JimBob
01-22-2009, 07:15 AM
OSU Notebook
By JIMMIE TRAMEL, World sports writer
Published: 1/22/2009 2:34 AM
Last Modified: 1/22/2009 3:57 AM
Silent treatment: OSU coach Travis Ford had an interesting response when asked in a postgame press conference about a pivotal call late in the game.
The Cowboys were down one point with 27.8 seconds left. A whistle was blown and Byron Eaton gleefully reacted as if he had drawn a foul. Jump ball was the call and the Tigers were awarded the ball. When Ford was asked about the sequence, he said, "I made a pledge right now. I'm not saying another word to another official all year long because I don't know what (I have said)."
Asked specifically about the jump ball verdict, Ford said, "I don't know until I watch the film, but I think it kind of surprised everybody. I think it surprised Missouri. I don't know exactly what happened. (There) was such congestion (under the basket). It might have been a jump ball. I don't know. It might have been.
"But maybe I'm a little too talkative to the refs or something. I don't know. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. Maybe all the officials will see that and know that, hey, I'm just going to coach my team and (do) whatever I need to do. But, yeah, I don't know. We had our opportunities, that's for sure."
Coping with defeat: Ford said the Cowboys' backs are against the wall following two heartbreaking defeats. "I told our guys we've got to figure some things out," he said. "You better humble yourself. We played the first 35 minutes like we accomplished (something before the Missouri game), as if we have actually done something. We have won some good games. We have played hard. But we have got to be a group of overachievers. We have got a lot of weaknesses on our basketball team that we have got to cover up."
Familiar face: Nolan Richardson, recently inducted in the College Basketball Hall of Fame, attended the game. Richardson is a former head coach at Tulsa and Arkansas and often shows up at Missouri games in support of Tigers coach Mike Anderson. Anderson played for Richardson at Tulsa. Anderson also was an assistant under Richardson at TU and Arkansas.
By JIMMIE TRAMEL, World sports writer
Published: 1/22/2009 2:34 AM
Last Modified: 1/22/2009 3:57 AM
Silent treatment: OSU coach Travis Ford had an interesting response when asked in a postgame press conference about a pivotal call late in the game.
The Cowboys were down one point with 27.8 seconds left. A whistle was blown and Byron Eaton gleefully reacted as if he had drawn a foul. Jump ball was the call and the Tigers were awarded the ball. When Ford was asked about the sequence, he said, "I made a pledge right now. I'm not saying another word to another official all year long because I don't know what (I have said)."
Asked specifically about the jump ball verdict, Ford said, "I don't know until I watch the film, but I think it kind of surprised everybody. I think it surprised Missouri. I don't know exactly what happened. (There) was such congestion (under the basket). It might have been a jump ball. I don't know. It might have been.
"But maybe I'm a little too talkative to the refs or something. I don't know. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. Maybe all the officials will see that and know that, hey, I'm just going to coach my team and (do) whatever I need to do. But, yeah, I don't know. We had our opportunities, that's for sure."
Coping with defeat: Ford said the Cowboys' backs are against the wall following two heartbreaking defeats. "I told our guys we've got to figure some things out," he said. "You better humble yourself. We played the first 35 minutes like we accomplished (something before the Missouri game), as if we have actually done something. We have won some good games. We have played hard. But we have got to be a group of overachievers. We have got a lot of weaknesses on our basketball team that we have got to cover up."
Familiar face: Nolan Richardson, recently inducted in the College Basketball Hall of Fame, attended the game. Richardson is a former head coach at Tulsa and Arkansas and often shows up at Missouri games in support of Tigers coach Mike Anderson. Anderson played for Richardson at Tulsa. Anderson also was an assistant under Richardson at TU and Arkansas.