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Lon Kruger Gets His First Commitment for OU
New Oklahoma head basketball coach Lon Kruger and his staff have received their first commitment as junior college point guard Sam Grooms has signed on to join the Sooners. Grooms is a 6'1" point guard from Greensboro, NC who played the last two seasons at Chipola Community College in Florida...
Breaking News: Jeff Capel Fired at Oklahoma
Just today Seth Davis of CBS Sports announced via his twitter account (@SethDavisHoops) that Oklahoma has fired head coach Jeff Capel. Capel came to Oklahoma in 2006 after a successful run at Virginia Commonwealth. The Sooners this season went 14-18 which included an embarrassing loss at the hands...
Juan Pattillo Dismissed from the OU Basketball Team
Well it started off as a rumor yesterday, but has crescendoed to a legitimate story today. Courtesy of the Oklahoman: Juan Pattillo, expected to contend for a starting spot next season, was dismissed Sunday from OU’s basketball squad. Sooners coach Jeff Capel announced Patillo’s...
Big 12 & Pac 10 Hardwood Series Matchups Set
...and OU draws the Arizona Wildcats. The game will be played in Norman on December 6th. Here's the complete story from Sooner Sports. Other intriguing matchups include: USC at Texas Baylor at Arizona State Iowa State at California Washington State at Kansas State Kansas at UCLA (WOW! Talk...
Meet Me In St. Louis: Final Four
AP Photo via a.espncdn.com The OU women's basketball team advanced to the Final Four in St. Louis with a 74-68 victory tonight over 6 seed Purdue. They outscored Purdue by 11 in the second half to overcome a 5-point halftime deficit. This was only the second time the OU women's team has ever...
March 30th Sooner Sports Notebook
It's time for another Sooner Sports Notebook, and I decided to debut a sleeker, nicer looking header than the old, grainy one I was using. Before anything else, let's congratulate our women's basketball team on reaching the Elite Eight by soundly defeating Pittsburgh (the 4-seed in their...
Roy Williams Compares Blake Griffin To LeBron James
Here's a snippet of what Roy Williams said: "He's a load," Williams said. "Please don't make this to be a comparison -- [but] he is LeBron James-like. He's got such a package of strength, explosiveness, touch, power. You know, it's hard to match that. In person when you're sitting on that...
First Five Minutes and Bad Perimeter Shooting Doom Sooners
Pictured above: A collection of the Sooners' 3 point shots in Memphis today. The Sooners fell 72-60 in an Elite Eight showdown with UNC on Sunday. Anyone who was watching know that a few things doomed OU. Blake Griffin got his usual double (23 points and 16 rebounds). But nobody decided to show...
Initial Thoughts On The UNC Tar Heels
A Full Preview is now available! They are going to be tough to beat. Sorry, I know that I should throw all the stats out there and spin it in an optimistic way, but in all honesty the UNC Tar Heels are a great basketball team. And they are running like a well oiled machine right now. Such teams...
Previewing The Syracuse Orange Sweet 16 Matchup
#2 Oklahoma vs. #3 SyracuseSouth Regional SemifinalFriday, March 27, 2009 6:27PM Central - Memphis, TNWinner plays either #1 North Carolina or #4 Gonzaga Storylines Oklahoma advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 73-63 win over Michigan on Saturday afternoon. It was the first time OU has advanced...
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