OOKLAHOMAKLAHOMA 2008-09 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 28: NO. 2/2 OKLAHOMA (25-2, 11-1) vs. NO. 15/18 KANSAS (22-5, 11-1) Monday, Feb. 23 8 p.m. CST Norman, Okla. Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) ESPN/ESPNHD SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION N5 OKLA. PANHANDLE STATE (Ex.) W, 90-43 Date....................................Monday, Feb. 23 OKLAHOMA SOONERS KANSAS JAYHAWKS N8 CAMERON (Ex.) W, 94-39 Tip ..........................................8:05 p.m. CST 2008-09 Record ...................................25-2 2008-09 Record ...................................17-8 Radio .......................Sooner Radio Network Last 10/Streak ..............................9-1/Lost 1 Last 10/Streak ............................ 9-1/Won 3 N14 AMERICAN W, 83-54 Flagship ....................KRXO 107.7 FM (OKC) Head Coach ...................................Jeff Capel Head Coach .....................................Bill Self N17 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE # W, 94-53 (Bob Barry Sr., Mike Houck) Alma Mater ..................................Duke ’97 Alma Mater ................Oklahoma State ’85 N18 DAVIDSON # W, 82-78 TV .........................................ESPN/ESPNHD Career Record ................143-70 (7th year) Career Record ...........371-142 (16th year) N22 GARDNER-WEBB W, 80-76 (Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe) At Oklahoma ...................64-29 (3rd year) At Kansas ..................... 164-37 (6th year) N26 vs. UAB ^ W, 77-67 Series .........................Kansas leads 133-64 SID ............................................. Mike Houck SID ..........................................Chris Theisen N28 vs. Purdue ^ W, 87-82 (OT) Last Meeting ................ Kansas won 85-55 E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] D4 USC % W, 73-72 .........................(Jan. 14, 2008, in Lawrence) Web Site.................www.soonersports.com Web Site...................www.kuathletics.com D7 at Tulsa (BOK Center) W, 69-44 D10 MAINE W, 78-52 PROJECTED OKLAHOMA STARTERS (based on last game) D13 UTAH W, 70-52 D20 vs. VCU & W, 81-70 BLAKE GRIFFIN • F NOTES: Averaging a Big 12-high 22.0 points and a nation-leading D22 at Rice W, 70-58 23 6-10 • 251 • So. • Oklahoma City, Okla. 13.8 rebounds (OU record is 13.3) ... Leads country with 22 double- D30 at Arkansas L, 88-96 Oklahoma Christian School doubles and ranks fi fth in FG percentage (.632) ... Coming off 40- point, 23-rebound game ... Owns Big 12 single-season record with PTS REB AST MIN J3 COPPIN STATE W, 93-62 12 games of at least 20 points and 15 rebounds ... Has 13 games of J5 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE W, 100-64 22.0 13.8 2.4 32.3 at least three assists ... Five-time Big 12 Player of the Week. J10 at Kansas State W, 61-53 J12 TEXAS W, 78-63 NOTES: Ranks fourth on team in scoring (8.9 ppg), second in J17 at Texas A&M W, 69-63 TAYLOR GRIFFIN • F 6-7 • 238 • Sr. • Oklahoma City, Okla. rebounding (5.9 rpg) and blocks (31), and third in FG percentage J21 NEBRASKA W, 72-61 32 Oklahoma Christian School (.515) and FT attempts (101) ... Averaging 15.0 points, 7.0 boards J24 BAYLOR W, 95-76 and 2.5 blocks in four games vs. ranked teams (.697 FG percentage) J26 at Oklahoma State W, 89-81 PTS REB BLK MIN J31 at Iowa State W, 78-68 ... Turned in an 18-point, seven-rebound, four-block game Jan. 24 8.9 5.9 1.1 29.6 vs. Baylor ... Ranks 10th in school history with 93 blocked shots. F4 TEXAS A&M W, 77-71 F7 COLORADO W, 77-72 TONY CROCKER • G NOTES: Averaging 10.2 points a game ... Is 33-for-77 (.429) from 3- F11 at Baylor W, 78-63 5 6-6 • 206 • Jr. • San Antonio, Texas point range over the last 15 games ... Sooners are 18-3 in his career F14 TEXAS TECH W, 95-74 The Patterson School (N.C.) when he scores at least 15 points (13-1 last two years) ... Has made F21 at Texas L, 68-73 PTS REB AST MIN at least fi ve 3-pointers four times this season ... Drained a career- F23 KANSAS 8 p.m. ESPN high seven treys Feb. 7 vs. Colorado (24 points) ... Ranks eighth in F28 at Texas Tech 2:30 p.m. ABC 10.2 3.4 1.2 29.5 school history with 149 3-pointers ... Has started 55 straight games. M4 at Missouri 8 p.m. Big 12 M7 OKLAHOMA STATE 2:30 p.m. ABC WILLIE WARREN • G NOTES: Leads all Big 12 newcomers with his 15.4 points per game M11-14 Big 12 Championship * TBA ESPN/B12 13 6-4 • 207 • Fr. • Fort Worth, Texas ... Has earned six Big 12 Rookie of the Week awards (was last week’s M19-22 NCAA First/Second Rounds TBA CBS North Crowley High School honoree) ... The fi rst OU true freshman since 1983-84 to score at least 30 points in a game (has done it twice) ... Netted a career-high M26-29 NCAA Regionals TBA CBS PTS REB AST MIN A4&6 NCAA Final Four TBA CBS 35 points at Arkansas Dec. 30 (made seven 3-pointers) ... Averaging 15.4 2.1 3.0 31.1 20.0 points in team’s eight road games (28-for-56 on 3-pointers). # Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (Norman) ^ Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (New York, N.Y.) AUSTIN JOHNSON • G NOTES: Jan. 19 Big 12 Player of the Week ... Ranks third on team % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series 20 6-3 • 176 • Sr. • Amarillo, Texas with 11.3 points per Big 12 game (6.6 prior to league play) ... Is 14- & O’Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City) Palo Duro High School for-26 (.538) on 3’s in six Big 12 road outings ... Scored a career-high 22 points Jan. 26 at OSU (fi ve treys) ... Ranks in top 10 nationally * Oklahoma City PTS REB AST MIN with a 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio ... Has started the last 53 games Big 12 is Big 12 regional television 8.7 3.0 4.4 30.6 ... OU is 23-1 the last two years when he scores in double fi gures. All times Central and subject to change PROJECTED KANSAS STARTERS (based on last game) No. Name Position Height Weight Class Points Rebounds Assists Minutes OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS 22 Marcus Morris F 6-6 233 So. 7.6 5.0 1.2 18.3 Men’s Basketball Contact: Mike Houck 45 Cole Aldrich C 6-11 245 So. 15.0 10.3 1.0 29.3 Offi ce: (405) 325-8231 Cell: (405) 249-5892 4 Sherron Collins G 5-11 200 Jr. 18.0 2.6 5.0 34.7 E-Mail: [email protected] 12 Brady Morningstar G 6-3 180 So. 7.3 3.2 2.7 30.7 15 Tyshawn Taylor G 6-3 180 Fr. 9.1 2.3 3.0 25.5 OU vs. KANSAS 1 2008-09 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL PREVIEWING MONDAY’S GAME eff Capel was named In a battle for sole possession of fi rst place in the Big 12 Conference, No. 2/2 Oklahoma (25-2, 11-1) hosts Kansas (22-5, 11-1) Oklahoma’s 13th men’s Monday at 8 p.m. CST. The Sooners had their 13-game winning streak snapped Saturday at Texas, 73-68, while the Jayhawks Jbasketball head coach on April have won 11 of their last 12 outings and are coming off a 70-53 home win over Nebraska. The game will be nationally televised 11, 2006. Capel, 34, is 64-29 in by ESPN/ESPNHD with Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla and Holly Rowe announcing. The contest will air on the Sooner Radio his third year at OU and led the Network (fl agship KRXO FM 107.7 in OKC; KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa) with Bob Barry, Sr. and Mike Houck calling the action. Sooners to a 23-12 record and second-round NCAA Tournament FOR STARTERS appearance last year. The Sooners have won 19 straight home games and 10 consecutive Big 12 games at Lloyd Noble Center. Capel compiled a 79-41 (.658) re- At 25-2, Oklahoma is tied with Connecticut and Pittsburgh for the nation’s best record. Utah State is the only other team with 25 cord over four years as head coach wins (the Aggies have three losses). at Virginia Commonwealth prior OU’s record ties as its best ever through the fi rst 27 games of a season (the 1987-88 team that played in the national champion- to arriving in Norman. His VCU squads posted a 50-22 (.694) record in Colonial Athletic Association play and a 47-11 overall ship game was also 25-2 through 27 outings). home record for a staunch .811 winning percentage. The Sooners won their fi rst 11 league games for the Big 12’s second best start ever (Kansas fi nished 16-0 in 2002). OU’s 11-1 conference mark is its best since also beginning 11-1 in the Big Eight in 1985. In 2003-04, VCU’s CAA Tournament championship game victory OU has won at least 11 Big 12 games nine times in the 13-year history of the league. Its best Big 12 record was 13-3 in 2001-02. over George Mason catapulted the Rams to the NCAA Tourna- ment for the fi rst time since 1996. VCU lost in the fi rst round to Wake Forest, but not before putting a major scare into the BODY BY BLAKE fourth-seeded Demon Deacons, 79-78. Capel’s 2004-05 squad, Sophomore Blake Griffi n leads the Big 12 in scoring (22.0 ppg), rebounding (13.8 rpg) and fi eld goal percentage (.632), while which fi nished 19-13, competed in the National Invitation ranking fourth in blocks (1.3 bpg).