NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso isn’t surprised a bit that SamanthaRicketts has Mississippi State in a Super Regional.
But more than 20 years ago, Gasso would’ve been surprised to learn Ricketts would wind up being a head coach, much less a successful one.
“When I brought Sam Ricketts here, I think she said maybe three words,” Gasso said Wednesday, two days before her Sooners meet Ricketts’ Bulldogs in the Norman Super Regional. “She came by herself and just did not have a lot to say at all. She became our captain through the years, brought Keilani here. … I really appreciate Sam’s leadership and to see her — she was very, still with leadership, kind of quiet but she’s not anymore. She’s a great leader and a great coach so it’s been a full circle.”…