OOKLAHOMAKLAHOMA 2007-08 MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON REVIEW 23-12 Overall 9-7 Big 12 (T4th) NCAA Tournament Second Round (No. 6 Seed) SCHEDULE/RESULTS SEASON NOTES O31 ROCKHURST (Ex.) 7 p.m. W, 93-58 fter a 16-15 season in 2006-07 that saw Oklahoma’s streak of 25 N2 FAYETTEVILLE STATE (Ex.) 7 p.m. W, 91-50 consecutive NCAA Tournament or NIT appearances come to an end, the SEASON AT A GLANCE N8 SAN FRANCISCO 7 p.m. W, 71-55 A2007-08 Sooners rebounded with a 23-12 campaign and earned a No. Overall Record: N9 DENVER 7 p.m. W, 80-50 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament East Regional. OU, which fi nished tied for 23-12 N12 ALCORN STATE 7 p.m. W, 99-59 fourth place in the Big 12 Conference with a 9-7 record and advanced to the Big 12 Record: N15 vs. Memphis (3) # 8 p.m. L, 53-63 semifi nals of the league tourney, beat Saint Joseph’s in the fi rst round of the 9-7 (4th Place Tie) N16 vs. Gardner-Webb # 5:30 p.m. W, 69-55 NCAA Tournament before losing to No. 3 seed Louisville. N21 MOREHEAD STATE 7 p.m. W, 74-42 Big 12 Championship: N29 at USC % 10 p.m. L, 55-66 Following is a list of notes and accomplishments from the 2007-08 season: Quarterfi nals: OU 54, Colorado 49 Semifi nals: Texas 77, OU 49 D2 at TCU 7 p.m. W, 90-66 NCAA Tournament: D5 TULSA 7 p.m. W, 81-55 Oklahoma posted its 27th consecutive winning season, good for the longest streak among Big 12 schools (Kansas ranks second with 25, Oklahoma State First Round: OU 72, Saint Joseph’s 64 D8 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 12:30 p.m. L, 62-66 Second Round: Louisville 78, OU 48 D15 ARKANSAS 2 p.m. W, 83-72 ranks third with 20 and Texas is fourth with 10). D20 vs. Gonzaga ^ 8 p.m. W, 72-68 OU advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time in the last 14 years Home Record: D29 at West Virginia & 5 p.m. W, 88-82 2OT and for the 21st time in the last 26 seasons. Only Arizona (24), Duke (24), Kan- 14-3 (6-2 Big 12) sas (24), North Carolina (24), Indiana (23) and Kentucky (22) have participated Road Record: J5 RICE 2 p.m. W, 61-49 in more NCAA Tournaments over the last 26 years. 5-6 (3-5 Big 12) J7 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 6 p.m. W, 81-57 J12 KANSAS STATE 5 p.m. L, 82-84 The team’s NCAA Tournament win over Saint Joseph’s was the fi rst in the Record vs. Ranked Teams: J14 at Kansas 8 p.m. L, 55-85 career of head coach Jeff Capel. 3-8 J19 TEXAS TECH 3 p.m. W, 63-61 The Sooners’ 23 wins gave the program at least 20 victories for the 10th time J26 at Baylor 3 p.m. W, 77-71 in the last 11 campaigns. OU has averaged 24 wins over the last 11 years. J28 OKLAHOMA STATE 8 p.m. W, 64-61 After starting 3-5 in Big 12 Conference play, Oklahoma won six of its fi nal eight league games and fi nished in a tie for fourth place at 9-7. OU won the tie-breaker with Baylor (regular season sweep) and earned a fi rst-round bye in the Big 12 Champion- F2 at Texas A&M 3 p.m. L, 52-60 F6 TEXAS 6 p.m. L, 54-64 ship. It marked the ninth bye for OU in the 12-year history of the event. F9 at Colorado 3 p.m. L, 58-72 Oklahoma set an NCAA Division I record (since the advent of the shot clock in 1986) on March 1 against Texas A&M for length F13 IOWA STATE 7 p.m. W, 76-64 of time holding an opponent scoreless (16:12). The Aggies’ fi nal point of the fi rst half came with 12:51 remaining and they F16 at Texas Tech 3 p.m. W, 66-64 didn’t score for the fi rst 3:21 of the second half. F19 BAYLOR 7 p.m. W, 92-91 OT All three of the Sooners’ wins against ranked teams came away from Lloyd Noble Center. OU beat No. 18 Gonzaga (72-68 on F23 at Texas 2:30 p.m. L, 45-62 Dec. 20 in Oklahoma City) and posted victories at No. 23 West Virginia (88-82 in double overtime on Dec. 29) and at Baylor (77- F27 at Nebraska 7 p.m. L, 45-63 71 on Jan. 26). Prior to this season, the last time OU won a true road game over a ranked opponent was in the 2000-01 season. M1 TEXAS A&M 1 p.m. W, 64-37 M5 at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. W, 68-56 GRIFFIN NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG 12 M8 MISSOURI 2:30 p.m. W, 75-66 Freshman forward Blake Griffi n was named a fi rst-team All-Big 12 selection by the league’s head coaches and by the Associ- M14 vs. Colorado * 2 p.m. W, 54-49 M15 vs. Texas * 1 p.m. L, 49-77 ated Press. Joining Griffi n on the coaches’ squad were Baylor’s Curtis Jerrells, Kansas’ Darrell Arthur and Brandon Rush, Kansas M21 vs. Saint Joseph’s ! 6:10 p.m. W, 72-64 State’s Michael Beasley and Texas’ D.J. Augustin. The AP team consisted of Griffi n, Augustin, Beasley, Jerrells and Nebraska’s Aleks M23 vs. Louisville ! 4 p.m. L, 48-78 # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic (New York, N.Y.) SEASON AVERAGES (ARRANGED BY SCORING AVERAGE) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ^ O’Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City) No. Name Position Height Weight Class Points Rebounds Assists Minutes & Charleston, W.Va. 23 Blake Griffi n F 6-10 243 Fr. 14.7 9.1 1.8 28.4 * Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) 30 Longar Longar C 6-11 234 Sr. 11.4 5.6 1.3 25.8 ! NCAA First and Second Rounds (Birmingham, Ala.) 5 Tony Crocker G 6-6 193 So. 11.3 3.8 1.9 30.6 20 Austin Johnson G 6-3 165 Jr. 8.6 2.7 2.9 31.3 15 David Godbold G 6-5 221 Sr. 7.7 4.0 1.8 28.8 32 Taylor Griffi n F 6-7 230 Jr. 6.5 4.9 0.9 21.9 OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS 00 Keith Clark* F 6-8 240 So. 5.4 2.0 0.8 15.3 Men’s Basketball Contact: Mike Houck 11 Omar Leary G 5-10 163 Jr. 3.9 1.3 1.3 16.8 Offi ce: (405) 325-8231 34 Cade Davis G 6-5 203 Fr. 3.7 1.5 0.4 13.3 Cell: (405) 249-5892 2 Tony Neysmith G 6-5 203 Fr. 0.5 0.6 0.2 5.9 E-Mail: [email protected] 45 Beau Gerber F 6-8 224 So. 0.1 0.3 0.0 2.2 4 Dau Jok G 6-1 176 So. 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 * Ruled academically ineligible after fall semester and was not enrolled at OU during spring semester 2007-08 SEASON REVIEW 1 2007-08 OKLAHOMA MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL Maric. Griffi n became OU’s fi rst freshman to earn fi rst-team all-conference acclaim since Wayman Tisdale was crowned Big Eight Player of the Year in 1983. BLAKE GRIFFIN’S eff Capel was named the DOUBLE-DOUBLES 13th men’s basketball head On the season, Griffi n averaged 14.7 points (ranked ninth in Big 12), 9.1 rebounds (ranked fourth) and 1.8 assists while shooting .568 from the fi eld (ranked third). Jcoach at Oklahoma on April OPPONENT PTS REBS In his 13 full Big 12 games (he missed two due to injury and only played fi ve min- 11, 2006. At 33, Capel, who has San Francisco 18 13 utes at Kansas on Jan. 14), Griffi n averaged 16.9 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists. gone 39-27 (.591) in two years Alcorn State 16 11 at OU after compiling a 79-41 Griffi n recorded 10 double-doubles on the year, his last seven coming against NCAA Morehead State 16 12 (.658) record over the previous Tournament teams (he averaged 20.3 points and 14.7 boards in those seven games). vs. Gonzaga* 15 14 four seasons as head coach at Griffi n produced OU’s top four scoring performances on the season. He netted 29 at West Virginia* 18 16 Virginia Commonwealth, is the versus Baylor (Feb. 19), 27 against Kansas State (Jan. 12), 26 versus Mount St. Mary’s Kansas State* 27 14 sixth-youngest men’s basketball (Jan. 7) and 25 at Colorado (Feb. 9). He also held 10 of OU’s top 11 rebounding marks. at Baylor* 17 15 coach in NCAA Division I. Baylor* 29 15 Capel’s VCU squads posted a 50-22 (.694) combined record in MORE ON BLAKE GRIFFIN at Texas* 16 16 Colonial Athletic Association play and a 47-11 overall home Griffi n was also a fi rst-team all-district pick by the USBWA and the NABC, and vs.