2007-08Men's Basketball

OOKLAHOMAKLAHOMA 2007-08 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 6: OKLAHOMA (4-1) vs. MOREHEAD STATE (1-2) Wednesday, Nov. 21 7 p.m. CST Norman, Okla. Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) Sooner Sports Network

SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION

O31 ROCKHURST (Ex.) 7 p.m. W, 93-58 Date/Tip ...... Wednesday, Nov. 21 OKLAHOMA SOONERS MOREHEAD STATE EAGLES N2 FAYETTEVILLE STATE (Ex.) 7 p.m. W, 91-50 Radio ...... 7:08 p.m. CST 2007-08 Record ...... 4-1 2007-08 Record ...... 1-2 Radio ...... Sooner Radio Network Streak ...... Won 1 Streak ...... Lost 1 N8 SAN FRANCISCO 7 p.m. W, 71-55 Flagship ...... KOKC-AM 1520 (OKC) Head Coach ...... Jeff Capel Head Coach ...... Donnie Tyndall N9 DENVER 7 p.m. W, 80-50 (Bob Barry Sr., Mike Houck) Alma Mater ...... Duke ’97 Alma Mater ...... Morehead State ’93 N12 ALCORN STATE 7 p.m. W, 99-59 TV ...Sooner Sports Network; ESPN Full Court Career Record ...... 99-57 (6th year) Career Record ...... 13-20 (2nd year) N15 vs. Memphis (3) # 8 p.m. L, 53-63 (Bob Carpenter, Charlie Spoonhour) At Oklahoma ...... 20-16 (2nd year) At Morehead State...... Same N16 vs. Gardner-Webb # 5:30 p.m. W, 69-55 Series ...... Oklahoma leads 2-0 SID ...... Mike Houck SID ...... Randy Stacy N21 MOREHEAD STATE 7 p.m. SSN E-Mail ...... [email protected] E-Mail ...... [email protected] N29 at USC % 10 p.m. FSN Last Meeting ...... Oklahoma won 118-99 on Dec. 27, 1991, in Norman Web Site...... www.soonersports.com Web Site...... www.msueagles.com 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 OU history ... D20 vs. Gonzaga ^ 8 p.m. ESPN2 23 6-10 • 243 • Fr. • Oklahoma City, Okla. Leads team in scoring and rebounding ... Recorded 18 points and D29 vs. West Virginia & 5 p.m. ESPN2 Oklahoma Christian School 13 boards in collegiate debut Nov. 8 against San Francisco (had 12 and 10 by halftime) ... Also posted a double-double vs. Alcorn PTS REB AST MIN J5 RICE 2 p.m. SSN State (16 and 11) ... Named MVP of 2K Sports College Hoops Clas- J7 MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA 14.8 8.6 1.8 26.6 sic Norman Regional ... Shooting .558 from the fi eld. J12 KANSAS STATE 5 p.m. ESPN Plus J14 at Kansas 8 p.m. ESPN NOTES: Ranks second on team in scoring (12.4) and rebounding J19 TEXAS TECH 3 p.m. ESPN Plus LONGAR LONGAR • C 6-11 • 234 • Sr. • Rochester, Minn. (7.0) in 23.2 minutes a game ... Averaging 16.3 points and 7.7 J26 at Baylor 3 p.m. ESPN Plus 30 Laurinburg Institute (N.C.) boards over last three games ... Owns a career .578 fi eld goal J28 OKLAHOMA STATE 8 p.m. ESPN mark ... Posted seven double-doubles last year (averaged 17.6 PTS REB AST 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 12.4 7.0 1.8 23.2 All-Improved Team by sportswriters covering the league. F9 at Colorado 3 p.m. ESPNU F13 IOWA STATE 7 p.m. ESPN Plus TONY CROCKER • G NOTES: Ranks third on team with his 10.8 points a contest ... F16 at Texas Tech 3 p.m. ESPN Plus 5 6-6 • 193 • So. • San Antonio, Texas Shooting .559 from the fi eld and .429 (6-for-15) from 3-point F19 BAYLOR 7 p.m. ESPN Plus The Patterson School (N.C.) range ... Had season highs of 16 points and 7 boards Nov. 12 vs. Al- F23 at Texas 2:30 p.m. ABC PTS REB AST MIN corn State ... Underwent surgery on his left leg Aug. 28 (traumatic F27 at Nebraska 7 p.m. compartment syndrome) ... Led team with 25 starts last year as a 10.8 3.8 2.0 25.4 M1 TEXAS A&M 1 p.m. ESPN frosh when he averaged 8.6 points and 3.7 rebounds. M5 at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. ESPN Plus M8 MISSOURI 2:30 p.m. ABC OMAR LEARY • G NOTES: Has started the last three games after coming off the M13-16 Big 12 Championship * TBA ESPN/Plus 11 5-10 • 163 • Jr. • Portland, Ore. bench in the fi rst two ... Scored 14 points against Denver ... Leads M20-23 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA CBS Northeastern (Colo.) JC team in fi eld goal percentage (.619) and 3-point fi eld goal percentage (.615) ... Is 8-for-13 on trey attempts ... Was a fi rst-team M27-30 NCAA Regionals TBA CBS PTS REB AST MIN A5&7 NCAA Final Four TBA CBS junior college All-American last year after averaging 14.0 points 7.2 1.4 1.4 20.2 and 6.3 assists at Northeastern (Colo) JC. # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series AUSTIN JOHNSON • G NOTES: Recorded nine points, three rebounds and three steals ^ O’Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City) 20 6-3 • 165 • Jr. • Amarillo, Texas vs. Memphis Nov. 15 in fi rst non-start of the year ... Logged & Charleston, W.Va. Palo Duro High School seven points and six assists with no turnovers in season opener * Kansas City, Mo. versus San Francisco ... Averaged 7.0 points and a team-high 2.8 PTS REB AST MIN assists a game last year (made 23 starts at point guard) ... Missed SSN is Sooner Sports Network 6.4 2.4 2.2 25.6 September Canada trip due to a back injury. ESPN Plus is Big 12 regional television All times Central and subject to change PROJECTED MOREHEAD STATE STARTERS No. Name Position Height Weight Class Points Rebounds Assists Minutes OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS 33 Leon Buchanan F 6-5 200 Jr. 18.0 5.7 0.7 29.0 Men’s Basketball Contact: Mike Houck 35 Kenneth Faried C 6-8 215 Fr. 9.0 6.3 1.0 16.7 Offi ce: (405) 325-8231 14 Jamyron Steward G 6-3 185 Sr. 7.0 6.7 2.0 33.7 Cell: (405) 249-5892 15 Nikola Stojakovic G 6-2 195 Sr. 2.0 3.7 3.7 30.7 E-Mail: [email protected] 25 John Lamb G 6-1 180 Fr. 6.7 1.7 0.3 23.0

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HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL GAME PREVIEW Oklahoma (4-1) will attempt to give head coach Jeff Capel his 100th “NOTE” WORTHY eff Capel was named the 13th men’s basketball head career win when it hosts Morehead State (1-2) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. OU’s top fi ve scorers are all shooting at Jcoach at Oklahoma on April CST at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners are 3-0 at home this year while least .500 from the fi eld. They are shooting a 11, 2006. At 32, Capel, who went the Eagles are 0-2 in road contests. combined .544. 16-15 (.516) in his debut season Wednesday’s game will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KOKC-AM Oklahoma held opponents to 59.6 points at OU and compiled a 79-41 1520 in Oklahoma City; KTBZ-AM-1430 in Tulsa; Sirius channel 143) a game last year, the lowest fi gure since the (.658) record over the previous with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck announcing. The game will be 1977-78 season (a span of 29 years). Through four years as head coach at televised by the Sooner Sports Network (KAUT channel 43/Cox 16 in fi ve games this year, OU is surrendering 56.4 Virginia Commonwealth, is the points a contest. sixth-youngest men’s basketball OKC; Cox 3 in Tulsa; ESPN Full Court) with Bob Carpenter and Charlie coach in NCAA Division I. Spoonhour announcing. Additionally, an Internet webcast on SoonerS- The Sooners have used four different start- ports.com will be available (an “All-Access” subscription is required). ing lineups in the last four games. Capel’s VCU squads posted a 50-22 (.694) combined record in Junior forward Taylor Griffi n has made four Colonial Athletic Association play and a 47-11 overall home TICKET INFORMATION record for a staunch .811 winning percentage. 3-pointers this year (on eight attempts), twice as many as he made all of last year when he In 2003-04, VCU’s CAA Tournament championship game Tickets for Wednesday’s game are available for $10 and $20. The $10 was 2-for-21. victory over George Mason catapulted the Rams to the NCAA seats are located in the upper north and south sections of Lloyd Noble Tournament for the fi rst time since 1996. VCU lost in the fi rst Center. The $20 seats are located in the upper east and west, and lower Senior center Longar Longar entered the round to Wake Forest, but not before putting a major scare north and south sections. year as a .542 career free throw shooter, but into the fourth-seeded Demon Deacons, 79-78. Capel’s 2004- Family packs are available for Wednesday’s game. For $10, fans get owns a .720 mark this season (18-for-25). 05 squad, which fi nished 19-13, competed in the National a game ticket, a hot dog, a soft drink and a coupon for a free T-shirt (a The Sooners have won 101 of their last 112 Invitation Tournament, marking just the third time in program minimum purchase of four tickets is required). games inside Lloyd Noble Center and 56 of history that VCU made consecutive postseason appearances. Tickets for OU students are $5 at the door (west entrance). their last 57 home non-conference games. Tickets may be purchased online at SoonerSports.com or on Wednes- The Rams won at least 18 games each of Capel’s four seasons OU has recorded 26 consecutive winning day at the OU Athletics Ticket Offi ce (800-456-4668). Lloyd Noble in Richmond with the 2003-04 squad registering a Capel-era- seasons, more than any other Big 12 program. best 23-8 record. His fi rst team fi nished 18-10 in 2002-03 as Center ticket windows will open Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Kansas ranks second (24) and Oklahoma State Capel tied a school record for wins by a fi rst-year head coach. ranks third (19). Last season, VCU fi nished 19-10 overall. OKLAHOMA UPDATE In the summer of 2005, Capel served as an assistant coach on The Sooners rebounded from a 63-53 loss to No. 3 Memphis last the gold-medal-winning USA Men’s World University Games Thursday in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic semifi nals in New York to post a 69-55 victory over Gardner-Webb in Friday’s Team that fi nished 8-0 in Turkey in August. Villanova’s Jay consolation game. The result was a third-place fi nish in the 16-team tournament (Memphis beat Connecticut in the champion- Wright was the head coach while Seton Hall’s Bobby Gonzalez ship game). served as the other assistant. The squad featured, among others, Midwest City (Okla.) High School and Duke University Oklahoma’s starting frontcourt of freshman forward Blake Griffi n and senior center Longar Longar combined for 33 points standout Shelden Williams. and 17 rebounds in the win over Gardner-Webb. Griffi n registered a team-high 17 points and grabbed eight boards while Longar Capel began his coaching career as an assistant at Old fi nished with 16 points and a game-high nine rebounds in his fi rst start of the season. The pair leads OU in both scoring and Dominion in 2000 before moving to VCU as an assistant for rebounding on the year, with Griffi n averaging 14.8 and 8.6, respectively, and Longar averaging 12.4 and 7.0. Griffi n has led the the 2001-02 season. In 2002, he became the youngest NCAA Sooners in scoring in three of OU’s fi ve games this year while Longar has done it the other two. Division I head coach at age 27. Sophomore guard Tony Crocker, who has scored in double fi gures in four games this year, ranks third on the team by averaging A four-year starter for Hall-of-Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski 10.8 points per contest. He adds 3.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists. Crocker is shooting .559 from the fi eld, .429 from 3-point range at Duke from the 1993-94 through 1996-97 campaigns, Capel (6-for-14) and .833 from the foul line (10-for-12). In his only non-start, he scored 11 points against Gardner-Webb with the help earned Atlantic Coast Conference honors each of his seasons in of 4-for-4 free throw shooting. Junior forward Taylor Griffi n is averaging 8.0 points and 3.4 rebounds a game while shooting Durham. The guard, who wore No. 5, averaged 12.4 points, 3.0 .500 from the fi eld and .500 from behind the arc (4-for-8). Junior guard Omar Leary leads the team in both fi eld goal percent- rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.7 3-pointers during his career and age (.619) and 3-point fi eld goal percentage (.615). He is 8-for-13 from long range and averages 7.2 points and a team-high-ty- started in the 1994 national title game against Arkansas. ing 1.6 steals per outing. He ranks 22nd in career scoring at Duke (1,601 points), 16th in minutes played (3,774), sixth in 3-pointers (220), seventh in 3- The Sooners’ defenses has been stingy, holding opponents to just 56.4 points per game and to .354 fi eld goal and .295 3-point point attempts (553), seventh in 3-point fi eld goal percentage shooting. OU’s fi ve foes have also averaged 17.4 turnovers. (.398) and 10th in assists (433). 2K SPORTS COLLEGE HOOPS CLASSIC LEFTOVERS Capel, who graduated from Duke with a bachelor of arts degree in history, and his wife, Kanika, wed in 2003. They have Against Memphis, freshman Blake Griffi n was held to single-digit scoring for the only time this season. He fi nished with eight a daughter, Cameron, who was born in April. points, eight rebounds, two assists and three steals. The Sooners held Memphis to .386 fi eld goal shooting while forcing 20 Tigers’ turnovers. Memphis’ 63 points were 28 below CAPEL YEAR BY YEAR their season average entering the game. Sophomore forward Keith Clark made his fi rst career start in the Memphis game and fi nished with four points in 15 minutes. Year School Record Pct. Gardner-Webb’s .279 fi eld goal percentage was the worst by an OU opponent since Norfolk State shot .246 in last year’s opener. 2002-03 Virginia Commonwealth 18-10 .643 The Bulldogs were just 5-for-31 from inside the 3-point arc (.161) on Friday but 14-for-37 from behind it (.378). 2003-04 * Virginia Commonwealth 23-8 .742 OU went to New York boasting a .418 3-point fi eld goal percentage in its fi rst three games (23-for-55), but shot just .276 during 2004-05 ^ Virginia Commonwealth 19-13 .594 its two games at Madison Square Garden (8-for-29). 2005-06 Virginia Commonwealth 19-10 .655 2006-07 Oklahoma 16-15 .516 SERIES WITH MOREHEAD STATE 2007-08 Oklahoma 4-1 .800 Totals 99-57 .635 Oklahoma holds a 2-0 series lead against Morehead State with wins during the 1984-85 and 1990-91 seasons. Fifth-ranked OU won the fi rst matchup 94-48 on Nov. 23, 1984, in Norman behind Wayman Tisdale’s 31 points and 15 rebounds. On Dec. 27, 1991, * NCAA Tournament the 14th-ranked Sooners ran to a 118-99 victory in the All-College Tournament in Oklahoma City behind six double-fi gures scor- ^ National Invitation Tournament ing efforts. Damon Patterson led the way with 36 points and 11 boards while Brent Price added 19 points and nine assists.

2 OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2007-08 BIG 12 STANDINGS PREVIEWING MOREHEAD STATE (Through Monday, Nov. 19) Wednesday’s game will mark Morehead State’s fourth of the year, as it is the owner of a 1-2 record. The Eagles opened the season Big 12 Overall with an 83-54 loss at Houston and followed with a 61-49 home win over Western Illinois before losing 86-70 at Bowling Green. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. MSU has been held to .379 fi eld goal and .314 3-point fi eld goal fi gures while opponents are shooting .481 and .370, respectively. Baylor 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000 The Eagles have shot well from the free throw line (.707) and are outrebounding their opponents by four a game (34.7-30.7). Kansas 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 Junior forward Leon Buchanan is the team’s lone double-fi gures scorer on the year, averaging 18.0 points per outing on .615 Kansas State 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 fi eld goal shooting and .880 (22-for-25) free throw shooting. Buchanan also averages 5.7 rebounds in 29.0 minutes a game. Texas 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 After scoring nine points in the opener against Houston and 10 in the win over Western Illinois, the 6-5, 200-pounder exploded Texas A&M 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 for 35 in 29 minutes against Bowling Green. Buchanan was 10-for-12 from the fl oor and 15-for-15 at the line in the game. Two Nebraska 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 Eagles, freshman center Kenneth Faried and sophomore forward Maze Stallworth, average 9.0 points per contest each. Oklahoma 0 0 .000 4 1 .800 Faried, who has averaged just 16.7 minutes a game, ranks second on the squad with his 6.3 rebounds per outing. Stallworth Missouri 0 0 .000 3 1 .750 plays 22.0 minutes a game and is 9-for-10 at the foul line. Senior guard Jamyron Steward averages 7.0 points and a team-high Iowa State 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 6.7 rebounds in a team-high 33.7 minutes a game. Oklahoma State 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 Donnie Tyndall is in his second year as a collegiate head coach and owns a 13-20 record (.394). Texas Tech 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 Colorado 0 0 .000 2 2 .500 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Last year, Oklahoma’s strength under fi rst-year head coach Jeff Capel was its defense. The Sooners held opponents to 59.6 points a game (the lowest average in 29 years) and to .406 fi eld goal shooting (the second lowest fi gure over the past 46 seasons). Through fi ve games in 2007-08, OU’s defense has been just as good, if not better.

OU is surrendering just 56.4 points per game and allowing opponents to shoot .354 from the fi eld and .295 from 3-point land. No opponent has scored more than 63 points this season and four of OU’s fi ve foes have been held under 60 points. Third-ranked Memphis, which averaged 78.9 points last year and 91.0 through its fi rst two games this season, was held to 63 points last Thursday at Madison Square Garden. In its fi ve games, Oklahoma has forced each of its opponents into more turnovers than it committed. Foes are averaging 17.4 turnovers per contest on the year and 18.3 over the past three outings. OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS LONGAR INCREASES PRODUCTION Offi cial Name: University of Oklahoma Location: Norman, Okla. Since averaging 6.7 points and 6.0 rebounds over OU’s fi rst two games, senior Longar Longar has upped his production over the last three outings. In games last week versus Alcorn State (20 points, eight rebounds), Memphis (13 points, six rebounds) and Founded: 1890 Gardner-Webb (16 points, nine rebounds), the center averaged 16.3 points and 7.7 rebounds. He shot .516 from the fi eld over Enrollment: 29,721 the three outings and was 17-for-22 at the foul line (.773). Longar also averaged 1.7 assists and 1.0 block over the three games. Nickname: Sooners A native of Sudan, Longar is the Sooners’ leading returning scorer (10.4 ppg) and rebounder (7.0 rpg) from last year. He owns a Colors: Crimson and Cream .578 career fi eld goal percentage. President: David L. Boren Athletics Director: Joe Castiglione FOR STARTERS Arena: Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) Head coach Jeff Capel has used four different starting lineups through fi ve games, including a different starting fi ve in each of First Year of Basketball: 1907-08 the last four contests. Nine different Sooners have started this season, with only Blake Griffi n getting the nod in all fi ve outings. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 24 NIT Appearances: 7 HOT HANDS All-Time Record: 1,449-925 (.610) The Sooners have displayed solid shooting through fi ve games, posting a .482 mark from the fi eld and a .369 fi gure from 3-point Regular Season Conference Championships: 13 (1928, range (last year OU shot .435 and .326, respectively). Oklahoma’s top fi ve scorers are all shooting at least .500 from the fl oor. 1929, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, Guard Omar Leary is shooting a team-high .619 from the fi eld and is followed by guard Tony Crocker (.559), forward Blake Griffi n 1989, 2005) (.558), center Longar Longar (.512) and forward Taylor Griffi n (.500). Together, the fi ve players own a .544 fi eld goal mark. Conference Tournament Championships: 7 (1979, Three OU players are shooting at least .429 from 3-point distance. Leary owns a .615 mark (8-for-13), Taylor Griffi n is shooting 1985, 1988, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003) Head Coach: Jeff Capel (Duke ‘97) Career Record: 99-57 (sixth year) OKLAHOMA NUMERICAL ROSTER Oklahoma Record: 20-16 (second year) No. Name Position Height Weight Class Hometown (Last School) Postseason Appearances: 2 (2004 NCAA, 2005 NIT) 00 Keith Clark F 6-8 240 So. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City HS) Assistant Coaches: Ben Betts (Roanoke College ’90), Mark 1 Ryan Wright F 6-9 229 Jr. Mississauga, Ontario (UCLA) Cline (Wake Forest ’88), Oronde Taliaferro (Wayne State ’94) 2 Tony Neysmith G 6-5 203 Fr. Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS) 4 Dau Jok G 6-1 176 So. Olathe, Kan. (Iowa Central CC) Director of Operations: Bryan Goodman (Barat College ’96) 5 Tony Crocker G 6-6 193 So. San Antonio, Texas (The Patterson School [N.C.]) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Darby Rich 11 Omar Leary G 5-10 163 Jr. Portland, Ore. (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) Video Coordinator: Dionne Phelps 15 David Godbold G 6-5 221 Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Douglass HS) Graduate Assistants: Yanni Hufnagel, Ryan McDermott 20 Austin Johnson G 6-3 165 Jr. Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS) Athletics Trainer: Alex Brown 23 Blake Griffi n F 6-10 243 Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) Team Physician: Dr. Brock Schnebel 30 Longar Longar C 6-11 234 Sr. Rochester, Minn. (Laurinburg Institute [N.C.]) 32 Taylor Griffi n F 6-7 230 Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) Offi cial Web Site: SoonerSports.com 34 Cade Davis G 6-5 203 Fr. Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) Tickets: (800) 456-4668 or (405) 325-2424 45 Beau Gerber F 6-8 224 So. Winfi eld, Kan. (Winfi eld HS)

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AP TOP 25 POLL .500 (4-for-8) and Crocker is shooting .429 (6-for-14). Six Sooners have made at least three treys each through fi ve games. WEEK 3 HOME SWEET HOME The Sooners have won 46 of School Record A BREATH OF FROSH AIR their last 52 home games (.885) 1. North Carolina (26) 2-0 Forward Blake Griffi n’s 18 points Nov. 8 against San Francisco were the most by an and 101 of their last 112 (.902) 2. UCLA (26) 3-0 OU freshman in a collegiate debut in 22 years (center Stacey King netted 22 off the since the start of the 2000-01 3. Memphis (19) 4-0 bench in the fi rst game of the 1985-86 season against UC Santa Barbara). campaign. Here’s a year-by- 4. Kansas 3-0 Also against San Francisco, guard Cade Davis (six points in 27 minutes) and Griffi n year look at OU’s Lloyd Noble Center records over the past 5. Georgetown (1) 2-0 became just the second OU freshman pair to start a season opener in the last 24 seven seasons... 6. Louisville 2-0 years. Prior to 2003-04 when guards Drew Lavender and Lawrence McKenzie did it, 7. Tennessee 3-0 a freshman tandem had not started the opening game of a season since guard Tim Year Record Pct. McCalister and forward Darryl Kennedy in 1983-84. 8. Indiana 2-0 2000-01 13-1 .929 2001-02 16-0 1.000 9. Washington State 3-0 OFF THE BENCH 2002-03 15-1 .938 10. Michigan State 2-0 2003-04 14-3 .824 Oklahoma’s bench has scored 141 of the team’s 372 points this season, or 38 percent. 11. Marquette 2-0 2004-05 14-1 .933 OU reserves have outscored opponents’ reserves in each game this season (a total of 12. Oregon 4-0 2005-06 14-1 .933 141-73 on the year for an average of margin of 28-15). 13. Duke 2-0 2006-07 12-4 .750 Three Sooners have come off the bench to record double-digit scoring efforts a total 14. Gonzaga 3-0 2007-08 3-0 1.000 of four times. Omar Leary netted 14 points in 21 minutes of action against Denver last 15. Texas 3-0 Totals 101-11 .902 Friday, Longar Longar registered 20 points in 20 minutes of play last Monday versus 16. Texas A&M 4-0 Alcorn State and 13 points in 30 minutes Thursday against Memphis, and Tony Crocker 17. Pittsburgh 4-0 scored 11 points in 24 minutes Friday versus Gardner-Webb. (In OU’s second exhibi- 18. Kansas State 3-0 tion game, Cade Davis came off the bench to score a game-high 19 points.) 19. Southern Illinois 1-0 20. Villanova 2-0 YOUNG GRIFFIN GETTING PRESEASON PUB 21. Syracuse 3-0 He has played fi ve games as a collegian, but Blake Griffi n is already attracting plenty of national publicity. The freshman forward 22. Butler 3-0 is listed by FOXsports.com senior college basketball writer Jeff Goodman as the country’s seventh-best post player and is a 23. Virginia 3-0 member of Goodman’s fourth-team preseason All-America squad (fi ve players per team). Rivals.com also recently slotted the 24. Clemson 3-0 6-10, 243-pounder at No. 6 on its list of top 10 impact freshmen. 25. Florida 4-0 Wrote Goodman, “(He’s) one of our favorite kids in the country and a guy who’s been overlooked when the talk turns to the top frosh. He’s strong and versatile — although the brunt of his damage will be done down low.”

ESPN/USA TODAY TOP 25 POLL DEPTH CHARGE WEEK 2 After the 2006-07 season saw only eight Sooners play regular minutes for the majority of the year, Jeff Capel appears to have the School Record luxury of a deeper bench in 2007-08. Through fi ve regular season games, OU’s top nine scorers average between 15.2 and 26.6 1. North Carolina (14) 2-0 minutes a contest (a 10th player, Tony Neysmith, averages 10.5 minutes). Seven players average at least 6.4 points a game, with UCLA (10) 3-0 three of them (Blake Griffi n, Longar Longar and Tony Crocker) averaging double fi gures. 3. Memphis (6) 4-0 4. Kansas (1) 3-0 FINDING THEIR FREE THROW STROKE 5. Georgetown 2-0 After going 19-for-39 (.487) from the free throw line during OU’s four-game exhibition trip to Canada in September and 4-for-7 6. Louisville 2-0 (.429) in the team’s exhibition games Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, freshman forward Blake Griffi n is 13-for-18 (.711) in the regular season. 7. Tennessee 3-0 Griffi n shot .578 from the line as a high school senior last year. 8. Indiana 2-0 Similarly, center Longar Longar has improved his free throw stroke this season. Longar, who entered his senior campaign with a 9. Washington State 3-0 .542 career free throw mark and shot .570 as a junior, is shooting .720 through fi ve games this year (18-for-25). 10. Duke 2-0 11. Oregon 4-0 Michigan State 2-0 13. Marquette 2-0 CAPEL SIGNS FOUR, INCLUDING TOP-15 NATIONAL RECRUIT WILLIE WARREN 14. Gonzaga 3-0 15. Texas A&M 4-0 Second-year Oklahoma men’s basketball head coach Jeff Capel announced a four-man list of November signees on Tuesday, a 16. Texas 3-0 group rated in the top 20 nationally by ESPN recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons. Headlining the class is guard and top-15 national 17. Pittsburgh 4-0 recruit Willie Warren (Fort Worth, Texas/North Crowley HS). Joining Warren as Sooners next year will be high school guard 18. Southern Illinois 1-0 Ray Willis (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake HS), junior college center Orlando Allen (Cincinnati, Ohio/Paris [Texas] JC) and junior college forward Kyle Cannon (Baltimore, Md./San Jacinto [Texas] JC). 19. Villanova 2-0 20. Kansas State 3-0 “I think it’s a very good class,” said Capel. “We’ve addressed specifi c needs. I think we’ve signed four talented players and, just as 21. Syracuse 3-0 important, four really good kids who want to be a part of what we’re building and want to be a part of this university.” 22. Clemson 3-0 Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown Note 23. Butler 3-0 Orlando Allen C 6-11 270 Cincinnati, Ohio Regarded as best Big 12 center prospect by Rivals 24. Florida 4-0 Kyle Cannon F 6-8 230 Baltimore, Md. Preseason fi rst-team NJCAA All-American 25. Davidson 1-1 Willie Warren G 6-5 185 Fort Worth, Texas Top 15 national recruit (No. 6 by Hoop Scoop Online) OU opponents in bold Ray Willis G 6-3 190 Atlanta, Ga. 3-star ranking by Rivals and Scout

4 OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER NOTES 00 KEITH CLARK (6-8, 240, SOPHOMORE, FORWARD) 20 AUSTIN JOHNSON (6-3, 165, JUNIOR, GUARD)

Averaging 6.6 points in 15.2 minutes a game while shooting .458 from the fi eld. Has started 4 of 5 games and is averaging 6.4 points and 2.2 assists. Has been consistent with his scoring, netting between 4 and 8 points in each game. Averaged 8.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals during 2-game trip to New York City. Stands 6-8 and weighs 240 pounds but has made 9 3-pointers in 16 career games. Missed team’s Labor Day weekend exhibition trip to Canada with a back injury. Tore the ACL and MCL in right knee Dec. 28 of last year and missed season’s fi nal 20 contests. Logged 7 points and 7 assists without a turnover in season opener against San Francisco. Averaged 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds in 12.2 minutes an outing last year. Started 23 games last year at the point and averaged 7.0 points and team-high 2.8 assists. Averaged 14.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 8.5 assists a game as a senior at Putnam City HS. A two-time fi rst-team All-State player in Texas at Amarillo Palo Duro High School. Ranked as the nation’s No. 57 overall player by Rivals.com coming out of high school. Recorded a quadruple-double as a sophomore (24 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals).

2 TONY NEYSMITH (6-5, 203, FRESHMAN, GUARD) 23 BLAKE GRIFFIN (6-10, 243, FRESHMAN, FORWARD)

True freshman combo guard who is averaging 10.5 minutes a contest off the bench. Regarded as the most heralded OU basketball freshman since Wayman Tisdale (25 years ago). Is 2-for-2 at the free throw line but has not attempted a fi eld goal. The sixth McDonald’s All-America signee in school history. Averaged 7.0 points and 3.0 assists (22.8 mpg) during 4-game exhibition trip to Canada. Leads team in both scoring (14.8 ppg) and rebounding (8.6 rpg) in 26.6 minutes a contest. Ranked as nation’s No. 100 high school recruit in 2007 class by Rivals.com. Shooting .558 from the fi eld and .696 (16-for-23) at the free throw line. Helped Norcross (Ga.) High School to Class AAAAA state title last year and No. 12 fi nal Posted double-doubles vs. San Francisco (18 points, 13 boards) and Alcorn State (16 and 11). national ranking by averaging 10.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists. Averaged team-highs of 18.8 points and 9.0 rebounds in 19.8 minutes a game during OU’s Nephew of former two-time Big Eight Conference scoring leader Derrick Chievous (Missouri). four-game Labor Day weekend trip to Vancouver, B.C. Won four high school state titles at Oklahoma Christian school under his father (Tommy 4 DAU JOK (6-1, 176, SOPHOMORE, GUARD) Griffi n), the fi rst two with his older brother and current teammate (Taylor). Averaged 26.8 points, 15.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.9 blocks as a high school senior. A walk-on from Olathe, Kan., who is originally from Sudan and also lived in Ethiopia and Kenya. His four high school teams combined for a 106-6 record. Has played a total of 4 minutes in 3 games but has not taken a shot. First cousin of OU senior center Longar Longar. 30 LONGAR LONGAR (6-11, 234, SENIOR, CENTER) Attended Iowa Central Community College during 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years and practiced with the basketball team as a freshman (was not on team as a sophomore). One of three team captains (David Godbold and Taylor Griffi n are the others). Averaged 10.4 points and 4.0 rebounds a game as a high school senior at Olathe North HS. Ranks second on team in scoring (12.4) and rebounding (7.0) while shooting .512 overall. Competed on cross country and track teams his junior and senior years of high school (track Averaged 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in New York vs. No. 3 Memphis and Gardner-Webb. team won state title his senior season when his 4x400 relay team fi nished in second place). A career .542 free throw shooter entering the year, he is shooting .720 this year (18-for-25). Boasts a .578 career fi eld goal percentage. 5 TONY CROCKER (6-6, 193, SOPHOMORE, GUARD) Averaged 10.4 points a game last year (ranked 2nd on team) and a team-high 7.1 rebounds. Had 27 points and seven boards in lone freshman start against Florida A&M. Ranks third on squad by averaging 10.8 points a game (has scored in double digits 4 times). Was born in Sudan and also lived in Egypt before moving to the U.S. at age 14. Shooting .559 from the fi eld and .429 (6-for-14) from 3-point range. Posted season highs of 16 points and 7 boards Nov. 12 against Alcorn State. 32 TAYLOR GRIFFIN (6-7, 230, JUNIOR, FORWARD) Was 4-for-5 from 3-point range against Denver en route to a 12-point effort. Sustained traumatic compartment syndrome in left leg after getting kneed in practice One of three team captains (David Godbold and Longar Longar are the others). (required the surgical release of blood on Aug. 28; missed team’s exhibition trip to Canada). Has started 4 of 5 games and ranks fourth on team with his 8.0 points per contest. Started a team-high 25 games last year as a frosh and averaged 8.6 points and 3.7 boards. Also averaging 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 in 19.4 minutes a game. Scored at least 14 points on nine occasions last season. Has already made twice as many 3-pointers this year (4) than he did all of last season (2). Ranked by Rivals.com as the nation’s No. 80 overall player in the 2006 recruiting class. A career .429 fi eld goal shooter through 2 seasons, he is shooting .500 so far this year. Lived in Lawton, Okla., through middle school before moving to San Antonio, Texas. Won two Class 3A state titles at Oklahoma Christian School, both of them with his brother, Blake (coached by father, Tommy). 11 OMAR LEARY (5-10, 163, JUNIOR, GUARD) Had a quadruple-double as a high school senior (22 points, 12 boards, 10 assists, 10 blocks).

Ranks fi fth on team by averaging 7.2 points in 20.2 minutes per outing. 34 CADE DAVIS (6-5, 203, FRESHMAN, GUARD) Has started the last three contests. Leads team with his .619 fi eld goal percentage and .615 (8-for-13) 3-point mark. True frosh who started fi rst 2 games and is averaging 4.3 points in 16.3 minutes a contest. Came off the bench vs. Denver to score 14 points with the help of 4-for-6 3-point shooting. Did not play against No. 3 Memphis on Nov. 15 in New York City. A fi rst-team All-American at Northeastern (Colo.) Junior College last year when he averaged Is a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line. 14.0 points and 6.3 assists while shooting .439 from 3-point range. Scored a team-high 19 points in second exhibition game vs. Fayetteville State (hit 5 treys). Averaged 21.5 points and 5.5 assists over 4 games at the national junior college tournament. Regarded as the state of Oklahoma’s second best high school player last year behind fellow His uncle (Gary Ladd) was a 1972 fi fth-round draft pick of the Seattle SuperSonics. OU freshman Blake Griffi n. Led each of his four Elk City High School teams in scoring and averaged 23.4 points, 10.7 15 DAVID GODBOLD (6-5, 221, SENIOR, GUARD) rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.3 steals last year as a senior.

One of three team captains (Taylor Griffi n and Longar Longar are the others). 45 BEAU GERBER (6-8, 224, SOPHOMORE, FORWARD) Averaging 4.4 points and a team-high 2.8 assists per contest. Has come off the bench in 4 of 5 games (started last game against Gardner-Webb). A second-year walk-on who has earned the respect of each of his teammates. Averaged career highs of 7.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game last year as a junior. A a fi rst-team 5A All-State selection at Winfi eld (Kan.) High School in 2006. Scored a career-high 20 points against No. 6 Texas A&M last year (was 5-for-7 on 3-pointers). Averaged 16.1 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.8 blocks a game as a senior. Made at least 3 treys in a game 8 times last season. Was a second-team All-State pick as a junior. Has played in more games (93) and made more starts (49) than any other current Sooner. Posted a 3.94 high school GPA and a 3.91 GPA as a college frosh (mechanical engineering). Started 11 games as a freshman (team was 9-2), including OU’s fi nal 10.

OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 5 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON RESULTS

Date Opponent Score W/L Attend. Points Leader Rebounds Leader Assists Leader 11/8 San Francisco # 71-55 W 8,219 B. Griffi n ...... 18 B. Griffi n ...... 13 Johnson ...... 7 11/9 Denver # 80-50 W 8, 266 B. Griffi n ...... 15 Longar ...... 8 T. Griffi n...... 4 11/12 Alcorn State 99-59 W 8,272 Longar ...... 20 B. Griffi n ...... 11 Godbold ...... 5 11/15 vs. Memphis (3) $ 53-63 L 7,308 Longar ...... 13 B. Griffi n ...... 8 Godbold, Longar ...... 3 11/16 vs. Gardner Webb $ 69-55 W 8,895 B. Griffi n ...... 17 Longar ...... 9 Godbold ...... 4 11/21 Morehead State 11/29 at USC % 12/2 at TCU 12/5 Tulsa 12/8 Stephen F. Austin 12/15 Arkansas 12/20 vs. Gonzaga ^ 12/29 at West Virginia & 1/5 Rice 1/7 Mount St. Mary’s 1/12 Kansas State 1/14 at Kansas 1/19 Texas Tech 1/26 at Baylor 1/28 Oklahoma State 2/2 at Texas A&M 2/6 Texas 2/9 at Colorado 2/13 Iowa State 2/16 at Texas Tech 2/19 Baylor 2/23 at Texas 2/27 at Nebraska 3/1 Texas A&M 3/5 at Oklahoma State 3/8 Missouri

Associated Press rankings in parentheses # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Regional Rounds (Norman, Okla.) $ 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Championship Rounds (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ^ O’Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) & Charleston, W.Va.

Record Overall Home Away Neutral All Games 4-1 3-0 0-0 1-1 Big 12 Games 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Non-Conference Games 4-1 3-0 0-0 1-1

Attendance Summary Totals Avg./Game Home 24,757 8,252 Away 0 0 Neutral 16,203 8,102 Total 40,960 8,192

6 OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON STATISTICS

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------23 Griffin, Blake..... 5-5 133 26.6 29-52 .558 0-0 .000 16-23 .696 12 31 43 8.6 7 0 9 13 4 8 74 14.8 30 Longar, Longar..... 5-1 116 23.2 22-43 .512 0-0 .000 18-25 .720 16 19 35 7.0 9 0 9 16 3 1 62 12.4 05 Crocker, Tony...... 5-4 127 25.4 19-34 .559 6-14 .429 10-12 .833 7 12 19 3.8 11 0 10 11 3 2 54 10.8 32 Griffin, Taylor.... 5-4 97 19.4 15-30 .500 4-8 .500 6-12 .500 2 15 17 3.4 9 0 8 5 3 3 40 8.0 11 Leary, Omar...... 5-3 101 20.2 13-21 .619 8-13 .615 2-2 1.000 1 6 7 1.4 9 0 7 6 0 8 36 7.2 00 Clark, Keith...... 5-1 76 15.2 11-24 .458 4-13 .308 7-11 .636 3 9 12 2.4 7 0 4 4 5 3 33 6.6 20 Johnson, Austin.... 5-4 128 25.6 13-27 .481 4-12 .333 2-4 .500 2 10 12 2.4 11 0 11 4 1 7 32 6.4 15 Godbold, David..... 5-1 108 21.6 8-32 .250 3-16 .188 3-4 .750 1 15 16 3.2 10 0 14 5 0 7 22 4.4 34 Davis, Cade...... 4-2 65 16.3 4-14 .286 2-8 .250 7-7 1.000 1 4 5 1.3 3 0 2 2 0 3 17 4.3 02 Neysmith, Tony..... 4-0 42 10.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 3 1 4 1.0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0.5 04 Jok, Dau...... 3-0 4 1.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 45 Gerber, Beau...... 2-0 3 1.5 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 5 11 16 3.2 0 1 ------Total...... 5 1000 134-278 .482 31-84 .369 73-102 .716 53 133 186 37.2 78 0 76 69 19 43 372 74.4 Opponents...... 5 1000 97-274 .354 36-122 .295 52-74 .703 56 104 160 32.0 94 - 49 87 17 34 282 56.4

OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 7 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL POINTS, REBOUNDS, ASSISTS

00 2 4 5 11 15 20 23 30 32 34 45 Date Opponent CLARK NEYSMITH JOK CROCKER LEARY GODBOLD JOHNSON B. GRIFFIN LONGAR T. GRIFFIN DAVIS GERBER 11/8 San Francisco # 6-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 10-4-2 3-2-0 3-1-0 7-3-7 18-13-2 5-4-3 13-6-2 6-0-0 0-0-0 11/9 Denver # 7-2-3 0-3-2 0-0-0 12-1-3 14-2-1 5-3-2 0-0-1 15-3-0 8-8-1 12-3-4 7-1-0 0-0-0 11/12 Alcorn State 8-3-1 2-1-0 0-0-0 16-7-2 11-0-3 4-4-5 9-3-1 16-11-4 20-8-0 9-2-2 4-4-2 DNP 11/15 vs. Memphis (3) $ 4-1-0 DNP DNP 5-4-1 3-0-2 8-6-3 9-3-1 8-8-2 13-6-3 3-3-0 DNP DNP 11/16 vs. Gardner Webb $ 8-4-0 0-0-0 DNP 11-3-2 5-3-1 2-2-4 7-3-1 17-8-1 16-9-2 3-3-0 0-0-0 DNP 11/21 Morehead State 11/29 at USC % 12/2 at TCU 12/5 Tulsa 12/8 Stephen F. Austin 12/15 Arkansas 12/20 vs. Gonzaga ^ 12/29 at West Virginia & 1/5 Rice 1/7 Mount St. Mary’s 1/12 Kansas State 1/14 at Kansas 1/19 Texas Tech 1/26 at Baylor 1/28 Oklahoma State 2/2 at Texas A&M 2/6 Texas 2/9 at Colorado 2/13 Iowa State 2/16 at Texas Tech 2/19 Baylor 2/23 at Texas 2/27 at Nebraska 3/1 Texas A&M 3/5 at Oklahoma State 3/8 Missouri

Starters underlined Associated Press rankings in parentheses # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Regional Rounds (Norman, Okla.) $ 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Championship Rounds (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ^ O’Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) & Charleston, W.Va.

8 OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATS

FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. O/D/T PF A TO B S 1 2 TP

San Francisco 21-57 .368 2-20 .100 11-14 .786 13/21/34 18 11 13 1 7 30 25 55 at Oklahoma 27-56 .482 4-17 .235 13-21 .619 11/24/35 15 16 12 5 5 40 31 71 Denver 15-33 .455 5-13 .385 15-18 .833 5/11/16 14 8 19 2 3 26 24 50 at Oklahoma 30-50 .600 13-23 .565 7-9 .778 11/16/27 16 17 11 2 8 41 39 80 Alcorn State 20-59 .339 7-27 .259 12-15 .800 9/21/30 23 10 21 3 10 33 26 59 at Oklahoma 34-64 .531 6-15 .400 25-33 .758 13/31/44 14 20 15 4 12 50 49 99 Memphis (3) # 22-57 .386 8-25 .320 11-23 .478 14/27/41 17 10 20 7 9 35 28 63 vs. Oklahoma # 21-55 .382 4-15 .267 7-12 .583 8/28/36 21 12 19 1 9 25 28 53 Oklahoma # 22-53 .415 4-14 .286 21-27 .778 10/34/44 12 11 12 7 9 24 45 69 Gardner Webb # 19-68 .279 14-37 .378 3-4 .750 15/24/39 22 10 14 4 5 22 33 55 Morehead State at Oklahoma Oklahoma % at USC % Oklahoma at TCU Tulsa at Oklahoma Stephen F. Austin at Oklahoma Arkansas at Oklahoma Oklahoma ^ vs. Gonzaga ^ Oklahoma & at West Virginia & Rice at Oklahoma Mount St. Mary’s at Oklahoma Kansas State at Oklahoma Oklahoma at Kansas Texas Tech at Oklahoma Oklahoma at Baylor Oklahoma State at Oklahoma Oklahoma at Texas A&M Texas at Oklahoma Oklahoma at Colorado Iowa State at Oklahoma Oklahoma at Texas Tech Baylor at Oklahoma Oklahoma at Texas Oklahoma at Nebraska Texas A&M at Oklahoma

Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Missouri at Oklahoma

OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 9 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM HIGHS AND LOWS OKLAHOMA HIGH LOW Points 99 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 53 vs. Memphis (11/15) Points in a Half 50 (ﬁ rst) vs.Alcorn State (11/12) 25 (ﬁ rst) vs. Memphis (11/15) Winning Margin 40 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 16 vs. San Francisco (11/8) Field Goals 34 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 21 vs. Memphis (11/15) Field Goal Attempts 64 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 50 vs. Denver (11/9) Field Goal Percentage .600 vs. Denver (11/9) .382 vs. Memphis (11/15) 3-Point Field Goals 13 vs. Denver (11/9) 4 (three times) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 23 vs. Denver (11/9) 14 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/16) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (min. 10 att.) .565 (13-for-23) vs. Denver (11/9) .235 (4-for-17) vs. San Francisco (11/8) Free Throws Made 25 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 7 vs. Denver (11/9) and Memphis (11/15) Free Throw Attempts 33 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 9 vs. Denver (11/9) Free Throw Percentage (min. 10 att.) .778 (twice) .583 (7-for-12) vs. Memphis (11/15) Rebounds 44 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) and Gardner-Webb (11/16) 27 vs. Denver (11/9) Personal Fouls 22 vs. Memphis (11/15) 12 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/16) Assists 20 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 11 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/16) Turnovers 19 vs. Memphis (11/15) 11 vs. Denver (11/9) Blocked Shots 5 vs. San Francisco (11/8) 7 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/16) Steals 12 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 5 vs. San Francisco (11/8)

OPPONENTS HIGH LOW Points 63 by Memphis (11/15) 50 by Denver (11/9) Points in a Half 35 (ﬁ rst) by Memphis (11/15) 22 (ﬁ rst) by Gardner-Webb (11/16) Winning Margin 10 by Memphis (11/15) 10 by Memphis (11/15) Field Goals 22 by Memphis (11/15) 15 by Denver (11/9) Field Goal Attempts 68 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) 33 by Denver (11/9) Field Goal Percentage .455 by Denver (11/9) .279 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) 3-Point Field Goals 14 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) 2 by San Francisco (11/8) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 37 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) 13 by Denver (11/9) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (min. 10 att.) .385 (5-for-13) by Denver (11/9) .100 (2-for-20) by San Francisco (11/8) Free Throws Made 15 by Denver (11/9) 3 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) Free Throw Attempts 23 by Memphis (11/15) 3 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) Free Throw Percentage (min. 10 att.) .833 (15-for-18) by Denver (11/9) .478 (11-for-23) by Memphis (11/15) Rebounds 41 by Memphis (11/15) 16 by Denver (11/9) Personal Fouls 23 by Alcorn State (11/12) 14 by Denver (11/9) Assists 11 by San Francisco (11/8) 8 by Denver (11/9) Turnovers 21 by Alcorn State (11/12) 13 by San Francisco (11/8) Blocked Shots 7 by Memphis (11/15) 1 by San Francisco (11/8) Steals 10 by Alcorn State (11/12) 3 by Denver (11/9)

10 OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 2006-07 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL SITUATIONAL RECORDS Situation Record When ahead at halftime ...... 4-0 When tied at halftime ...... 0-0 When behind at halftime ...... 0-1 When shooting .500 or better from the fi eld ...... 2-0 When shooting less than .500 from the fi eld ...... 2-1 When outrebounding opponents ...... 4-0 When tied or outrebounded ...... 0-1 When committing more turnovers ...... 0-0 When commiting same or less turnovers ...... 4-1 When scoring 40-49 points ...... 0-0 When scoring 50-59 points ...... 0-1 When scoring 60-69 points ...... 1-0 When scoring 70-79 points ...... 1-0 When scoring 80-89 points ...... 1-0 When scoring 90 or more points...... 1-0 When opponent scores less than 40 points ...... 0-0 When opponent scores 40-49 points ...... 0-0 When opponent scores 50-59 points ...... 4-0 When opponent scores 60-69 points ...... 0-1 When opponent scores 70-79 points ...... 0-0 When opponent scores 80-89 points ...... 0-0 When opponent scores 90 or more points ...... 0-0 When game is decided by fi ve points or less ...... 0-0 When game is decided by 6-10 points ...... 0-1 When game is decided by 11-20 points ...... 2-0 When game is decided by 21 or more points ...... 2-0 When games goes to overtime ...... 0-0 When winning the opening tip ...... 3-0 When losing the opening tip ...... 1-1

OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 11 2006-07 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL BOX SCORES

GAME 1: OU 71, SAN FRANCISCO 55 GAME 3: OU 99, ALCORN STATE 59 Nov. 8, 2007 • Norman, Okla. • Lloyd Noble Center • 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Nov. 12, 2007 • Norman, Okla. • Lloyd Noble Center • Sooner Sports Network SAN FRANCISCO MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP ALCORN STATE MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Lowhorn (F) 38 11-22 0-3 4-6 7 0 0 2 0 1 26 Owumi (F) 26 2-14 0-4 2-2 2 2 3 2 1 0 6 Cavic (F) 30 3-7 2-6 0-0 5 1 2 0 0 0 8 Williams (F) 16 3-6 1-2 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 0 7 Casey (C) 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 Searcy (C) 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 Quezada (G) 38 4-12 0-4 5-6 5 2 6 4 0 1 13 Griffi n (G) 27 6-11 4-9 2-2 2 2 1 0 0 2 18 Hadley (G) 26 0-6 0-3 0-0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 Jackson (G) 25 3-8 0-4 3-3 0 3 3 6 0 1 9 Watkins 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blackwell 5 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 Perry 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Thompson 11 0-5 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Strong 25 1-7 0-4 2-2 1 4 1 2 0 3 4 Reed 16 1-1 1-1 2-4 4 1 1 3 0 1 5 Hernandez 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Ford 15 0-4 0-2 0-0 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 Morgan 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 Oliver 14 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 Taylor 14 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 2 1 0 4 Blakely 12 1-4 0-0 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 Totals 200 21-57 2-20 11-14 34 18 11 13 1 7 55 Simms 10 1-3 1-2 0-0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 (.368) (.100) (.786) Lyons 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 Totals 200 20-59 7-27 12-15 30 23 10 21 3 10 59 OKLAHOMA MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Griffi n, B. (F) 29 7-9 0-0 4-6 13 0 2 4 1 1 18 (.339) (.259) (.800) Griffi n, T. (F) 26 4-8 0-2 5-9 6 1 2 1 1 1 13 OKLAHOMA MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Crocker (G) 32 5-7 0-1 0-0 4 2 2 2 1 0 10 Griffi n, B. (F) 25 6-12 0-0 4-6 11 1 4 1 2 2 16 Johnson (G) 26 3-7 1-4 0-0 3 4 7 0 0 1 7 Griffi n, T. (F) 22 4-8 1-1 0-1 2 2 2 1 1 2 9 Davis (G) 27 1-4 1-4 3-3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Crocker (G) 25 5-6 1-2 5-6 7 1 2 0 0 0 16 Clark 13 3-6 0-1 0-1 2 3 0 0 2 1 6 Leary (G) 18 4-5 1-2 2-2 0 4 3 0 0 2 11 Neysmith 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson (G) 25 4-9 1-2 0-0 3 1 1 2 1 2 9 Jok 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clark 16 3-6 1-4 1-2 3 1 1 2 0 1 8 Leary 13 1-1 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 Neysmith 13 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Godbold 15 1-8 1-4 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 Jok 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Longar 16 2-5 0-0 1-2 4 2 3 4 0 0 5 Godbold 19 1-3 1-2 1-2 4 0 5 3 0 2 4 Gerber 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Longar 20 6-9 0-0 8-10 8 3 0 4 0 0 20 Totals 200 27-56 4-17 13-21 35 15 16 12 5 5 71 Davis 16 1-6 0-2 2-2 4 1 2 2 0 1 4 (.482) (.235) (.619) Totals 200 34-64 6-15 25-33 44 14 20 15 4 12 99 Offi cials: Dan Stryffeler, Matt Lee, Mike Cowart (.531) (.400) (.758) Technicals: None; Attendance: 8,219; Halftime: OU 40, San Francisco 30 Offi cials: Mark Whitehead, Terry Moore, Jeff Campbell Technicals: Alcorn State – Bench; Attendance: 8,272; Halftime: OU 50, Alcorn State 33 GAME 2: OU 80, DENVER 50 GAME 4: MEMPHIS 63, OU 53 Nov. 9, 2007 • Norman, Okla. • Lloyd Noble Center • 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Nov. 15, 2007 • New York, N.Y. • Madison Square Garden • 2K Sports College Hoops Classic • ESPN2 DENVER MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Kummer (F) 39 2-8 0-3 7-8 0 0 3 2 0 1 11 MEMPHIS MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Rohnert (F) 34 3-4 0-0 2-2 7 2 1 5 1 0 8 Dozier (F) 22 0-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 Tanner (C) 21 2-6 1-3 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 Dorsey (F) 32 4-5 0-0 1-5 12 3 1 2 5 1 9 Bullock (G) 13 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 Anderson (G) 29 3-8 2-5 1-4 3 1 0 5 0 3 9 Lewis (G) 39 3-4 2-3 1-2 1 1 1 4 0 1 9 Douglas-Roberts (G) 25 5-10 2-3 0-0 4 2 1 4 1 0 12 Timms 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Rose (G) 34 4-12 1-3 8-12 5 3 3 4 0 2 17 Lewis 17 2-5 0-1 1-2 6 4 1 1 1 0 5 Taggart 26 3-4 0-0 1-2 4 4 0 3 0 1 7 Jackson 33 3-6 2-3 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 Kemp 10 2-7 2-7 0-0 4 1 2 0 0 0 6 McNally 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Allen 13 0-4 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 13 Peter-Denman 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mack 9 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 Totals 200 15-33 5-13 15-18 16 14 8 19 2 3 50 Totals 200 22-57 8-25 11-23 41 17 10 20 7 9 63 (.455) (.385) (.833) (.386) (.320) (.478) OKLAHOMA MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP OKLAHOMA MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Griffi n, B. (F) 19 6-8 0-0 3-4 3 1 0 0 1 1 15 Clark (F) 15 1-4 1-3 1-2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 Griffi n, T. (F) 23 5-7 2-2 0-0 3 3 4 1 0 0 12 Griffi n, B. (F) 32 3-9 0-0 2-2 8 3 2 5 0 3 8 Crocker (G) 22 4-6 4-5 0-0 1 2 3 2 1 1 12 Griffi n, T. (F) 20 1-3 1-2 0-0 3 2 0 2 0 0 3 Johnson (G) 16 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Crocker (G) 24 2-6 0-2 1-2 4 4 1 4 0 0 5 Davis (G) 21 2-4 1-2 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 Leary (G) 24 1-5 1-2 0-0 0 3 2 2 0 2 3 Clark 16 2-4 1-2 2-2 2 1 3 1 0 1 7 Godbold 27 4-12 0-4 0-0 6 3 3 1 0 1 8 Neysmith 22 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 Johnson 28 4-6 1-2 0-2 3 4 1 2 0 3 9 Jok 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Longar 30 5-10 0-0 3-4 6 1 3 3 0 0 13 Leary 21 5-7 4-6 0-0 2 1 1 2 0 1 14 Totals 200 21-55 4-15 7-12 36 21 12 19 1 9 53 Godbold 17 2-5 1-4 0-0 3 2 2 0 0 2 5 (.382) (.267) (.583) Longar 19 4-7 0-0 0-1 8 2 1 3 0 0 8 Gerber 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Offi cials: Roger Ayers, Bryan Kersey, Sean Hull Totals 200 30-50 13-23 7-9 27 16 17 11 2 8 80 Technicals: OU – B. Griffi n, Bench; Memphis – Dorsey; Attendance: 7,308; Halftime: (.600) (.565) (.777) Memphis 35, OU 25 Offi cials: Bill Covington Jr., Mike Cowart, William Humes Technicals: None; Attendance: 8,266; Halftime: OU 41, Denver 26

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GAME 5: OU 69, GARDNER-WEBB 55 Nov. 16, 2007 • New York, N.Y. • Madison Square Garden • 2K Sports College Hoops Classic • ESPN2 OKLAHOMA MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Griffi n, B. (F) 28 7-14 0-0 3-5 8 2 1 3 0 1 17 Longar (C) 32 5-12 0-0 6-8 9 1 2 3 3 1 16 Leary (G) 25 2-3 1-2 0-0 3 1 1 2 0 2 5 Godbold (G) 30 0-4 0-2 2-2 2 4 4 0 0 2 2 Johnson (G) 33 2-3 1-2 2-2 3 0 1 0 0 1 7 Neysmith 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Crocker 24 3-9 1-4 4-4 3 2 2 3 1 1 11 Clark 16 2-4 1-3 3-4 4 1 0 1 2 0 8 Griffi n, T. 6 1-4 0-1 1-2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 Davis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 200 22-53 4-14 21-27 44 12 11 12 7 9 69 (.415) (.285) (.777) GARDNER-WEBB MP FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Sanders (F) 25 1-7 1-1 1-2 5 5 2 2 0 1 4 Blank (F) 24 5-13 3-8 0-0 4 3 1 1 0 1 13 MacMillan (C) 28 0-5 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 1 3 1 0 Flittner (G) 35 6-17 6-13 0-0 4 1 1 3 0 0 18 Linn (G) 33 2-13 1-7 0-0 5 5 2 2 0 2 5 French 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sarpy 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Siddle 21 4-7 3-6 2-2 3 1 2 2 0 0 13 Dovonou 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 Boggs 5 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Fall 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 200 19-68 14-37 3-4 39 22 10 14 4 5 55 (.279) (.378) (.750) Offi cials: Gary Maxwell, Bernard Clinton, Jeff Clark Technicals: None; Attendance: 8,895; Halftime: OU 24, Gardner-Webb 22

OU vs. MOREHEAD STATE 13 2006-07 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTERS NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School) 00 Keith Clark* F So. 6-8 240 Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City HS) 1 Ryan Wright F Jr. 6-9 229 Mississauga, Ontario (UCLA) 2 Tony Neysmith G Fr. 6-5 203 Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS) 4 Dau Jok G So. 6-1 176 Olathe, Kan. (Iowa Central CC) 5 Tony Crocker* G So. 6-6 193 San Antonio, Texas (The Patterson School [N.C.]) 11 Omar Leary G Jr. 5-10 163 Portland, Ore. (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) 15 David Godbold*** G Sr. 6-5 221 Oklahoma City, Okla. (Douglass HS) 20 Austin Johnson** G Jr. 6-3 165 Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS) 23 Blake Griffi n F Fr. 6-10 243 Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 30 Longar Longar*** C Sr. 6-11 234 Rochester, Minn. (Laurinburg Institute [N.C.]) 32 Taylor Griffi n** F Jr. 6-7 230 Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 34 Cade Davis G Fr. 6-5 203 Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 45 Beau Gerber* F So. 6-8 224 Winfi eld, Kan. (Winfi eld HS)

ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School) 00 Keith Clark* F So. 6-8 240 Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City HS) 5 Tony Crocker* G So. 6-6 193 San Antonio, Texas (The Patterson School [N.C.]) 34 Cade Davis G Fr. 6-5 203 Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 45 Beau Gerber* F So. 6-8 224 Winfi eld, Kan. (Winfi eld HS) 15 David Godbold*** G Sr. 6-5 221 Oklahoma City, Okla. (Douglass HS) 23 Blake Griffi n F Fr. 6-10 243 Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 32 Taylor Griffi n** F Jr. 6-7 230 Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 20 Austin Johnson** G Jr. 6-3 165 Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS) 4 Dau Jok G So. 6-1 176 Olathe, Kan. (Iowa Central CC) 11 Omar Leary G Jr. 5-10 163 Portland, Ore. (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) 30 Longar Longar*** C Sr. 6-11 234 Rochester, Minn. (Laurinburg Institute [N.C.]) 2 Tony Neysmith G Fr. 6-5 203 Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS) 1 Ryan Wright# F Jr. 6-9 229 Mississauga, Ontario (UCLA)

* Letters earned at Oklahoma # Will sit out the 2007-08 season due to NCAA transfer rules

STAFF Trainer: Head Coach: Alex Brown (Appalachian State); 21st season at OU Jeff Capel (Duke ’97); second season at OU Team Physician: Assistant Coaches: Dr. Brock Schnebel (Northwestern Oklahoma State); Ben Betts (Roanoke College ’90); second season at OU 12th season at OU Mark Cline (Wake Forest ’88); second season at OU Oronde Taliaferro (Wayne State ’94); ﬁ rst season at OU PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Director of Basketball Operations: Dau Jok: DOW JOCK Bryan Goodman (Barat College ’96); second season at OU Longar Longar: LONG-garr Video Coordinator: Tony Neysmith: NAY-smith Dionne Phelps (Texas Lutheran ’89); second season at OU Oronde Taliaferro: o-RON-day tal-uh-FAIR-o Strength and Conditioning Coach: Darby Rich (Alabama ’92); fourth season at OU

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