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!
