This is what Travis Ford recently said about getting in shape at OSU...

"Ford, OSU's new head basketball coach, is a former point guard at Missouri and Kentucky. When Ford transferred to Kentucky, coach Rick Pitino advised Ford to lose weight, or else. "I came in at 160 and he wanted me at 150," Ford said during a Friday interview at his basketball camp in Jenks. "I didn't think I could play at 150. I didn't think it was possible. I was like, man, this is the SEC and I'm not big to begin with. But once I got down to 150, I realized what a difference it made for me.

It allowed me to play longer. I didn't get as tired as quick, so there was a difference and that's what I'm trying to convince guys like Byron of." Eaton and his teammates will have to be lean because Ford, who uses an up-tempo style, is picking up the pace of play in Stillwater. "That doesn't mean you don't need to be in shape to play other systems," Ford said. "But I know in this one you cannot survive unless you are in the best shape of your
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Ford said his players, Eaton included, have done a great job of getting in shape this summer. Eaton, who has struggled to stay svelte in three seasons as a starter, weighed 243 pounds in early June. "Which is absurd," Ford said. "Whether you are playing basketball or not, that's too much for a 19- or 20-year-old kid to be weighing in at 5-9, 243. And here he is trying to make the NBA."
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I gotta agree...If you're going to play Division I, every pound of fat that you can shed is going to make a difference in your ability to press through fatigue. I think Travis will be a great coach at OSU.

Chad