Brad Underwood is Pumped About GIA

As any OSU head coach should be, Brad Underwood is fired up about getting to coach in (hopefully rocking) Gallagher-Iba Arena for the next few years (or more?)

“I played in Gallagher-Iba back in the Big Eight days, and then going back as an opposing coach, I can tell you that it’s one of the best venues in the nation,” Underwood told the Oklahoman. “We’re going to have a lot of fun, and I’m excited as heck about the opportunity to get to know the community of Stillwater, and the OSU family.

“[GIA is] one of the great venues of all time. To be afforded the opportunity to coach on that floor in that conference where the greats have been … I’m a dream big guy and that’s been a lifelong dream. I’m very excited about that opportunity.

“I think you can win big there. Coach Sutton took them to the Final Four. It’s arguably the best league in the country every year. To play in one of the elite, iconic buildings in all of college basketball … “