Yet athletic director Judy MacLeod has taken steps to keep third-year coach Bill Self around as rumors of his leaving swirl. At 37, Self is on the coaching fast track after being the runner-up to succeed Norm Stewart at Missouri after last season. 8,355-seat Reynolds Center and the fact is Self is an Oklahoma native, factors that were never in the mix with Richardson and Smith. We don't want this to be a stepping stone. The new arena is huge for us, plus we've done things with the budget and with the coach's compensation package.
Self seems happy at Tulsa.
There's nothing going on right now. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.