Photo gallery: OU tribute to Wayman Tisdale
Oklahoma country music star Toby Keith, right, performs with the Wayman Tisdale band at halftime of the men’s OU-Texas basketball game Saturday at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. Band member Tom Braxton is at left and Mark Harper is at center. The game was game dedicated to the memory of late Sooners star Wayman Tisdale. (Photos by Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman)
The University of Oklahoma paid tribute to Wayman Tisdale during Saturday’s home men’s basketball game pitting the Sooners against the University of Texas Longhorns.
Tisdale was an All-American basketball player at OU and went on to a successful pro career in the NBA. Later, he embarked on a standout second career as a jazz bassist.
Oklahoma country music star Toby Keith performed his new song “Cryin’ for Me (Wayman’s Song)” with members of Tisdale’s band during halftime of the game. Keith wrote the song shortly after Tisdale’s death in May after a long battle with cancer; Tisdale was only 44 years old.
OU won Saturday 80-71.
Kudos to The Oklahoman photog Steve Sisney’s for capturing several poignant images of the tribute.
Joe Castiglione, vice president of athletic programs at the University of Oklahoma, presents a basketball signed by the Sooner team to Regina Tisdale, widow of Wayman Tisdale, before the game.
Deborah Tisdale, mother of Wayman Tisdale, applauds during halftime ceremonies honoring her son.
Two of Wayman Tisdale’s children, Tiffany, 21, and Wayman, 18, watch a clip from a documentary of their father’s life during halftime.
-BAM
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Thank you so much for the pictures, they are truly beautiful and capture the intensity of this moment in time….Wayman will always be remembered fondly and thanks to Toby for one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.
God bless!