The root of all recent instability in OSU basketball:
Some in the basketball office already were questioning Holder’s commitment to the sport, saying he wanted a Big 12 caliber program on a Missouri Valley Conference budget.
Of course, spending someone else’s money is easy. Spending the money for which you’re responsible is more difficult. Holder knows that money is tight around OSU hoops. An OSU source said basketball revenues are roughly half of what they were the previous decade. [NewsOK]
The tension of the two can’t be more apparent. Spend money to make money: 44 percent increased attendance with Underwood is clearly making money.