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Porter Moser explains why OU needs help from fans to replicate OKC Thunder atmosphere

Bob Przybyloby: Bob Przybylo19 hours agoBPrzybylo
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Oklahoma City Thunder fans. (Alonzo Adams - Imagn Images)

It’s the yearly challenge for OU head coach Porter Moser. Until there is actually a new arena, the difficulty of getting people to OU basketball at Lloyd Noble Center.

Moser has done all he can in terms of trying to spread the word and reach out to the community. That won’t change.

But Tuesday? He simply said it. OU needs the fans’ help to make the LNC one of the best environments in college basketball.

To do that? Maybe take a page out of the team just up the road, the team that just won the NBA Championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“And we need your help,” Moser told SoonerScoop on Tuesday at OU media day. “We need people’s help. We have to fill Lloyd Noble. Have to get that atmosphere. We have no better example on the globe of high-level basketball of what a fanbase can do than the Thunder. That atmosphere is the best in the sport of basketball. Hands down. I’ve played in every college venue. I’ve watched pro. Been to games from my hometown of Chicago when the Bulls were on their run. I’ve never seen an atmosphere like a Thunder game. And it makes a difference.

“I don’t think there’s a sport that makes a difference more than basketball, and I’m biased because it’s right on top of you. And in this league, to be the best of the best and to go where we want to go, we need your help to get wherever we’re going. I think the fans are going to love this team. I think they’re gonna see how hard they work, how together they are, and we’ve got to sellout that arena night-in and night-out. Not just when we’re doing well. We need to consistently make that a great place to be. And I’ve been in there when it’s full. And even though it’s older, even though it has its leaks, its drips, its different problems, noise is noise. Excitement is excitement. Fanbases are fanbases. And that’s what we’ve got to create in that arena.”

OU begins the season next Monday (Nov. 3) against St. Francis at 7:30 at, yep, Lloyd Noble Center. 

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