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OOKLAHOMAKLAHOMA 2007-08 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 1: OU vs. SAN FRANCISCO 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Thursday, Nov. 8 7 p.m. CT Norman, Okla. Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION O31 ROCKHURST (Ex.) 7 p.m. W, 93-58 Date....................................Thursday, Nov. 8 OKLAHOMA SOONERS SAN FRANCISCO DONS N2 FAYETTEVILLE STATE (Ex.) 7 p.m. W, 91-50 Tip ......................................... 7:08 p.m. CST 2006-07 Record ................................16-15 2006-07 Record ................................13-18 TV .......................................................None Big 12 Record/Finish ................. 6-10/T7th West Coast Record/Finish ........... 8-6/T3rd N8 SAN FRANCISCO 7 p.m. Radio .......................Sooner Radio Network Head Coach ................................. Jeff Capel Head Coach ..............................Jessie Evans N9 DENVER/EAST CENTRAL 4:30/7 p.m. Flagship .....................KOKC 1520 AM (OKC) Alma Mater .................................Duke ’97 Alma Mater .............Eastern Michigan ’72 N12 ALCORN STATE 1:30 p.m. SSN (Bob Barry Sr., Mike Houck) Career Record .................95-56 (6th year) Career Record ...........159-129 (11th year) N15 vs. TBA # 6 or 8 p.m. ESPN2 Internet Video ...................................None At Oklahoma .................16-15 (2nd year) At San Francisco ............ 41-49 (4th year) N16 vs. TBA # 5:30 or 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Series .....................San Francisco leads 1-0 SID ............................................Mike Houck SID .........................................Ryan McCrary N21 MOREHEAD STATE 7 p.m. SSN Last Meeting ...... San Francisco won 68-61 E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] N29 at USC % 10 p.m. FSN on Dec. 15, 1979, in San Francisco Web Site................www.soonersports.com Web Site........................www.usfdons.com D2 at TCU 6 p.m. CSTV D5 TULSA 7 p.m. SSN PROJECTED OKLAHOMA STARTERS (Averages are from exhibition games) 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 D20 vs. Gonzaga ^ 8 p.m. ESPN2 23 6-10 • 243 • Fr. • Oklahoma City, Okla. history ... Led team by averaging 18.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in D29 vs. West Virginia & 5 p.m. ESPN2 Oklahoma Christian School 22.5 minutes per exhibition game ... Averaged 26.8 points, 15.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists a game as a high school senior ... Was PTS REB AST MIN J5 RICE 2 p.m. SSN OU’s leading scorer (18.8) and rebounder (9.0) during four-game J7 MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA 18.5 9.5 2.0 22.5 Labor Day weekend trip to Canada (19.8 minutes per contest). 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 (7.1) J19 TEXAS TECH 3 p.m. ESPN Plus LONGAR LONGAR • C who also led team in blocks last year (1.4) ... Shot a team-high 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 .553 from the fi eld last season and owns a career .587 mark ... Posted seven double-doubles as a junior (averaged 17.6 points PTS REB AST MIN F2 at Texas A&M 3 p.m. ESPN Plus and 13.1 rebounds in those games) ... Named to Big 12’s All- F6 TEXAS 6 p.m. ESPN2 9.0 4.0 4.0 18.5 Improved Team by a panel of sportswriters covering the league. F9 at Colorado 3 p.m. ESPNU F13 IOWA STATE 7 p.m. ESPN Plus TONY CROCKER • G NOTES: Ranked second on squad by averaging 12.5 points in ex- F16 at Texas Tech 3 p.m. ESPN Plus 5 6-6 • 193 • So. • San Antonio, Texas hibition games ... Was 6-for-7 from the fi eld and scored 17 points F19 BAYLOR 7 p.m. ESPN Plus The Patterson School (N.C.) in exhibition opener ... Underwent surgery on his left leg Aug. 28 F23 at Texas 2:30 p.m. ABC PTS REB AST MIN (traumatic compartment syndrome) ... Led team with 25 starts F27 at Nebraska 7 p.m. last year as a freshman when he averaged 8.6 points and 3.7 12.5 2.5 1.0 20.0 M1 TEXAS A&M 1 p.m. ESPN rebounds while shooting a team-high .357 from 3-point range. M5 at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. ESPN Plus M8 MISSOURI 2:30 p.m. ABC OMAR LEARY • G NOTES: Shot .667 from the fi eld and .571 (4-for-7) from 3-point M13-16 Big 12 Championship * TBA ESPN/Plus 11 5-10 • 163 • Jr. • Portland, Ore. range while averaging 9.0 points and 5.0 assists in exhibition M20-23 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA CBS Northeastern (Colo.) JC play ... Was a fi rst-team junior college All-American last year after M27-30 NCAA Regionals TBA CBS averaging 14.0 points and 6.3 assists while shooting .439 from A5&7 NCAA Final Four TBA CBS PTS REB AST MIN beyond the arc ... Averaged 21.5 points and 5.5 assists in national 9.0 2.5 5.0 20.5 juco tournament (named to all-tournament team). # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series AUSTIN JOHNSON • G NOTES: Was 4-for-4 from 3-point range and racked up six assists ^ O’Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City) 20 6-3 • 165 • Jr. • Amarillo, Texas with no turnovers in fi rst exhibition ... Averaged 7.0 points and a & Charleston, W.Va. Palo Duro High School team-high 2.8 assists a game last year when he made 23 starts at * Kansas City, Mo. point guard ... Shot .441 from 3-point range (26-for-59) at home PTS REB AST MIN ... Shot .926 from the free throw line on the year (25-for-27) ... SSN is Sooner Sports Network 7.5 1.5 3.5 20.0 ESPN Plus is Big 12 regional television Missed September Canada trip (back injury). All times Central and subject to change PROJECTED SAN FRANCISCO STARTERS (Averages are from exhibition games) OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS No. Name Position Height Weight Class Points Rebounds Assists Minutes 33 Dior Lowhorn F 6-7 230 So. 28.0 12.0 0.0 38.0 Men’s Basketball Contact: Mike Houck 41 Danny Cavic F 6-6 210 Sr. 1.0 3.0 0.0 23.0 Offi ce: (405) 325-8231 3 Jared Casey C 6-10 235 So. — — — — Cell: (405) 249-5892 10 Manny Quezada G 6-2 185 Jr. 27.0 6.0 2.0 32.0 E-Mail: [email protected] 21 Christian Hernandez G 6-5 210 So. 0.0 5.0 5.0 27.0 OU vs. SAN FRANCISCO 1 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL 2K SPORTS COLLEGE HOOPS CLASSIC PREVIEW The Oklahoma men’s basketball team begins the 2007-08 regular sea- “NOTE” WORTHY eff Capel was named the X Oklahoma’s season opener Thursday against 13th men’s basketball head son Nov. 8-9 in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefi ting Coaches San Francisco will mark the earliest ever (Nov. coach at Oklahoma on April vs. Cancer as one of the event’s four regional hosts. Thursday’s fi rst J 8) by a Big 12 Conference team. 11, 2006. At 32, Capel, who went round at Lloyd Noble Center will see Denver take on East Central (Okla.) 16-15 (.516) in his debut season at 4:30 p.m. and the Sooners meet San Francisco at 7 p.m. X Oklahoma has won 20 of its last 22 season at OU and compiled a 79-41 The OU/San Francisco contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network openers and 27 of its last 28 home openers. (.658) record over the previous (fl agship KOKC AM-1520 in Oklahoma City) with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike X The Sooners return 61 percent of their four years as head coach at Houck announcing. The game will not be televised. scoring, 70 percent of their rebounding and Virginia Commonwealth, is the 66 percent of their assists from last year. They sixth-youngest men’s basketball Thursday’s losers will meet Friday at 4:30 p.m. while Thursday’s win- bring back four players who started at least 22 coach in NCAA Division I. ners will play Friday at 7. games each. Capel’s VCU squads posted a 50-22 (.694) combined record in If OU wins its two regional games, it will travel to New York City for Nov. X OU has recorded 26 consecutive winning Colonial Athletic Association play and a 47-11 overall home 15 and 16 championship round games inside Madison Square Garden. seasons, more than any other Big 12 program. record for a staunch .811 winning percentage. Other regional hosts (and potential opponents in New York) include Kansas ranks second (24) and Oklahoma State In 2003-04, VCU’s CAA Tournament championship game Memphis (ranked No. 3 in the preseason AP poll), Kentucky (No. 20) ranks third (19). and Connecticut. The New York games will be televised by ESPN2. victory over George Mason catapulted the Rams to the NCAA X Oklahoma held opponents to 59.6 points Tournament for the fi rst time since 1996. VCU lost in the fi rst a game last year, the lowest fi gure since the round to Wake Forest, but not before putting a major scare TICKET INFORMATION 1977-78 season (a span of 29 years). into the fourth-seeded Demon Deacons, 79-78.