We are excited to announce that the OBU Men's Basketball staff will be conducting a Holiday Hoops Clinic this December at OBU. We will be hosting a 2 day clinic on December 2oth from 2-5pm and Monday December 21st from 9am-noon. The cost is $45.00 per child. This is a great way for your child to improve their basketball skills over the holidays as well as a great early Christmas gift! You can download the brochure right HERE!
Fellow Tigers! As we begin a new era of Tiger Basketball, we want to invite you and your family to be an integral part of our program. Becoming a member of our Coach’s Club is not only a great way to help us financially, but it will keep you intimately involved in the happenings of OBU Men’s Basketball. We have a specific vision for the success that is based on a commitment to high character as well as on-the-court development! It is our intention to recruit and coach student-athletes who will make you proud to be a part of Ouachita Basketball not just on game night, but across campus and in the community. In order to achieve this vision, we welcome your involvement and support and the Coach’s Club provides a great opportunity for you to do that. Thanks in advance for all you do, and Go Tigers!
We Hope everyone who attended the OBU Men’s Basketball Alumni Luncheon on October 10th really enjoyed themselves! From the sounds of the chatter and laughter it certainly seemed so. Below is a link to the pictures that were taken at the event and a great way to remember the amazing time we all shared together as the luncheon. If you need any of the pictures sent to you please feel free to shoot me an email at: rutiglianos@obu.edu or download them using the link provided. Once again it was a pleasure meeting everyone and I look forward to seeing all of you at an OBU basketball game. GO TIGERS!!!! (Pictured above: Mark Price & Bill Vining)
Ouachita Baptist University’s Director of Athletics David Sharp and Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mark Price announced Aug. 28 the release of the upcoming 2009-2010 men’s basketball schedule.
All of us as athletes have certain figures in the sports world that serve as role models for us. We see their level of success and then study their behaviors and habits hoping to achieve similar status. In our sport, young players want to duplicate the abilities of LeBron, Kobe, Dwayne Wade, or Steve Nash to name a few. Their elite level of success has separated them and placed them atop the basketball world. An important element of development is to learn the processes that set great people apart from average people. Ironically, I look to role models within the coaching world and one of the coaches that I readily follow is former NFL coach Tony Dungy. In Coach Dungy’s latest book titled Uncommon, he speaks directly to young men about the path to significance in life and what success means. “Success is UNCOMMON, therefore not to be enjoyed by the common man.” This is a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that stayed with Coach Dungy throughout his career and life. We have adopted this as a foundational principle of our program and strive to apply it as we begin the rigors of preseason work. Being UNCOMMON is not easy and at most times is far from comfortable. A tremendous amount of sacrifice and physical work are necessary for any team to have SUCCESS. It is our job to approach preseason workouts in an UNCOMMON way in order to deserve the benefits during the season!
On Saturday the OBU Men’s Basketball squad took a trip back to Hot Springs to compete in the second event of the Olympic Games. The competition was fierce and at the end of the day Scott Day lead his team to victory bowling a 164! Another notable score was freshman Matt Velek leading all freshmen with a stellar 190! OBU Basketball wants to thank Central Bowling Lanes & Family of Hot Springs for the great time we had at the lanes. After two events we have a three way tie. Stay updated and check back this week to see what Tiger will lead their team to victory in event #3. (Pictured Above: OBU Men's Basketball Team enjoying a day at the lanes!) 
On Wednesday the Tigers took their golf games to Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf in Hot Springs. Miniature golf was event #1 of the 5 events that will take place in our team Olympics. The games will be a great team building experience and something that the guys will really enjoy. Congratulations to Austin Mitchell for leading his team to victory and capturing the first event. We will have to see if Austin can lead his team to victory in our second event which will take place on Saturday.(pictured above: the Tigers on th 18th hole)
Click on the link below to see the hometowns of the 2009-2010 OBU Tigers Men's Basketball Team !
This year Coach Don Myers broke an amazing record but his name is one that is not known by all. On Saturday Jan. 10th, 2009 Northern State University beat Mary 82-62. Coach Meyer passed Bobby Knight for first on the men's basketball all-time wins list (by wins, four-year level, men’s, all divisions) with 903. Coach Myers won the 2009 Jimmy V Award not only because of his amazing accomplishments on the court but for his amazing triumph of will and his love of coaching. Enjoy this amazing story of not only one of the greatest coaches in the game but one of the best people in the game today. Enjoy!
It’s a great day to be a Ouachita Tiger! I hope all of you are having a productive summer and feel as blessed as I do. Our first two and a half months here have been productive and we are anxiously awaiting the return of our team to campus for the fall semester. First things first! We are winding down the recruiting class of 2009 and have been out on the recruiting trail evaluating the recruiting class of 2010. We are anxious to have some of these talented guys on campus for visits over the next couple of months! Along these lines I wanted to take a minute to share with you the three primary components that we look for in a prospective student athlete! The first, and most important, is character. Teams of high character win, and talent without character is useless. Secondly, we need student athletes that excel academically. Ouachita is a highly reputable and very challenging academic institution. ONLY young men that are ambitious in the classroom will succeed! Lastly, we are looking for the “right” basketball players. Our players must be able to SEE and FEEL the game. They must also possess the ability to battle through adverse situations! As time goes on I will share more about “toughness” as it pertains to basketball. We will recruit tough young men that have high basketball I.Q.! I am posting a picture of one of my former players Moussa Diagne from Furman University. Some of you know him as he is now playing professionally, but he fits all these criteria and is a prototype of the young man we are looking for!
I just wanted to congratulate two of our incoming freshman for participating in All-Star games this summer! Landon Parker was selected to participate in the Arkansas East vs. West All-Star Game and represented the West team. Julian LaDay was selected to play in his 3rd all-star game since his senior season came to a close. LaDay participated in the 77th Annual Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game this past week in which he recorded 6 points, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. . (pictured above: Landon Parker)
Ouachita Head Coach, Mark Price has announced the signing of two frontcourt players in the 2009 recruiting class. The first is 6’7 Junior Scott Day from Highlands Ranch, CO. Scott played the previous two seasons at Lamar Community College in Lamar, CO where he helped lead the Runnin’ Lopes to a Region IX title and a 5th place national finish at the National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. During his sophomore season at Lamar, Scott averaged 6.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. “I am thrilled to have Scott Day in our program,” says Coach Price, “He has played for great coaches and has a high level of maturity. I truly believe Scott’s best basketball is still in front of him.” Scott also excels in the classroom. He finished at LCC with a 3.9 grade point average and plans to major in business at Ouachita. (Pictured above is Scott Day after his team won the Region IX championship)
Head men’s basketball coach Mark Price announced Thursday afternoon that Birmingham, Ala. native Jeremy Banks has been added to his 2009 recruiting class, which is now eight players strong.
During the halftime show of game six of the Western Conference finals, the NBA on ESPN reported on a great story of the Denver Nuggets number one fan. The story spoke about a 23-year old kid who’s spent his life battling spina bifida,but most of all he has spent the past 18 years warming all the hearts of the Nugget franchise. Click on the link below to see this incredible story of one fan’s love for the game. 
I wanted to thank External Alumni Director, Chris Babb for pointing out a great article on one of our new signees. The Cabot Star-Herald had an article on Cabot Panther basketball player Miles Monroe and his opportunity to take his game to the next level at Ouachita Baptist University. I hope you enjoy the article and we are very excited about Miles joining the Ouachita Baptist basketball family. He will be a great addition to the team and someone you will enjoy watching for the next four years!
The Ouachita Baptist University men's basketball program and head coach Mark Price has announced the signing of Reginald Britton, Jr., Olden Jordan, Julian LaDay, Landon Parker, Miles Monroe, Keilan Stittiams, and Matt Velek. (Click on the links to find out more about the future of Ouachita Men's Basketball). The photo to the right is Julian LaDay receiving the Sonic Scholar-Athlete of the Week.
t recent signee is 5’11 guard, Keilan Stittiams, who played for Coach Kevin Starks at Harding Academy in Memphis, TN. Keilan led Harding Academy to a State Championship this past season. He had a tremendous performance in the State Tournament including the game winning basket in the final seconds of the championship game. The picture to the left is Keilan Stittiams hitting the game winning shot in the 2-A boys state-title game.
I want to thank you for your interest in Ouachita Tiger Basketball and take a few moments to share with you a little about myself and vision for our program. The picture to the left is of my wife Kara and I. We are super excited about our move to OBU and Arkadelphia. I have been privileged to coach at 5 different schools in my career. They have included NCAA division I and II as well as the NAIA level. There are two common threads among my different coaching stops. The first is that we have won championships and the second is that we have won them by primarily recruiting high school prospects that are committed in the classroom and determined to become a great teammate! I accepted the position here at Ouachita, because it is an institution with outstanding academic reputation and winning athletic tradition that can be a perfect fit for the student-athlete that I want to coach! I have been blessed to work in programs for head coaches that been convicted to build “basketball programs” over the course of several years and not just assemble “basketball teams” every season. We will remain on that course here at Ouachita and will have young men in our program that are of the highest character and work ethic.
On April 17th, 2009, Ouachita Baptist University named Mark Price the new head men’s basketball coach. Price succeeds Charlie Schaef who resigned after eight years at Ouachita to become head coach of the men’s basketball program at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Price has served the past three years as assistant men's basketball coach at Furman University in Greenville, S.C. Furman is an NCAA Division I school in the Southern Conference. Prior to coaching at Furman, Price spent five years as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He helped guide the Chargers to the 2002-03 Gulf South Conference championship and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2003 and 2006. Price will look to continue the winning tradition of Ouachita Baptist Men's Basketball! Here is the link to the artice on the Coach Price hiring:
