Travis Ford Leaving UMass for Oklahoma State?

Will the free throw shooting machine that put Madisonville, Kentucky on the map leave UMass for Oklahoma State?  Sources indicate that’ll he’ll do just that.

Ford turned down an offer from Providence earlier this month, but Oklahoma State may be more to his liking.  Oklahoma State’s looking for a replacement for Sean Sutton who resigned under pressure.  During Sutton’s reign at the helm, the Cowboys were 39-29. Oklahoma State finished this past season with a record of 17-16 and lost in the first round of the NIT.  They were in the NIT both years under Sutton AND lost in the first round each time.

How has Travis Ford compared at UMass? . In three years at UMass, Ford has a record of 62-35 with two NIT appearances.  Ford has also been a head coach at Eastern Kentucky of the Ohio Valley Conference and NAIA Campbellsville University.  He led Eastern to the NCAA tournament in 2004-2005.