Former Big 8 loses Eddie Sutton and Billy Tubbs in the same year.
That's right, I forgot Sutton's death was this year.
I was at that game in Norman. The refs told Orr several times to get in the floor. Eventually they let OU inbound the ball while we were still in the huddle.My favorite Billy Tubbs story is one that my mom tells. Earlyish in the Orr years, we were playing Oklahoma and during a late game timeout Tubbs just rode the refs the entire timeout. As normal, Iowa State kind of took their time after the timeout getting set up. Apparently Billy had spent the entire timeout trying to get the refs to give Oklahoma the ball right away and they did, so they were able to score before Iowa State was ready. I suspect that my mom could still muster some anger about this
Favorite Billy Tubbs moment at Hilton.
Hilton crowd was booing Tubbs relentlessly as he walks off the court at halftime.. Billy just smiles, points at the scoreboard and keeps on walking.