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Week One - Feb. 17-19 | Sooners at Pepperdine 1 Craig Moran, Assistant Director McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 W. Brooks, Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 O: (405) 325-8231 | F: (405) 325-7623 baseball [email protected] | www.SoonerSports.com ESTABLISHED 1898 | 1951 AND 1994 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 10 CWS APPEARANCES | 25 CONFERENCE TITLES 2012 Schedule DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT RADIO/TV NCBWA WEEK ONE Feb. 17 Pepperdine 4 p.m. KREF 1400 AM 14 Game 1:. Friday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m. Feb. 18 Pepperdine 3 p.m. KREF 1400 AM Game 2:. .Saturday, Feb. 18, 1 p.m. Feb. 19 Pepperdine 1 p.m. KREF 1400 AM Feb. 24 Hartford 3 p.m. KREF 1400 AM Game 3:. .Saturday, Feb. 19, 11 a.m. Feb. 25 Hartford 2 p.m. KREF 1400 AM Venue:. Eddy D. Field Stadium (1,800) Feb. 26 Hartford 1 p.m. KREF 1400 AM Live Stats: . SoonerSports.com Feb. 28 UTA 3 p.m. KREF 1400 AM/SSN Radio . KREF 1400 AM March 2 New Mexico 7 p.m. Internet Only Internet Audio:. SoonerSports.com March 3 New Mexico 3 p.m. KREF 1400 AM March 4 New Mexico 2 p.m. Internet Only Webcast. PepperdineSports.com March 6 Ark. Pine Bluff 3 p.m. KREF 1400 AM TV. .none March 7 Ark. Pine Bluff 12 p.m. KREF 1400 AM Series Record:. .Pepperdine leads 1-0 March 9 UConn% 4 p.m. KREF 1400 AM Oklahoma (0-0) Last Meeting: . 1988 NCAA Tournament Pepperdine (0-0) March 10 West Virginia% 1 p.m. KREF 1400 AM . Pepperdine won 10-1 in Tempe, Ariz. March 10 Oregon% 9 p.m. KREF 1400 AM SOONERS WAVES March 11 Oregon State% 1 p.m. KREF 1400 AM March 13 Dallas Baptist 6:30 p.m. KREF 1400 AM March 16 *Texas 6:30 p.m. KREF 1400 AM/SSN SERIES PREVIEW March 17 *Texas 2 p.m. KREF 1400 AM/SSN • No. 14 Oklahoma opens 2012 on the road for a three-game series at Pepperdine held Feb. 17-19 at Eddy D. Field in Malibu, Calif. March 18 *Texas 1 p.m. KREF 1400 AM/SSN • Friday’s opener at 2 p.m. PT marks the seventh time in the last nine years (2-4) that OU begins a season on the road (last 2010). March 20 Air Force 6:30 p.m. KREF 1400 AM/SSN March 21 Air Force 3 p.m. KREF 1400 AM/SSN • OU is ranked No. 14 by the NCBWA, No. 15 by USA Today/Coaches, No. 16 Collegiate Baseball and No. 19 Baseball America. March 23 *Texas Tech 6:30 p.m. KREF 1400 AM • The Sooners return fi ve position starters from the 2011 squad that fi nished 41-19 overall and third in the Big 12 (14-11). March 24 *Texas Tech 5 p.m. KREF 1400 AM • Pepperdine returns 21 letterwinners from the 2011 team that was 22-34 overall and seventh in the West Coast Conference (7-14). March 25 *Texas Tech 1 p.m. KREF 1400 AM • The Waves return three position starters and three starting pitchers and are picked to fi nish fi fth in the WCC preseason poll. March 27 Oral Roberts 6:30 p.m. KREF 1400 AM • Waves’ Rotation: Game 1 - RHP Jon Moscot (2-2, 4.27); Game 2 - RHP Scott Frazier (2-1, 1.00); Game 3 - LHP Alex Najera (1-4, 4.79) March 30 *Kansas State 6:30 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM/SSN March 31 *Kansas State 2 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM/SSN April 1 *Kansas State 1 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM THE SERIES April 5 *Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM • Friday’s season opener is just the second meeting in the series between OU and Pepperdine. The Waves topped the Sooners in the April 6 *Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM 1988 NCAA Tournament, 10-1, in Tempe, Ariz. April 7 *Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM April 10 Arkansas 6:30 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM April 13 *Missouri 6:30 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM BROADCAST INFORMATION April 14 *Missouri 6:30 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM • The OU radio broadcast with play-by-play announcer Chris Plank and Craig Moran on color can be heard throughout the weekend April 15 *Missouri 1 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM on the Sooner Sports Network (KREF 1400 AM in Norman/OKC). Every game in 2012 is also available online at SoonerSports.com. April 17 Oral Roberts 6:30 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM • Live stats are also available on SoonerSports.com and a webcast for all three games can be found on PepperdineSports.com. April 20 Alabama State 6:30 p.m. KREF 1400 AM April 21 Alabama State 2 p.m. KREF 1400 AM April 22 Alabama State 1 p.m. KREF 1400 AM NEXT WEEK April 24 Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM • Oklahoma returns home to play Hartford in a three-game series at the newly renovated L. Dale Mitchell Park. Friday’s opener is April 25 Dallas Baptist 6:30 p.m. Internet Only slated for 3 p.m. fi rst pitch in Norman, while game two on Saturday gets underway at 2 p.m. and Sunday’s fi nale is set for 1 p.m. April 27 *Kansas 6 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM April 28 *Kansas 6 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM PLAYER TO WATCH PROJECTED OU STARTERS April 29 *Kansas 1 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM May 1 TCU 6:30 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM May 4 *Oklahoma St.$ 7 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM/FSN CALEB BUSHYHEAD IN THE FIELD (2011 fi nal stats) May 5 *Oklahoma St.@ 7 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM Senior shortstop Caleb C Hunter Lockwood true freshman May 6 *Oklahoma St.@ 4:35 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM Bushyhead is one 1B Max White .286, 3 HR, 20 RBI May 11 *Baylor 6:30 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM 2B Jack Mayfi eld .259, 1 HR, 10 RBI May 12 *Baylor 2 p.m. $ of three, three-year KREF 1400 AM/FSN 3B Garrett Carey junior college transfer May 13 *Baylor 1 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM starters returning May 15 TCU 6:30 p.m. $KREF 1400 AM in 2012 (Cody Reine SS Caleb Bushyhead .288, 0 HR, 18 RBI May 17 Samford 6:30 p.m. KREF 1400 AM and Max White). LF Evan Mistich .316, 2 HR, 16 RBI May 18 Samford 6:30 p.m. KREF 1400 AM Bushyhead missed last CF Erik Ross .315, 0 HR, 21 RBI May 19 Samford 2 p.m. KREF 1400 AM year’s opener and the RF Cody Reine .256, 4 HR, 27 RBI May 23-27 Big 12 Champ @ TBA KREF 1400 AM DH Matt Oberste junior college transfer June 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA KREF 1400 AM fi rst 14 games of the June 8-11 Super Regionals TBA KREF 1400 AM season with a torn ACL. The 2010 quarterfi nalist for the ROTATION June 15-26 College World Series TBA KREF 1400 AM Brooks Wallace Award (nation’s top shortstop) fi nished --------------------------------------------------------------------------- last year’s campaign strong after batting .340 with 18 No. 1 LHP Dillon Overton 8-4, 2.30 ERA, 33 BB, 55 SO -All times listed are central | Home games in bold | * Big 12 game | % RBI in 25 Big 12 games. No. 2 RHP Jonathan Gray junior college transfer Nike Showcase |^ Game played at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Okla. | No. 3 LHP Steven Okert junior college transfer @ Games played at the RedHawks Field (OKCy) | $ - broadcast on 2011 Season Stats: .288, 0 HR, 18 RBI Sooner Sports Network | SSN - televised on Sooner Sports Network Week One - Feb. 17-19 | Sooners at Pepperdine 2 OU PICKED THIRD IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL 2011 DRAFT RECAP The Sooners were picked to fi nish third in the 2012 Big 12 OU will feature some new faces in 2012 as 11 Sooners were Coaches’ Preseason Poll on Feb. 14. It marks the fourth straight drafted last June, a mark that led the Big 12 and marks the year that the Sooners were picked in the top four spots in the most taken in program history, topping the 10 selected in 1998 preseason poll. and 1995. The 11 selections ranked in a tie for second place in the nation behind Vanderbilt (12). Arizona State, Florida and Texas A&M was selected as the preseason favorite to win the South Carolina also had 11 while Texas was eighth with nine HEAD COACH SUNNY GOLLOWAY 2012 Big 12 baseball regular season title, followed by Texas, selections. The most players drafted in the Sunny Golloway era was nine, accomplished twice in 2009 and 2006. Overall, 43 Sunny Golloway has led the Sooners to fi ve NCAA Oklahoma, Baylor, Missouri, Oklahoma State,Texas Tech, Kansas and Kansas. A complete poll is listed on page 5. Sooners have been drafted on Golloway’s watch, including at Regional fi nals, 261 victories and a top 25 ranking in least four in every season but one. In addition, 22 of the players each of his six years at the helm of the OU program. TOP 25 POLLS came to Norman undrafted in their careers. Of the 11 Sooners The Sooners have hosted three NCAA Regionals under taken in 2011, eight were selected for the fi rst time and two Oklahoma is ranked in the top 25 preseason polls for the fourth Golloway while appearing in the program’s only others improved their draft status by at least four rounds.