Empty seats the story of Moser's tenure, even after Sooners turn back Gamecocks

For those not inside Lloyd Noble Center Saturday afternoon, but watching the game on ESPNU instead, I wonder if anybody saw what I saw with 6:10 remaining.
South Carolina’s Zachary Taylor was at the free-throw line where he’d go on to miss both his charities.
That, though, wasn’t it.
Instead, when the camera zoomed on the Gamecock guard, it wasn’t a larger version of Taylor that grabbed me but the unmissable section of red and empty seats over his right shoulder.
They were behind the Sooner basket and in the arena’s lower bowl, a section that once upon a time following Courtney Paris’ arrival, even the women sold out for a few seasons.
OU led by eight points at the time and was in the midst of what would become a 15-0 run that put it on top 20 points until Davis’ teammate, Morris Ugusuk, dropped home a 3 that made it 74-57 in favor of the home team.
It was in the midst of a terrific second half from that same home team in which it shot 59.3 percent (16 of 27) from the field, 4 of 9 from 3-point land and 12 of 15 from the free-throw line, all while committing one single and solitary turnover.
It was a moment in the midst of 20 clocked minutes in which OU outscored South Carolina 48-32 to win 82-62, finally claiming its first SEC conference victory.
Though not the story of the game, it is the image — Taylor at the line; all those red, empty seats — that remains the story of the program since Porter Moser left Chicago for Norman, taking the Sooners over in April of 2021.
Three seasons.
No NCAA tourneys.
Now this one, which continues to not look good.
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