Remember the 10


Posted January 27, 2011 by Nate Billings Comment on this article Leave a comment
Fans hold a sign during a ceremony at halftime honoring the ten men who died in the OSU plane crash. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
Fans hold a sign during a ceremony at halftime honoring the ten men who died in the OSU plane crash. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman

Ten years ago today, 10 men with the Oklahoma State basketball program died in a plane crash while returning from a game against Colorado. OSU honored those who died with a ceremony retiring the No. 10 during halftime of last night’s basketball game against Texas. Here of some photos Sarah Phipps took at the game.

To see a gallery of more photos from last night’s ceremony and game, click here.

For videos and stories from The Oklahoman and NewsOK.com about the tenth anniversary of the crash, click here.

Former OSU head coach Eddie Sutton bows his head during a moment of silence  before  the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
Former OSU head coach Eddie Sutton bows his head during a moment of silence before the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
A view of the memorial to the victims of the OSU plane crash, after the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
A view of the memorial to the victims of the OSU plane crash, after the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
The No. 10 is retired during a halftime ceremony at the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
The No. 10 is retired during a halftime ceremony at the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
Karlene Durfey pauses at the section of the OSU memorial for her brother, Kendall Carlton Durfey, before the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
Karlene Durfey pauses at the section of the OSU memorial for her brother, Kendall Carlton Durfey, before the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
"Remember the 10"  t-shirts sit on the seats of Gallagher-Iba Arena before the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
"Remember the 10" t-shirts sit on the seats of Gallagher-Iba Arena before the basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman

Click here for more photos. And see more of our coverage of the tenth anniversary of the OSU plane crash here.

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Nate Billings never planned to become a photojournalist. He took pictures as a hobby growing up and worked as an assistant for his father, a...


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Born in Missouri, Sarah Phipps graduated of Northwest Missouri State University with a degree in Mass Communication and French in 1999.

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