THE PREVIEW 2007-08 OU MEN’S BASKETBALL Year-by-Year Records ................................................. 170 THE PREVIEW THE OPPONENTS Regular Season Events ............................................... 172 2 7799 Sooners in the AP Poll ................................................ 174 Year-by-Year Rosters .................................................. 175 General Information .......................................................2 San Francisco/Denver ...................................................80 Year-by-Year Results .................................................. 181 Rosters ........................................................................... 3 East Central/Alcorn State ..............................................81 Photo Roster .................................................................. 4 Morehead State/USC .................................................... 82 Schedule ........................................................................ 5 TCU/Tulsa ..................................................................... 83 MEDIA Season Outlook .............................................................. 6 Stephen F. Austin/Arkansas .......................................... 84 119797 INFORMATION Preseason Notebook..................................................... 11 Gonzaga/West Virginia .................................................85 Preseason Player Poll.................................................... 12 Rice/Mount St. Mary’s .................................................. 86 Media Relations Staff ................................................. 198 Kansas State/Kansas .................................................... 87 Athletics Directory ......................................................199 Texas Tech/Baylor ......................................................... 88 Coverage Guidelines ...................................................200 BOOMER SOONER Oklahoma State/Texas A&M ......................................... 89 Media Outlets .............................................................201 1133 Texas/Colorado ............................................................. 90 Radio Coverage .......................................................... 202 Iowa State/Nebraska ....................................................91 Television Coverage .................................................... 203 Storied History ............................................................. 14 Missouri ....................................................................... 92 Big 12 Conference ...................................................... 204 Sooner Gameday ..........................................................16 Big 12 Arenas ............................................................... 93 Big 12 Composite Schedule ........................................ 205 Lloyd Noble Center ....................................................... 18 Results vs. Big 12 Teams ............................................... 94 Big 12 Championship Bracket..................................... 207 Legacy Court ................................................................ 22 OU vs. All Opponents .................................................. 100 Maps and Directions ...................................................208 Athletics Facilities......................................................... 23 National Exposure ........................................................ 24 Postseason Pride .......................................................... 26 THE REVIEW Final Fours ....................................................................27 110101 Sooner Success .............................................................28 Sooner Spirit ................................................................ 30 Season Recap ............................................................. 102 Strength and Conditioning ...........................................32 Season Statistics ........................................................ 105 Sports Medicine ........................................................... 33 Season Results ........................................................... 106 Community Outreach ................................................... 34 Points, Rebounds, Assists ............................................107 The University .............................................................. 35 Game-by-Game Totals ................................................ 108 Nike is the offi cial footwear, apparel Season Superlatives ................................................... 109 supplier and sponsor of the University of Big 12 Leaders ............................................................111 Oklahoma men’s basketball team. 3399 THE PLAYERS Game Recaps ..............................................................115 David Godbold.............................................................. 40 THE RECORDS MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS Longar Longar ..............................................................42 112525 The 2007-08 University of Oklahoma men’s bas- Taylor Griffi n .................................................................44 ketball media guide was designed and produced Austin Johnson .............................................................46 Individual Records ......................................................126 by the OU Athletics Department in Norman, Okla., Keith Clark ....................................................................48 Team Records ............................................................. 127 using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. Tony Crocker .................................................................50 Lloyd Noble Center Records ........................................ 128 Beau Gerber ................................................................. 52 Career Leaders ............................................................129 The guide was printed by OU Printing Services of Ryan Wright ................................................................. 54 Single-Season Leaders ............................................... 131 Norman and distributed at no cost to the taxpayers Omar Leary .................................................................. 56 Year-by-Year Leaders ..................................................133 of the state of Oklahoma. The University of Okla- Cade Davis ....................................................................57 Yearly Team Stats ....................................................... 136 homa is an equal opportunity institution. Blake Griffi n ................................................................. 58 Big 12 Championship ................................................. 138 PROJECT COORDINATOR & GUIDE DESIGN Tony Neysmith ............................................................. 59 Postseason Results ..................................................... 141 Mike Houck Dau Jok ........................................................................ 60 Postseason Records .................................................... 142 1,000-Point Scorers .................................................... 147 COVER DESIGN Single-Game Scoring Highs ........................................154 Scott Matthews 100-Point Games ....................................................... 156 CONTRIBUTORS THE STAFF Double/Triple-Doubles ............................................... 158 6611 Kellen Coleman, Debbie Copp, Mitch Heckart, Ryan Kasmiersky, Leslie Koch, Meredith Noonan, Phillip Jeff Capel...................................................................... 62 Rogers, Sheridan Samples, Kirstin Schmidt Ben Betts ..................................................................... 66 THE HISTORY Mark Cline ....................................................................67 115959 PHOTOGRAPHY Oronde Taliaferro .......................................................... 68 Rich Clarkson, Lisa Hall, Mike Houck, Simon Hurst, Bryan Goodman ........................................................... 69 Sooner Coaches .......................................................... 160 Mark Kraus, Jackson Laizure, Jerry Laizure, ICON Basketball Support Staff............................................... 70 Facilities Timeline ....................................................... 162 Sports Media, Ty Russell, Thom Kendall/Schwartz- David L. Boren .............................................................. 74 Individual Honors .......................................................164 man Sports, Larry W. Smith, Shevaun Williams, Joe Castiglione ............................................................. 75 Sooners in the NBA..................................................... 166 John Williamson, Fayetteville News-Observer, OU Athletics Administration .............................................. 77 Retired Jerseys ........................................................... 167 Athletics Media Relations Archives, OU Western Head Coaches ...............................................................78 Letterwinners ............................................................ 168 History Collections, UCLA, USA Basketball THE 101ST YEAR OF OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL THE PREVIEW GENERAL INFORMATION OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS Lloyd Noble Center Location: Norman, Okla. (Capacity: 12,000) Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 29,721 Nickname: Sooners Colors: Crimson and Cream Conference: Big 12 (South) Arena: Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) President: