STILLWATER, Okla. — There is a corner in the southwest end of the Gallagher-Iba Arena lobby that differs from the rest inside the historic venue. Situated where the beige tile of the arena turns into a dark charcoal-colored floor is the "Remember the Ten" memorial.

Inscribed horizontally across the memorial are the 10 names of the Oklahoma State basketball program who tragically died in a plane crash on January 27, 2001. One of the names is Brian Luinstra, father of Kansas freshman walk-on Garrett Luinstra.

The evening before KU took on Oklahoma State on Saturday (KU won, 72-67), the Jayhawks took a moment to visit the memorial as a team.

"Coming back here was a cool experience,” Luinstra told Phog.net after KU’s win. “I've been back here at the memorial scene a couple of times. But having the team come and see it I think is cool."

Back in 2001, Oklahoma State was on its way back to Stillwater from Jefferson County Airport after the Cowboys had played the Colorado Buffaloes. One of three planes carrying members of the staff crashed in a field about 40 miles east of Denver. There was a snowstorm at the time.

Brian Luinstra, a trainer with the team, was on board. Others on the plane were two players, Nate Fleming and Daniel Lawson, director of basketball operations Pat Noyes, OSU radio network engineer Kendall Durfey, voice of OSU football and basketball Bill Teegins, and media relations coordinator Will Hancock. Pilots Denver Mills and Bjorn Fahlstrom also died in the crash.

Garrett Luinstra, an infant at the time of the crash, was born in Stillwater but eventually moved and attended Free State high school in Lawrence. To this day, Luinstra doesn’t have any recollection of the first time he learned about the accident.

"I just remember growing up without a father,” Luinstra said. “I don't remember anything specific but my mom did a great job raising me and my sister and she really taught us how family works and I appreciate my mom a lot."

The memorial for the 10 was dedicated on February 23, 2002.

Brian Luinstra’s shrine states:

“Beloved Son, Loving Brother, Devoted Husband, Nurturing Father, Born with a caring nature, sense of humor. Blessed with honorable character, principles, integrity, Memories of you fill our hearts with love.”

"I think the memorial is great,” Garrett Luinstra said. “The 10 guys on that plane were great guys. Everybody is telling me great stuff about them. I just think it was really cool to come back and see it."

As for the 2018-19 season itself, Luinstra has appeared in seven games, averaging one minute played per contest. In conference play, Luinstra has taken the floor at home against Texas Tech, at Kansas State, at home against West Virginia, at Texas Tech and at home against K-State.

"It's going pretty well,” Luinstra said of his first season with the team. “I'm just running the scout team, trying to help the scholarship players do their job."

This past week, Luinstra and walk-on Chris Teahan were instructed to mimic the playing style of Lindy Waters and Thomas Dziagwa. According to Luinstra, that meant shooting whenever the opportunity arose during practice.

KU held Dziagwa to an inefficient 15 points on 6-for-16 shooting and 3-for-10 shooting from 3. The junior missed a crucial 3 down the stretch. Waters went 2 for 6 from 3 and also missed a late 3.

As for Luinstra, the freshman does have a goal of sorts for the remainder of the season, having not yet made a field goal in a game.

"I'll get one to drop soon," he said.