2007-08Men's Basketball
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OOKLAHOMAKLAHOMA 2007-08 MEN’S BASKETBALL EXHIBITION 1: OU vs. ROCKHURST Wednesday, Oct. 31 7 p.m. CT Norman, Okla. Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION O31 ROCKHURST (Ex.) 7 p.m. Date..............................Wednesday, Oct. 31 OKLAHOMA SOONERS ROCKHURST HAWKS N5 FAYETTEVILLE STATE (Ex.) 7 p.m. Tip ......................................... 7:08 p.m. CST 2006-07 Record ................................16-15 2006-07 Record ................................17-12 Internet Video ............. SoonerSports.com Big 12 Record .....................................6-10 Great Lakes Valley Record .................11-8 N8 SAN FRANCISCO 7 p.m. TV .......................................................None Head Coach ................................. Jeff Capel Head Coach ............................Bill O’Connor N9 DENVER/EAST CENTRAL 4:30/7 p.m. Alma Mater ..............................(Duke ’97) Alma Mater ................. (St. Benedict’s ’72) N12 ALCORN STATE 1:30 p.m. SSN Radio .......................Sooner Radio Network Career Record .................95-56 (6th year) Career Record ...........193-179 (14th year) N15 vs. TBA # 6 or 8 p.m. ESPN2 Flagship .....................KOKC 1520 AM (OKC) At Oklahoma .................16-15 (2nd year) At Rockhurst ................................... Same N16 vs. TBA # 5:30 or 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 (Bob Barry Sr., Mike Houck) SID ............................................Mike Houck SID ................................... John Dodderidge N21 MOREHEAD STATE 7 p.m. SSN Series .................................... First meeting E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] N29 at USC % 10 p.m. FSN Web Site................www.soonersports.com Web Site.......www.rockhurst.edu/athletics D2 at TCU 6 p.m. CSTV D5 TULSA 7 p.m. SSN PROJECTED OKLAHOMA STARTERS D8 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 12:30 p.m. SSN D15 ARKANSAS 2 p.m. ESPN2 BLAKE GRIFFIN • F NOTES: The sixth McDonald’s All-America signee in school history D20 vs. Gonzaga ^ 8 p.m. ESPN2 23 6-10 • 243 • Fr. • Oklahoma City, Okla. ... Averaged 26.8 points, 15.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.9 blocks D29 vs. West Virginia & 5 p.m. ESPN2 Oklahoma Christian School a game as a high school senior ... Was OU’s leading scorer (18.8) and rebounder (9.0) during four-game Labor Day weekend trip to PTS REB AST MIN J5 RICE 2 p.m. SSN Canada despite averaging only 19.8 minutes per contest ... Won J7 MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA — — — — four high school state championships under his father, Tommy. J12 KANSAS STATE 5 p.m. ESPN Plus J14 at Kansas 8 p.m. ESPN NOTES: OU’s leading returning scorer (10.4) and rebounder J19 TEXAS TECH 3 p.m. ESPN Plus LONGAR LONGAR • C (7.1) who also led team in blocked shots last year (1.4) ... Shot a J26 at Baylor 3 p.m. ESPN Plus 30 6-11 • 234 • Sr. • Rochester, Minn. Laurinburg Institute (N.C.) J28 OKLAHOMA STATE 8 p.m. ESPN team-high .553 from the fi eld last season and owns a career .587 mark ... Posted seven double-doubles as a junior (averaged 17.6 PTS REB BLK MIN F2 at Texas A&M 3 p.m. ESPN Plus points and 13.1 rebounds in those games) ... Named to Big 12’s F6 TEXAS 6 p.m. ESPN2 10.4 7.1 1.4 26.2 All-Improved Team by a panel of sportswriters. F9 at Colorado 3 p.m. ESPNU F13 IOWA STATE 7 p.m. ESPN Plus TONY CROCKER • G NOTES: Underwent surgery on his left leg Aug. 28 due to F16 at Texas Tech 3 p.m. ESPN Plus 5 6-6 • 193 • So. • San Antonio, Texas traumatic compartment syndrome ... Led team with 25 starts last F19 BAYLOR 7 p.m. ESPN Plus The Patterson School (N.C.) year as a freshman ... Averaged 8.6 points and 3.7 rebounds while F23 at Texas 2:30 p.m. ABC PTS REB AST MIN shooting a team-high .357 from 3-point range ... Scored at least F27 at Nebraska 7 p.m. 14 points on nine occasions ... Born in Lawton, Okla., but moved to 8.6 3.7 1.8 23.3 M1 TEXAS A&M 1 p.m. ESPN San Antonio, Texas, after middle school. M5 at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. ESPN Plus M8 MISSOURI 2:30 p.m. ABC DAVID GODBOLD • G NOTES: OU’s active leader in career games (88) and career starts M13-16 Big 12 Championship * TBA ESPN/Plus 15 6-5 • 221 • Sr. • Oklahoma City, Okla. (48) ... Averaged 7.4 points and 4.6 boards as a junior ... Started M20-23 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA CBS Douglass High School 13 times in 31 games last year but led team in total minutes ... M27-30 NCAA Regionals TBA CBS Ranked second on team with 43 3-pointers and made at least A5&7 NCAA Final Four TBA CBS PTS REB AST MIN three treys on eight occasions ... Scored a career-high 20 points 7.4 4.6 1.7 27.9 against No. 6 Texas A&M (was 5-for-7 from long range). # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series AUSTIN JOHNSON • G NOTES: Averaged 7.0 points and a team-high 2.8 assists a game ^ O’Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City) 20 6-3 • 165 • Jr. • Amarillo, Texas last year as a sophomore when he made 23 starts at point guard & Charleston, W.Va. Palo Duro High School ... Shot .441 from 3-point range (26-for-59) and boasted a 2.4 * Kansas City, Mo. assist-to-turnover ratio in home games ... Shot .926 from the free PTS REB AST MIN throw line on the year (25-for-27) ... A second-team Academic SSN is Sooner Sports Network 7.0 1.8 2.8 23.6 ESPN Plus is Big 12 regional television All-Big 12 selection ... Missed September Canada trip (back injury). All times Central and subject to change PROJECTED ROCKHURST STARTERS (Averages are from 2006-07 season) OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS No. Name Position Height Weight Class Points Rebounds Assists Minutes 34 Alden Smith F 6-5 195 Jr. — — — — Men’s Basketball Contact: Mike Houck 50 Drew Martin F 6-7 225 Jr. 1.4 1.3 0.2 6.3 Offi ce: (405) 325-8231 42 John Torson C 6-10 210 Sr. 12.8 6.7 1.8 29.8 Cell: (405) 249-5892 10 Joey Deas G 5-10 180 Sr. 12.1 1.6 2.7 32.2 E-Mail: [email protected] 12 Aaron Hill G 6-1 175 Jr. 13.2 2.5 2.4 29.2 OU vs. ROCKHURST 1 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL GAME PREVIEW Second-year Oklahoma head coach Jeff Capel will watch his team “NOTE”WORTHY eff Capel was named the X Rockhurst University has been the practice 13th men’s basketball head play outside competition for the fi rst time since Labor Day weekend home of the Oklahoma basketball team during coach at Oklahoma on April when the Sooners host Division II foe Rockhurst in an exhibition game J the Big 12 Championship for the last decade 11, 2006. At 32, Capel, who went Wednesday night inside Lloyd Noble Center. The contest is scheduled when the event has been held in Kansas City. 16-15 (.516) in his debut season to tip at 7:08 p.m. CST and will air on the Sooner Radio Network at OU and compiled a 79-41 (fl agship KOKC AM-1520 in Oklahoma City) with Bob Barry Sr. and X Oklahoma is 37-2 in exhibition games over (.658) record over the previous Mike Houck announcing. A live webcast of the game will be available the past 19 seasons. four years as head coach at for viewing on the “All-Access” section of OU’s offi cial athletics site, X The Sooners return 61 percent of their Virginia Commonwealth, is the SoonerSports.com (a subscription is required). scoring, 70 percent of their rebounding and 66 sixth-youngest men’s basketball percent of their assists from last year. coach in NCAA Division I. TICKET INFORMATION X OU has recorded 26 consecutive winning Capel’s VCU squads posted a 50-22 (.694) combined record in X OU students who present a valid school I.D. will be admitted to seasons, more than any other Big 12 program. Colonial Athletic Association play and a 47-11 overall home Wednesday’s game free of charge (west entrance). Kansas ranks second (24) and Oklahoma State record for a staunch .811 winning percentage. X Upper-level reserved seats are available for $10 (north and south) ranks third (19). In 2003-04, VCU’s CAA Tournament championship game and $15 (east and west) at the OU Athletics Ticket Offi ce. Lloyd Noble X The Sooners’ Nov. 8 regular season opener victory over George Mason catapulted the Rams to the NCAA Center ticket windows will open at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. against San Francisco will mark the earliest Tournament for the fi rst time since 1996. VCU lost in the fi rst ever by a Big 12 Conference team. round to Wake Forest, but not before putting a major scare HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES X OU held opponents to 59.6 points a game into the fourth-seeded Demon Deacons, 79-78. Capel’s 2004- X Halloween trick-or-treating activities will be held on Lloyd Noble last year, the lowest fi gure since the 1977-78 05 squad, which fi nished 19-13, competed in the National season (a span of 29 years). Invitation Tournament, marking just the third time in program Center’s upper concourse. Costume contests will be held for children history that VCU made consecutive postseason appearances. and for OU students.