STILLWATER — Randy Rutherford paid a visit to Eddie Sutton during the day on Saturday, hours before the legendary basketball coach passed away at the age of 84.
It was a day full of reminiscing for Rutherford, who played for Sutton at Oklahoma State from 1992-95. The telling of Sutton stories carried into Sunday as everyone who is part of the Cowboy basketball family celebrated the life of a man who had mentored so many.
As Rutherford told more stories Sunday afternoon, he noted that none of them had been about basketball.
“Basketball was about 10 percent of what he was teaching us,” Rutherford said.