"Big Country", Bryant Reeves came to OSU in     .  He was the topic of a lot of press not only because of his size and playing ability but also because he hailed from a small town in Oklahoma that no one had really ever heard of before.  He received his nick name as a result of his hometown of Gans.  Bryant and the other Cowboys became great inspiration for Scott.  Coach Sutton allowed Scott to sit on the bench during games and to join the team in the locker room at half times and after the games.  Scott became notorious for giving out comical awards after the games for things like "worst looking socks" and "most amazing missed slam dunk" but one player Scott never poked fun at was Bryant.  Scott was truly in awe of this big guy.  If Big Country received a Scott Carter award, it was a fan-o-gram because Scott was a huge fan.

Bryant was well known by the end of the first season but one of his most memorable moments was when he made a half court shot at the end of a game to go ahead and beat the University of Missouri.  That shot went down in history as "the big shot" and gift shops sold mock-up drawings of Coach's plan to send that shot off as if it was in the original game plan.

At the end of the season when the basketball banquet rolled around, Bryant asked coach Sutton if he could say a few words.  This was so out of character that even coach was shocked and couldn't imagine what Bryant intended to say to the large crowd.  The shy and humble giant stood before a huge audience and presented the ball from "the big shot" to Scott.  That ball remains in Scott's collection today but was moved from Disney's Wide World of Sports to Stillwater's Gallagher-Iba arena when the facility was remodeled in     .

Later and after Scott's death, Bryant went on to play for the Grizzlies.  When interviewed by Ramad Rashad on                          , Big Country told Scott's story and how Scott had been an inspiration to him personally when he felt down or frustrated with the game.  I think it would be safe to say, these two had a mutual admiration society.  Bryant still returns for the Scott Carter Foundation's annual golf tournament whenever he is in the area and is always quick to share the story of how a pint sized, bald-headed kid could inspire a 7 foot basketball phenomena.