tthehe HHISTORYISTORY all-american player and hall of fame head coach BRUCE DRAKE 145 Carter Clark Crocker Gerber Godbold Griffi n sooner COACHES D.C. HALL BOB STEVENS Seasons: 1 (1908) Seasons: 5 (1963-1967) OU Record: 4-3 (.571) OU Record: 46-79 (.368) Year Record BENNIE OWEN 1962-63 12-13 1963-64 7-18 Seasons: 13 (1909-1921) 1964-65 8-17 OU Record: 113-49 (.698) 1965-66 11-14 Year Record 1966-67 8-17 1908-09 3-3 Bennie Owen Hugh McDermott John MacLeod All-Americans: 1909-10 8-0 Don Sidle (1967) 1910-11 1-5 1911-12 7-2 BRUCE DRAKE All-Americans: 1912-13 8-0 Jimmy McNatt (1939, ’40) Seasons: 17 (1939-1955) JOHN MacLEOD 1913-14 7-1 Gerald Tucker (1943, ’47) OU Record: 200-182 (.520) Seasons: 6 (1968-1973) 1914-15 7-5 Allie Paine (1944) OU Record: 90-69 (.567) 1915-16 19-7 Year Record Paul Courty (1948, ’49) 1916-17 13-8 1938-39 12-9 Lester Lane (1955) Year Record 1917-18 11-1 1939-40 12-7 Conference Titles: 1967-68 13-13 1918-19 12-0 1940-41 6-12 Big Six (1938, ’39, ’42, ’44, ’47) 1968-69 7-19 1919-20 9-7 1941-42 11-7 Big Seven (1949) 1969-70 19-9 1920-21 8-10 1942-43 18-9 1970-71 19-8 1943-44 15-8 DOYLE PARRACK 1971-72 14-12 All-Americans: 1944-45 12-13 1972-73 18-8 Ernest Lambert (1910) 1945-46 11-10 Seasons: 7 (1956-1962) 1946-47 24-7 OU Record: 71-97 (.423) All-Americans: Don Sidle (1968) HUGH McDERMOTT 1947-48 13-9 Year Record 1948-49 14-10 1955-56 4-19 Seasons: 17 (1922-1938) HISTORY 1949-50 12-10 1956-57 8-15 LES LANE OU Record: 185-106 (.636) 1950-51 14-10 1957-58 13-10 Seasons: None (Lane was hired April, 6, the Year Record 1951-52 7-17 1958-59 15-10 1973, but died Sept. 5, 1973, before ever 1921-22 9-9 1952-53 8-13 1959-60 14-11 coaching at game at OU. He was 41.) 1922-23 6-12 1953-54 8-13 1960-61 10-15 1923-24 15-3 1954-55 3-18 1961-62 7-17 1924-25 10-8 JOE RAMSEY 1925-26 11-4 Seasons: 2 (1974-1975) 1926-27 12-5 OU Record: 31-21 (.596) 1927-28 18-0 1928-29 13-2 Year Record 1929-30 6-12 1973-74 18-8 1930-31 10-8 1974-75 13-13 1931-32 9-5 All-Americans: 1932-33 12-5 Alvan Adams (1974, ’75) 1933-34 10-8 1934-35 9-9 1935-36 9-8 DAVE BLISS 1936-37 12-4 Seasons: 5 (1976-1980) 1937-38 14-4 OU Record: 77-62 (.554) All-Americans: Year Record Vic Holt (1928) 1975-76 9-17 Thomas Churchill (1929) 1976-77 18-10 Bruce Drake (1929) 1977-78 14-13 Bud Browning (1935) 1978-79 21-10 Conference Titles: 1979-80 15-12 Missouri Valley (1928) Conference Titles: Big Six (1929) Big Eight (1979) Bruce Drake was one of the Sooners’ most successful head coaches. The Hall of Famer took his “Boy Scats” to the Final Four in 1939 and his 1947 squad to the national title game. 146 2006-07 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE Johnson Longar Maze Neal Sampson Walker sooner COACHES BILLY TUBBS Seasons: 14 (1981-1994) Oklahoma Assistant Coaches (Since 1955) OU Record: 333-132 (.716) Mike Anderson .........................1981-94 John Floyd .....................................1962 Dennis Price .............................1970-73 Year Record Doug Ash..................................1976-80 Paul Geymann ..........................1957-61 Jay Price ........................................1993 1980-81 9-18 Rod Barnes ..........................2006- John Grayson ...........................1955-56 Jason Rabedeaux .....................1995-99 1981-82 22-11 Ben Betts ............................2006- Charlie Harrison ............................1976 Joe Ramsey ..............................1972-73 1982-83 24-9 Allen Boyd (G.A.) ......................1988-89 Bob Hoffman ............................2004-06 Roger Raper (G.A.) ...................1990-91 1983-84 29-5 Johnny Carter ...........................1981-82 Jim Kerwin ...............................1985-90 Bennie Seltzer ..........................1998-06 1984-85 31-6 Bobby Champagne ...................1995-97 Ray Lopes .............................1995-2002 Jim Shaw..................................2000-04 1985-86 26-9 Mark Cline ...........................2006- John MacLeod ...............................1967 Charlie Spoonhour ........................1975 1986-87 24-10 Bud Cronin ...............................1965-69 Ray McCallum ..........................2004-06 Gordon Stauffer ........................1963-66 1987-88 35-4 Larry Dunaway ..............................1974 Mike Mims ...............................1983-94 Ray Thurmond ..........................1968-71 1988-89 30-6 Eddie Evans ..............................1974-75 Mike Newell .............................1981-84 Jimmy Tubbs ............................2003-04 1989-90 27-5 Les Fertig (G.A.)........................1978-80 Darrell Pattillo ...............................1994 Tommy Tubbs ........................... 1991-92 1990-91 20-15 1991-92 21-9 1992-93 20-12 1993-94 15-13 All-Americans: Billy Tubbs, an August 2006 Oklahoma Sports Hall Wayman Tisdale (1983, ’84, ’85) of Fame inductee, coached the Sooners to four Big Harvey Grant (1988) Eight regular season titles, three Big Eight Tournament Stacey King (1988, ’89) crowns and to the 1988 national title game. His Mookie Blaylock (1989) teams averaged 24 wins over 14 seasons. the Conference Titles: Big Eight (1984, ’85, ’88, ’89) HISTORY KELVIN SAMPSON Seasons: 12 (1995-2006) OU Record: 279-109 (.719) Year Record 1994-95 .....................................23-9 1995-96 ...................................17-13 1996-97 ...................................19-11 1997-98 ...................................22-11 1998-99 ...................................22-11 1999-00 .....................................27-7 2000-01 .....................................26-7 2001-02 .....................................31-5 2002-03 .....................................27-7 2003-04 ...................................20-11 2004-05 .....................................25-8 2005-06 .....................................20-9 All-Americans: Kelvin Sampson’s .719 winning percentage Ryan Minor (1995, ’96) is the best in Oklahoma school history. Eduardo Najera (2000) Hollis Price (2002, ’03) Conference Titles: Big 12 (2005) JEFF CAPEL Seasons: 2007- Dec. 22, 1990: Oklahoma lost to eventual national champion Duke, 90-85, ending the Sooners’ school-record 51-game home winning streak. 147 Carter Clark Crocker Gerber Godbold Griffi n facilities TIMELINE GYMNASIUM OPENED IN 1903 Located at the current site of Oklahoma Memorial Union, the OU Gymnasium was a 100-foot-by-100-foot building divided into eight rooms. The main classroom was 40 feet by 60 feet and was 20 feet high with a gallery that seated 200 people. BUILDING’S FIRST GAME OU 37, Oklahoma A&M 19 (Dec. 7, 1907) Gymnasium ARMORY OPENED IN 1919 The brick R.O.T.C. Armory, completed in the spring of 1919, took the place of the Gymnasium as site of OU home games. The 300-foot-long structure that is still located immediately northwest of Memorial Stadium featured a large basketball court on the building’s south half with stands for 4,000 spectators. HISTORY the Armory in 1919 Field House construction FIELD HOUSE OPENED IN 1928 Field House in 1928 Home of the men’s basketball team from 1928 through 1975, the OU Field House (now named after 1910s Sooner standout center Howard McCasland) saw 11 different Oklahoma All-Americans grace its court, including would-be Hall of Fame coach Bruce Drake. Located immediately north of Memorial Stadium, the building is still the competitive home of the OU volleyball and wrestiling programs. BUILDING’S FIRST GAME More than 5,200 fans packed the Field House for its fi rst game (pictured to left), a 45-19 drubbing of Phog Allen’s Kansas team on Jan. 13, 1928. Allen suffered only one worse loss in his 38-year KU coaching career. OU’S RECORD IN BUILDING First game in the OU Field House (Jan. 13, 1928) 320-155 (.674) 148 2006-07 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE Johnson Longar Maze Neal Sampson Walker facilities TIMELINE 1974 Late 1970s the HISTORY Current exterior view from the east Jan. 28, 2006 –– OU defeats No. 4 Texas, 82-72 LLOYD NOBLE CENTER OPENED IN 1975 Named after a prominent Ardmore businessman who was a 15-year OU regent, Lloyd Noble Center opened its doors for basketball on Dec. 1, 1975. The multi-purpose arena was built, at least in part, as an incentive for Oklahoma City high school product Alvan Adams to attend OU. Now seating 12,000 people, the building has proved itself a major home court advantage as the Sooners have won more than 85 percent of their games inside the venue. BUILDING’S FIRST GAME Oklahoma hosted then-Southwest Conference foe Texas on Dec. 1, 1975, and came out on the short end of a 60-55 score. OU’S RECORD IN BUILDING 398-65 (.860) Men’s practice gym $17 MILLION FACELIFT Lloyd Noble Center improvements and additions to the tune of $17.1 million were completed prior to the 2001-02 season. Two full-size prac- tice gyms were added to the building’s south side, as well as new locker rooms, fi lm rooms, training and weight rooms, and coaching offi ces. The men’s and women’s teams both advanced to the Final Four that season. Men’s locker room Weight room Feb. 20, 1995: Ranked No. 25 in the AP poll, the Sooners beat No. 1 Kansas by a 76-73 count inf Norman.the 1956 Ernie U.S. Abercrombie’s Olympic Team. late 3-pointer Drake was was the his game-winner. assistant. 149 Carter Clark Crocker Gerber Godbold Griffi n individual HONORS Thomas Churchill Bud Browning Allie Paine Gerald Tucker Wayman Tisdale Stacey King 1929 1935 1944 1947 1983, 1984, 1985 1989 Six Sooners have earned consensus fi rst-team All-America honors. Wayman Tisdale accomplished the feat in each of his three seasons at Oklahoma while Stacey King is the most recent selection.