he went there because they have sick facilities. go on you tube and check out Ok State basketball cribs. And that was a couple of years ago. Im sure its not just about basketball.
T. Boone Pickens has donated over $500MM to OSU. "His $165 million gift to OSU in 2005 is the single-largest gift for athletics in NCAA history..."
If it wasn't for four divorces, his donations might have topped $1B
I don't think it was the Okie basketball facilities, the Super Walmart, the short 1 hour drive south on 35 to the "City" in place of the subway ride into the real "City" or any other attractions for a 19 year old in Stillwater. I think it dawned on him as soon as Zach Brown signed that he was no longer the center of the future. Should Zach qualify there was good reason to redshirt a slow developer like Sima. Ironically, this transfer becomes his redshirt year.
As for T Boone Pickens, I envy Oklahoma State for having his deep pockets. But Sima's transfer was obviously in the works for weeks and his lackluster performance as a Johnny was easy for the staff to figure that he was playing with one foot out the door.
Ultimately, his trip to Stillwater became routine with a simple promise to call Yankuba "T-Bone" and all the dumb cowgirls he could boink.