Courtney Paris. She is one of the best women’s college basketball players ever. Probably nobody has ever matched her dominance in the post. She has shattered all kinds of records and the only thing she’s missing is a national championship.

We only get to pick FOUR?? I’ll put forth two:

Bud Wilkinson. Barry Switzer.

They’re not players, but let’s face it: 3 NCs each. Bud built the Monster and made being from Oklahoma cool again. Barry grew it with the Wishbone. You want contributors to OU sports? Let’s face the facts: what would all the other sports be, especially the non-revenue-producing sports, without the monster football program to bring in 70% of the athletic budget while only consuming about 30-40%?

Bob’s not quite there yet. He turned the program upside down like the other two guys, but his recent bowl losing streak tarnishes his image somewhat.

Selmon – Greatest football player to play at OU.

Adams – Built the OU basketball program

Heupel – Returned Sooner football to greatness

Tisdale – Best basketball player to play at OU

Bud Wilkinson
Barry Switzer
Leeroy Selmon
Wayman Tisdale

Main problem is a coach is there for several years, but in college sports, a player is only there 4

Honorable mentions:
Prentice Gaut
Ryan Minor
Brian Bosworth
Billy Sims
Alvin Adams
Billy Tubbs

There are a TON of awesome players and coaches at OU. I know everyone focuses on football, but we have had some great basketball players – Wayman Tisdale, etc.

Does Blake Griffin deserve to be in the conversation? I believe he would be the first national player of the year in our basketball program’s history.

ESPN’s Big 12 blogger Tim Griffin went with Bud, Barry, Bob and then Billy Sims. Anyways, a lot of great names out there, and I’ll wait another day or so and then we’ll put it to a vote for like a week and see how it turns out!

Obviously, Bud Barry and Bob deserve to be there. Tons of great, worthy players, but I feel like the honor should go the men who turned them into legends. Great arguments can be made for the Heisman winners, the Selmons, McDonald, Gautt, Heupel, etc… the problem is they’re ALL worthy. Picking one would be like choosing one of your children over another.

So I’d say Bennie Owen. He started the great football tradition, but was an excellent hoops coach as well. He’s also OU’s first member in the College Football Hall of Fame, in the inaugural clas.

Any way we could add Mrs. Selmon?

Hoops is a no-brainer with Tisdale, Adams and maybe Tubbs.

If he stays around and our athletic programs overall continue to flourish, I’d think Joe C would merit honor. The dude has brought in and kept great coaches in almost every sport. But that’s down the road