Some ‘Offs Notes

Once under coach Bud Wilkinson, an Oklahoma team, the college football Sooners were a dominant team.

Before that, led by big (over 7 feet tall, which was much rarer then) Bob Kurland, then known as Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State, they won 2 straight NCAA basketball crowns in 1945 and 1946.

However, the just completed, more or less superb, Oklahoma City Thunder NBA crown, is the first Oklahoma such and they are the state’s lone major professional sports league team.

Once again, Indiana with two such pro teams is denied their sport, basketball (The college Indiana Hoosiers have 5 NCAA Tournament titles and the Pacers did win 3 ABA such) and the Colts 2006 title clinched in a non descript game in the Miami rain, is that state’s lone crown.

Speaking of Miami, the NHL Panthers, as stated here before won their second straight NHL final vs the Edmonton Oilers (they have dropped 3 straight NHL final rounds after going (5-1) in such, including 5 straight wins) and Miami joins 6 other cities/areas with at least 2 crowns in all 4 major sports leagues (the baseball Marlins and long ago, 52 years those have 52 weeks so you do the math, Dolphins also won 2).

The NBA Heat lead Miami with 3 crowns.

Bob Kurland, pictured above.