ESPN Classic to air two of Wayman Tisdale's OU games tonight

 
By Mel Bracht - Staff Writer
Published: May 15, 2009

To commemorate the death of former Sooner basketball star Wayman Tisdale , ESPN Classic (Cox 255) plans to rebroadcast two games tonight from his storied University of Oklahoma career.

At 7 p.m. the network will air the NCAA Midwest Regional semifinal game against Louisiana Tech on March 21, 1985. Tisdale hit a 6-foot jumper with three seconds left in overtime to give the Sooners the 86-84 victory.

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