INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Phil Forte spotted the Jacksonville State assistant coach Thursday, broke out a big smile and bellowed in a deep voice: “T-Wade!”
Tommy Wade, OSU's director of player development under Travis Ford, is in Indianapolis for the NCAA Tournament; not with the Cowboys, but the Gamecocks, having joined old friend Ray Harper's staff at the Alabama school.
Before greeting several OSU players and personnel, delivering serious hugs to all, Wade talked about his year since being dismissed in Stillwater and provided an update on his health now nearly two years after suffering a heart attack on a run through campus.