Kurt Budke, the head coach of Oklahoma State’s women’s basketball program, and one of his assistants were killed in a plane crash on Thursday. The two were returning from a recruiting trip in Arkansas.
VIDEO: CBS Halftime Show Debates Effect Of Deaths On BCS
Yep, here we have Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, and Tony Barnhart discussing recent Oklahoma State and Arkansas tragedies in the context of the BCS. Deaths have a context in the BCS? CBS has created one, for some gross reason.
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Read Article >VIDEO: Oklahoma State Women’s Basketball Interim Coach Speaks About Those Killed In Plane Crash
On Thursday morning, Oklahoma State head women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke, assistant Miranda Serna, and two others were killed in a plane crash in Arkansas. Budke and Serna were on a recruiting trip in a single-engine plane.
Assistant Jim Littell will assume duties as interim head coach and Littell spoke to the video a short while ago for the first time. The video also shows footage of Oklahoma State staff, students and players honoring those who were lost.
Read Article >Oklahoma State Plane Crash: School Cancels Games, Names Interim Coach
The university is obviously going to have to endure a long grieving process as they work to get through the second plane crash in just over 10 years that will have affected one of its basketball teams -- 10 players and staff members from the men’s program were killed in a plane crash in 2001 -- with the school already canceling a few of its upcoming games.
Mike Holder, the Oklahoma State vice president for athletics, announced on Friday that the Cowgirls will not play games that were scheduled on Saturday and Sunday as counselors and athletic staff offer assistance to the Cowgirl student-athletes and staff.
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