night in Gallagher Iba arena to see Tulsa's Jerome Jordan perform. Hmmm.... well, he sure didn't "make himself a million" last night. His lack of strength in his hands and body were magnified with OSU's aggressive interior defense. They say you can't coach HEIGHT, and he definitely possesses that,, and will undoubtedly make a nice living "performing" basketball. I just wonder if it will be in Europe as opposed to stops in the USA like , Ok City, Dallas, Chicago, NY, LA, Philly etc.

On the bright side for the Cane, Tulsa backup center Steven Idlet was quite impressive both offensively [8 pts on 4 of 7 shooting] and on the boards. I wonder if Coach Wojcek might consider playing him in the same lineup with Jordan. That could be interesting......

A highlight reel powerjam by 6'6" California freshmen Joe Richard {Re-Shard} was very impressive and a highlight for the Hurricane. Going right down the lane from the keyhole he tomahawk slammed over an OSU player and displayed athleticness reminiscent of Eric Coley, a member of Bill Self's Elite 8 team. I look forward to watching REEE-SHARD in the Reynolds wrap-house.

Back to the NBA..... OSU's slimmed down version of last year's chunky point guard Byron Eaton, may have earned a few hundred thousand dollars by virtue of his performance last night. The still thick Eaton displayed not only his strength and quickness but his improving ability to stylishly assist his teammates while opponents converge on his very difficult to stop drives to the hole. He had 26 points and 7 assists on the night.