S O O N E R S THE OPPONENTS THE HISTORY THE PREVIEW BOOMER SOONER! THE REVIEW THE PLAYERS THE RECORDS THE STAFF MEDIA INFORMATION

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1 S O O N E R S 2 General Information... 2 Schedule... 3 Photo Roster... 4 Rosters... 5 Season Outlook... 6 Preseason Notebook Player Poll Accomplished History Sooner Gameday Media Exposure Lloyd Noble Center Legacy Court Athletics Facilities Postseason Pride Final Fours Sooner Success Sooner Spirit Strength and Conditioning Sports Medicine Community Outreach The University Taylor Griffin Austin Johnson Omar Leary Tony Crocker Beau Gerber Cade Davis Blake Griffin Juan Pattillo Ryan Wright Orlando Allen Kyle Cannon T.J. Franklin Willie Warren Ray Willis BOOMER SOONER! THE PLAYERS THE STAFF Jeff Capel Ben Betts Mark Cline Oronde Taliaferro Bryan Goodman Basketball Support Staff David L. Boren Joe Castiglione Athletics Administration Head Coaches American/NIT Season Tip-Off Mississippi Valley State/Davidson James Madison/Gardner-Webb USC/Tulsa Maine/Utah VCU/Rice Arkansas/Coppin State Maryland Eastern Shore/Kansas State Texas/Texas A&M Nebraska/Baylor Oklahoma State/Iowa State Colorado/Texas Tech Kansas/Missouri Non-Conference Opponent Series History Big 12 Opponent Series History All-Time Series Records Recap Overall Statistics Season Results Points, Rebounds, Assists Game-by-Game Totals Individual Highs Team Highs and Lows Big 12 Leaders Game Recaps THE OPPONENTS THE REVIEW THE RECORDS Individual Records Team Records Lloyd Noble Center Records Career Leaders Single-Season Leaders Year-by-Year Leaders Yearly Team Statistics Freshman Category Leaders Big 12 Championship Postseason Results Postseason Single-Game Records Postseason Individual Highs OU Postseason Team Highs Opponent Postseason Team Highs NCAA Tournament Category Leaders ,000-Point Scorers Single-Game Scoring Highs Single-Game Rebounding and Assist Highs Point Games Double/Triple-Doubles Sooner Coaches Facilities Timeline Individual Honors Sooners in the NBA Honored Jerseys Letterwinners Year-by-Year Records Regular Season Events Sooners in the AP Poll Year-by-Year Rosters Year-by-Year Results MEDIA INFORMATION Media Relations Staff Athletics Directory Coverage Guidelines Media Outlets Radio Coverage Television Coverage Big 12 Conference Big 12 Composite Schedule Big 12 Championship Bracket Maps and Directions MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS The University of Oklahoma men s basketball media guide was designed and produced in-house by the OU Athletics Department in Norman, Okla., using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. The guide was printed by OU Printing Services of Norman and distributed at no cost to the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. (October 2008) WRITER, EDITOR & DESIGNER Mike Houck COVER DESIGN Scott Matthews THE HISTORY EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Kristin Conder, Debbie Copp, Ryan Kasmiersky, Leslie Koch, Jennifer Van Tuyl GRAPHIC DESIGN CONTRIBUTOR Jennifer Van Tuyl PHOTOGRAPHY Ty Russell, Lisa Hall, Jerry Laizure, Rich Clarkson, Simon Hurst, ICON Sports Media, Thom Kendall/ Schwartzman Sports, Bob Rosato, Larry W. Smith, Shevaun Williams, John Williamson, J.P. Wilson, Fayetteville News-Observer, OU Athletics Media Relations Archives, OU Western History Collections, USA Basketball Nike is the official footwear, apparel supplier and sponsor of the University of Oklahoma men s basketball team OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL 1

2 GENERAL INFORMATION O K L A H O M A OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS Location: Norman, Okla. Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 29,721 Nickname: Sooners Colors: Crimson and Cream Conference: Big 12 (South) Arena: Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) President: David L. Boren Athletics Director: Joe Castiglione First Year of Basketball: All-Time Record: 1, (.611) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 25 Final Four Appearances: 4 (1939, 1947, 1988, 2002) NIT Appearances: 7 Regular Season Conference Titles: 14 (1928, 1929, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 2005) Conference Tournament Titles: 7 (1979, 1985, 1988, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003) Record: overall Big 12 Record: 9-7 (fourth-place tie) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/4 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/2 Returning Scoring: 69 percent Returning Rebounding: 68 percent Returning Assists: 72 percent LLOYD NOBLE CENTER (Capacity: 12,000) BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach: Jeff Capel Alma Mater: Duke 97 Record at Oklahoma: (2 years) Career Record: (6 years) Career NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 Career NIT Appearances: 1 Assistant Coaches: Ben Betts (Roanoke College 90), Mark Cline (Wake Forest 88), Oronde Taliaferro (Wayne State 94) Director of Basketball Operations: Bryan Goodman (Barat College 96) Trainer: Alex Brown Team Physician: Dr. Brock Schnebel Strength and Conditioning Coach: Darby Rich Video Coordinator: Dionne Phelps Graduate Assistant Managers: Yanni Hufnagel, Kellen Sampson Coach Capel s Secretary: Renee Forney Office Secretary: Amy Miller ATHLETICS TICKET OFFICE Local Phone: (405) Toll Free Phone: (800) Address: OU Athletics Ticket Office, 1185 Asp Ave., Norman, OK outickets@ou.edu Associate AD/Ticket Operations: Billy Ray Johnson Director of Ticket Operations: Bob Cunningham Associate Director of Ticket Operations: Matt Schaeperkoetter Assistant Director of Ticket Operations: John Mahoney Box Office Manager: Billy Walton Assistant Box Office Manager: David White PREMIER PREFERRED SOONER SAVER South Ramp (Media Entrance) OU STUDENTS 2 OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL

3 S O O N E R S SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV Wednesday Nov. 5! PANHANDLE STATE NORMAN 7 p.m. Saturday Nov. 8! CAMERON NORMAN TBA Friday Nov. 14 AMERICAN NORMAN 7 p.m. SSN Monday Nov. 17 # MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE NORMAN 8 p.m. ESPNU Tuesday Nov. 18 # DAVIDSON or JAMES MADISON NORMAN 5:30 or 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 Saturday Nov. 22 GARDNER-WEBB NORMAN TBA Wednesday Nov. 26 # NIT SEASON TIP-OFF New York, N.Y. 6 or 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 Friday Nov. 28 # NIT SEASON TIP-OFF New York, N.Y. 12:30 or 3 p.m. ESPN2 Thursday Dec. 4 $ USC NORMAN 6 p.m. ESPN2 Sunday Dec. 7 % at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 3 p.m. CBSCSN Wednesday Dec. 10 MAINE NORMAN 7 p.m. SSN Saturday Dec. 13 UTAH NORMAN 3 p.m. ESPN2 Saturday Dec. 20 ^ vs. VCU Oklahoma City, Okla. 9 p.m. ESPN2 Monday Dec. 22 at Rice Houston, Texas 7 p.m. SSN Tuesday Dec. 30 at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 7 p.m. SSN Saturday Jan. 3 COPPIN STATE NORMAN 12:30 p.m. SSN Monday Jan. 5 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE NORMAN 7 p.m. SSN Saturday Jan. 10 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. 12:30 p.m. Big 12 Monday Jan. 12 TEXAS NORMAN 8 p.m. ESPN Saturday Jan. 17 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 1 p.m. ESPN Wednesday Jan. 21 NEBRASKA NORMAN 8 p.m. ESPNU Saturday Jan. 24 BAYLOR NORMAN 3 p.m. ESPNU Monday Jan. 26 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 8 p.m. ESPN Saturday Jan. 31 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 12:30 p.m. Big 12 Wednesday Feb. 4 TEXAS A&M NORMAN 8 p.m. Big 12 Saturday Feb. 7 COLORADO NORMAN 12:30 p.m. Big 12 Wednesday Feb. 11 at Baylor Waco, Texas 8 p.m. ESPN2 Saturday Feb. 14 TEXAS TECH NORMAN 12:30 p.m. Big 12 Saturday Feb. 21 at Texas Austin, Texas 8 p.m. ESPN Monday Feb. 23 KANSAS NORMAN 8 p.m. ESPN Saturday Feb. 28 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 2:30 p.m. ABC Wednesday March 4 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 8 p.m. Big 12 Saturday March 7 OKLAHOMA STATE NORMAN 2:30 p.m. ABC Wed.-Sat. March at Big 12 Championship Oklahoma City, Okla. TBD Big 12/ESPN2/ESPN! Exhibition # Dick s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off $ Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series % Game played at BOK Center ^ O Reilly All-College Classic (Ford Center) * Championship game Dates and times are subject to change. All times are Central. Big 12 indicates a Big 12 Network regional telecast (formerly ESPN Plus). SSN indicates Sooner Sports Network. CBSCSN indicates CBS College Sports Network NCAA TOURNAMENT DATES AND SITES FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS March 19 & 21: Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, N.C.), Sprint Center (Kansas City, Mo.), Wachovia Center delphia, Pa.), Rose Garden (Portland, Ore.); March 20 & 22: Taco Bell Arena (Boise, Idaho), UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio), (Phila- American Airlines Arena (Miami, Fla.), HHH Metrodome (Minneapolis, Minn.) REGIONALS March 26 & 28: TD Banknorth Garden (Boston, Mass.), University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.); March 27 & 29: Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Ind.), FedExForum (Memphis, Tenn.) FINAL FOUR April 4 & 6: Ford Field (Detroit, Mich.) OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL 3

4 PHOTO ROSTER O K L A H O M A 1 RYAN WRIGHT 6-9, 234, Jr., Forward Mississauga, Ontario 3 T.J. FRANKLIN 5-11, 161, Fr., Guard Fort Worth, Texas 5 TONY CROCKER 6-6, 206, Jr., Guard San Antonio, Texas 11 OMAR LEARY 5-11, 173, Sr., Guard Portland, Ore. 12 JUAN PATTILLO 6-6, 216, Jr., Forward Las Vegas, Nev. 13 WILLIE WARREN 6-4, 207, Fr., Guard Fort Worth, Texas 20 AUSTIN JOHNSON 6-3, 176, Sr., Guard Amarillo, Texas 21 ORLANDO ALLEN 6-11, 267, So., Center Cincinnati, Ohio 23 BLAKE GRIFFIN 6-10, 251, So., Forward Oklahoma City, Okla. 31 KYLE CANNON 6-8, 236, So., Forward Baltimore, Md. 32 TAYLOR GRIFFIN 6-7, 238, Sr., Forward Oklahoma City, Okla. 34 CADE DAVIS 6-5, 208, So., Guard Elk City, Okla. 41 RAY WILLIS 6-6, 172, Fr., Guard Atlanta, Ga. 45 BEAU GERBER 6-8, 228, Jr., Forward Winfield, Kan. JEFF CAPEL Head Coach Third Year at OU BEN BETTS Assistant Coach Third Year at OU MARK CLINE Assistant Coach Third Year at OU ORONDE TALIAFERRO Assistant Coach Second Year at OU BRYAN GOODMAN Director of Operations Third Year at OU 4 OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL

5 S O O N E R S ROSTERS NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School) 1 Ryan Wright F Jr Mississauga, Ontario (UCLA) 3 T.J. Franklin G Fr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 5 Tony Crocker** G Jr San Antonio, Texas (The Patterson School [N.C.]) 11 Omar Leary* G Sr Portland, Ore. (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) 12 Juan Pattillo F Jr Las Vegas, Nev. (College of Southern Idaho) 13 Willie Warren G Fr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 20 Austin Johnson*** G Sr Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS) 21 Orlando Allen C So Cincinnati, Ohio (Paris [TX] JC) 23 Blake Griffin* F So Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 31 Kyle Cannon F So Baltimore, Md. (San Jacinto [TX] JC) 32 Taylor Griffin*** F Sr Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 34 Cade Davis* G So Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 41 Ray Willis G Fr Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake HS) 45 Beau Gerber** F Jr Winfield, Kan. (Winfield HS) ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School) 21 Orlando Allen C So Cincinnati, Ohio (Paris [TX] JC) 31 Kyle Cannon F So Baltimore, Md. (San Jacinto [TX] JC) 5 Tony Crocker** G Jr San Antonio, Texas (The Patterson School [N.C.]) 34 Cade Davis* G So Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 3 T.J. Franklin G Fr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 45 Beau Gerber** F Jr Winfield, Kan. (Winfield HS) 23 Blake Griffin* F So Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 32 Taylor Griffin*** F Sr Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 20 Austin Johnson*** G Sr Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS) 11 Omar Leary* G Sr Portland, Ore. (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) 12 Juan Pattillo F Jr Las Vegas, Nev. (College of Southern Idaho) 13 Willie Warren G Fr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 41 Ray Willis G Fr Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake HS) 1 Ryan Wright F Jr Mississauga, Ontario (UCLA) STAFF Head Coach: Jeff Capel (Duke 97), Third Year at Oklahoma Assistant Coach: Ben Betts (Roanoke College 90), Third Year at Oklahoma Assistant Coach: Mark Cline (Wake Forest 88), Third Year at Oklahoma Assistant Coach: Oronde Taliaferro (Wayne State 94), Second Year at Oklahoma Director of Operations: Bryan Goodman (Barat College 96), Third Year at Oklahoma PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Juan Pattillo: puh-till-o Oronde Taliaferro: o-ron-day tal-uh-fair-o * Letters earned at Oklahoma OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL 5

6 SEASON OUTLOOK O K L A H O M A Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year and nationalplayer-of-the-year candidate Blake Griffin THE FUTURE IS NOW Capel assembles program s most talented roster in recent memory; Sooners picked first in Big 12 preseason coaches poll When Jeff Capel was hired as Oklahoma s men s basketball coach on April 11, 2006, he was handcuffed with a short roster and assigned the not-so-everyday task of rebuilding a proud program while having to contend with recruiting and scholarship limitations left over from the previous coaching regime. OU fans looked forward to an exciting and prosperous future under the energetic Capel, but they knew it would take time. Just more than two years later, that promising future appears to have arrived. A combination of veteran returnees, including projected No. 1 overall 2009 NBA Draft pick Blake Griffin, and a highly rated crop of newcomers that features McDonald s All-American Willie Warren, will give Capel his deepest and most talented Sooners squad. A consensus preseason top-25 pick and a top-10 selection by many national pundits, Capel s third OU team will look to improve on last year s season that ended in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. This is the most excited I ve seen our guys since I ve been here, said Capel, who is at OU. They talk to me or they text me all the time about this season. The returning guys are proud of what they accomplished last year, especially with some of the adverse things we had to go through. The way that it ended in the NCAA Tournament with the loss to Louisville, as bad as it was when it happened, it s positive for us now because it let them know we have to work even harder. Another positive for the Sooners in is the amount of production that returns from last season. OU welcomes back 69 percent of its scoring, 68 percent of its rebounding and 72 percent of its assists from a team that finished in fourth place in the Big 12. A top-10 national recruiting class comprised of two high school guards and three junior college big men is an additional plus. And there s also forward Ryan Wright, a transfer from UCLA who sat out last season while practicing with the Sooners. Our guys know we have a chance to be good, a chance to have a really special season, said Capel. Because of that, it really elevated what they did in their spring individual workouts and the way they worked in the summer to get to another level. I talk to our guys constantly about how our level of work and level of preparation have to improve. I think they ve taken that to heart. FRONTCOURT Blake Griffin (6-10, 251, So., Forward) Taylor Griffin (6-7, 238, Sr., Forward) Ryan Wright (6-9, 234, Jr., Forward) Juan Pattillo (6-6, 216, Jr., Forward) Kyle Cannon (6-8, 236, So., Forward) Orlando Allen (6-11, 267, So., Center) Beau Gerber (6-8, 228, Jr., Forward) Leading Oklahoma s frontcourt charge is national-playerof-the-year candidate Blake Griffin, a 6-10, 251-pound forward who led the Sooners in scoring (14.7 ppg), rebounding (9.1 rpg) and field goal percentage (.568) last season. Blessed with a rare combination of strength, first-rate athletic ability and savvy court sense, Griffin last year became the first OU freshman to earn first-team allconference honors since Wayman Tisdale 25 years earlier. I think we have the best player in the country, said Capel referring to Griffin, certainly one of the premier big guys in the country. We look forward to him having a huge year. His numbers may not improve drastically, but he will be more efficient and more effective in helping our team. The physically imposing Griffin averaged 16.9 points and 10.4 rebounds during Big 12 play, discounting OU s game at Kansas when he injured his knee five minutes into the contest. He turned down an opportunity to be a lottery pick in last summer s NBA Draft in order to improve his skills and to experience what he hopes will be a sophomore season to remember. As good as he was last year, we expect him to be even better this season because of how hard he s been working and how determined he is to become a better player, added Capel. Because of his size, his speed, his strength, he s a guy teams have to gameplan for. Joining the preseason All-American on OU s frontline is his brother, Taylor Griffin. A chiseled 6-7, 238-pound forward, Taylor Griffin possesses much of the strength and athletic ability of his younger sibling. The senior has started 42 of his 93 career games, including 20 of 35 last year when he averaged 6.5 points and 4.9 boards per outing. Realizing he has just one last go-round, the elder Griffin is prepared to make it as successful as possible. He s really embracing his role as a senior leader, said Capel of Taylor Griffin. He s preparing for this season differently than he s prepared for any previous season. I think he s very excited. The thing I want Taylor to do is play with reckless abandon. I want him to be athletic, I want him to be flying all over the place, I want him to play with confidence. When he does that, he s a really, really good player. Expected to play a big role for Capel s crew this year is a face new to the fans but not to the program. Ryan 6 OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL

7 S O O N E R S SEASON OUTLOOK Wright, an explosive 6-9, 234-pound forward who transferred from UCLA, practiced with the Sooners last year but was not allowed to compete in games. Wright appeared in 59 contests over two years with the Bruins and played in a pair of Final Fours. He averaged 1.9 points and 1.2 rebounds in 7.7 minutes per game while shooting.571 from the field. Said Capel, We think Ryan will be an important player for us this season, a very effective player. He s very physical great body, great athleticism and a guy who doesn t mind banging. He should be able to immediately affect our team in terms of defense and rebounding. And he has a better offensive game than many people realize. A trio of junior college transfers will increase OU s size and athletic ability down low and should challenge for immediate playing time. Juan Pattillo was a preseason first-team All-American at College of Southern Idaho who went on to average 17.4 points and 6.7 rebounds in 22.1 minutes per game. At 6-6 and 216 pounds, Pattillo can play in the paint or on the perimeter, giving the Sooners the ability to go either big or small with him on the court. He might be the most athletic player on the roster. Juan is a great athlete, stressed Capel. He plays hard, has a tremendous body, can play above the rim. He s a Senior forward Taylor Griffin has started 42 games over the last two seasons. guy who you don t give a position. He s just a basketball player. He can affect the game in different ways with his ability to slash and his mid-range shot. He should be a really good offensive rebounder and he has a chance to be a really good defender who can match up at multiple positions. Another player to whom his new head coach is reluctant to assign a position is Kyle Cannon. A preseason firstteam All-American last year at San Jacinto Junior College in Texas, Cannon averaged 13.5 points and 8.3 rebounds in four games before missing the rest of his sophomore season following knee surgery to correct patellar tendinitis. He averaged 14.8 points as a freshman when he was a third-team all-region selection. Because he missed virtually all of last season, Cannon will have three years of eligibility remaining at OU. Kyle is a 6-8 skilled player. I wouldn t label him as a post guy, necessarily. Like Juan, he s just a basketball player. When healthy, he s a good athlete. He just has a good feel for the game. He s another guy who will give us flexibility. We could play him, Taylor and Blake together; him, Taylor and Ryan together. We ll be able to do different things because of Kyle s ability to step away from the basket and shoot, and because of his ability to pass. The largest player on OU s roster, Orlando Allen is a 6-11, 267-pound center who transferred from Paris Junior College in Texas. He will also be a sophomore eligibility wise. Considered more advanced defensively than offensively, Allen has lost 58 pounds from his peak weight two years ago. He didn t play in at Paris, and as a freshman the season before averaged 1.8 points and 2.6 rebounds in limited action for a sophomore-laden team that finished Allen was rated by Rivals.com as the Big 12 Conference s top center prospect among players who signed last November. First of all, he s huge, began Capel. Orlando s lost about 20 pounds since he got here in late May, so he s really working his butt off to get in shape. When he s in shape, that allows him to be really active on offense, on defense and running the floor. He s really long. It s not just that he s 6-11 he also has really long arms and big hands. He ll impact our team defensively, but I also think he will offensively because he can take up so much space in the paint. We re really looking forward to working with him. BACKCOURT Tony Crocker (6-6, 206, Jr., Guard) Austin Johnson (6-3, 176, Sr., Guard) Omar Leary (5-11, 173, Sr., Guard) Cade Davis (6-5, 208, So., Guard) Willie Warren (6-4, 207, Fr., Guard) Ray Willis (6-6, 172, Fr., Guard) T.J. Franklin (5-11, 161, Fr., Guard) Guard play dictated the Sooners season. When OU s guards played well, victories came in bunches. When they were off their game, the team s struggles were more evident. Capel is hoping a more experienced backcourt the team returns its top two scoring guards and the injection of new high-level talent will result in a more consistent performance in Tony Crocker and Austin Johnson made 67 combined starts (out of a possible 70) last year and averaged 20 points per game between them. Johnson averaged 31.3 minutes per contest while Crocker ranked second on the team with his 30.6 minutes. The pair is a versatile one, with both players able to shoot from outside, put the ball on the floor and find teammates for the open look. Crocker, a 6-6, 206-pound junior, ranked third on the team with his 11.3 points per game last year and also averaged 3.8 boards and 1.9 assists. His 64 3-pointers and.424 shooting from beyond the arc led the Sooners. Capel thinks he can become even more dangerous. The thing that s imperative for Tony to improve in order to become a better player, a more complete player, is his ball handling. That s something I talked about in my end-of-the-year meeting with him. We obviously want him to maintain his ability to shoot the ball, but we want him to handle the ball better and get stronger. If he does those two things, he has the chance to really flourish and become one of the better guards in our league. Walk-on Beau Gerber, a blue-collar junior forward who seemingly has no enemies, rounds out the frontcourt. The 6-8, 222-pounder exudes hard work and determination for a shot at minimal playing time. He saw a total of 33 minutes in 15 games last year. Capel said he has encountered few players like him. Beau Gerber is one of my favorite players that I ve ever coached. You talk about the ultimate team guy; I really haven t met a guy like him. His teammates love him and he has a heart as big as anything. He works his butt off every day knowing that s he s probably not going to get to play. He gets a beating every day having to lock up with Blake and Ryan and Taylor. The guy has incredible pride to wear Oklahoma on his chest. He can be a great leader for our basketball team because there s no one who values what wearing that jersey means more than Beau does. Guard Tony Crocker shot.532 from 3-point range in OU s 23 wins last year OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL 7

8 SEASON OUTLOOK O K L A H O M A Capel added, When we were working with the players in the spring, there wasn t anyone working harder than Tony Crocker. Johnson, a 6-3, 176-pound senior, averaged 8.6 points and a team-high 2.7 assists per game while posting a 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio. He ranked second on the squad with 49 treys. Johnson scored in double figures 15 times, with OU going 14-1 when he did (8-0 in Big 12 play). Making it tougher on him was the fact that he fought back pain all season. He has a really good feel for the game, said Capel of Johnson. He can affect the game defensively, he can affect it offensively, especially when he s making shots. The big thing with A.J. is health. When he s been healthy, he s been a good player for us, at times very good. If he has a healthy fall and winter, he can really, really help us. Two other returning guards are senior Omar Leary and sophomore Cade Davis. Both first-year players last season, Leary transferred from junior college while Davis was considered the second best high school player in Oklahoma behind Blake Griffin in Leary averaged 3.9 points in 16.8 minutes per game last season primarily as a back-up point guard, and proved capable from the perimeter with his point shooting. Davis averaged 3.7 points in 13.3 minutes an outing on the wing and made all 23 of his free throw attempts on the year. Capel thinks last year s experience will greatly benefit the pair during the campaign. I thought Omar did a really good job last year. We don t beat Arkansas and Gonzaga without him. As we got to conference, I think the speed of the game wore on him a little. He went through a spell with some inconsistency, which most first-year players do. But I thought down the stretch he played really well for us. He can be a very good shooter for us and a guy that can get us into our offense. We look forward to Omar being better this year because he has a year of Division I experience under his belt. About Davis, Capel said, I thought Cade made a big jump during the year last year. You look at him at the beginning of the season and then at the end he may have been our most improved player. He got used to the speed of the game, his passing became a lot better and he gained confidence as the season went on. It s really important for him to improve his ball handling and to get stronger. I love the energy he brings to the court and how hard he plays. Cade can be a very important contributor to our team, especially with his shooting ability. Senior guard Austin Johnson has started 69 career games. on the defense. With that, I think he s been unfairly labeled as a selfish player. His greatest asset his whole life has been scoring. But just because you can score doesn t mean you can t do other things. Willie has the chance to make his teammates better because of his scoring ability. I think he s a good passer an underrated passer. I also think he can be a very good defender. Another talented guard who will vie for court time as a freshman is Ray Willis. A slender 6-6 and 172 pounds, Willis earned first-team all-state honors in Georgia last year by averaging 27.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists at Westlake High School. Ranked No. 61 nationally by Scout.com, Willis set a Westlake single-season record by scoring at least 30 points eight times. He s considered a good all-around player with a bright future. Ray s an incredibly talented young man, commented Capel. He s 6-6 and really long, and we think he still has some growing to do. He s a very talented offensive player who can handle the ball and shoot it to three. Because of his size and ability to handle it, he s a very, very good mid-range player. He has to get stronger. That s the most important thing for him. As he begins to get stronger and his body starts to change, down the road people are going to say, How did Oklahoma get this guy? Rounding out the OU backcourt is freshman walk-on T.J. Franklin. The 5-11 point guard teamed with Warren last year at North Crowley High School for a near-perfect season. An academic standout, Franklin started all 39 games and averaged 4.4 assists and 2.4 steals. T.J. comes from a winning program and was very well coached in high school. He s a good player. He understands how to play, he competes, he s tough, he can handle the ball, can knock down shots. We re excited about him being part of the Sooner family. SUMMARY Oklahoma s improvement from 16 wins in Capel s first year to 23 wins and an NCAA Tournament second-round appearance last season was enough to satisfy the program s fan base. Now, with improved talent and increased depth, expectations for year No. 3 have escalated. Higher standards don t lay solely with the fans, however. OU s players are anxious to start the season and improve on last year s successes. There s an excitement among the guys coming back and also the new guys coming in, said Capel. I think we ll have a very good blend. All of our returning scholarship players started at some point for us last year. So we have that experience. But we also add six new scholarship players. We think all of them are talented, but we have to come together very quickly. It s going to be imperative for our older guys, with their experience, to be great with their communication. They have to help teach our new guys how to work, what it takes. There s a buzz our players have sensed that has led to them working at a different level because they want to get to a different level. They ve done a good job understanding that. That must continue. Willie Warren is OU s second McDonald s All-American in the last two years. A new Sooner with whom the OU fans will get acquainted quickly is combo guard Willie Warren. OU s second McDonald s All-American in the past two years (he scored a game-high 23 points in last year s All-American game), the 6-4, 207-pounder led his North Crowley high school team in Fort Worth, Texas, to a 38-1 record and the Class 5A state title by averaging 24.9 points and 4.7 assists per game. The most highly touted high school guard signee in OU history, Warren was ranked in the top 10 nationally by no less than three online recruiting publications (ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Hoop Scoop). He will impact the team immediately, both at the point and on the wing. Willie comes in with a huge reputation, and I think it s warranted, said Capel. He s incredibly talented. He can score in so many different ways, and that puts pressure 8 OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL

9 S O O N E R S QUOTING CAPEL Your program made some nice strides last year. How would you sum up your second season? I thought we had a very good season. I thought we made a huge jump as a program. Finishing in the top four of the best league in the country and to win a game in the NCAA Tournament was huge for our program in so many ways. When you make the tournament, especially as an at-large team, that means you ve done something really good. I don t think you should ever take making the NCAA Tournament for granted. Winning a game and being one of the final 32 teams left the experience our returning guys gained from that is invaluable. Also, getting our national respect back and getting our program back to where it was before when we didn t make the postseason were very important. All of those things give us really positive momentum heading into this season. What will the loss of seniors David Godbold and Longar Longar mean to this year s team? First of all, they were both four-year guys. They were very valuable contributors. David started off and on all four years. He was a really good glue guy. He didn t do anything that really stood out, but he was just a good player. He defended at a high level, he d get in and rebound for you. Offensively, he knew all the plays. When he scored, that was a plus. Even without scoring a bunch, he always found a way to be on the floor and be an effective member of the team. What we ll miss from him is his defensive experience and his ability to make others on the floor comfortable. I thought Longar was our best player during that stretch of December games when we beat Arkansas, Gonzaga and West Virginia. I really hate that he got hurt because he was a shell of himself after that. He showed incredible toughness to play with a broken bone in his leg. Longar was a good player for us the last two years. He made so many strides offensively and became a guy you could depend on, especially before he got hurt. He defended at a high level with his blocked shots and shot altering, at times he rebounded at a high level, and he was a guy who could score in different ways offensive rebounding, running the floor, in the low post and from 15 to 17 feet. So those are two guys we ll really miss. But we do have some good players returning and some good guys coming in. We lose two but we gain six. Hopefully those six can make up for that loss. What are potential areas of difference between last year s team and this year s squad? A big thing, and maybe the most important thing, is health. There really wasn t a time last year, except for maybe that December stretch, where we were really healthy. I thought we were very, very good during that stretch. Also, hopefully we ll have more depth. We think we will. We d like our guys to be a little bit fresher throughout the season. I think we improve athletically. All the guys we signed are good athletes. Some are very good and one is a great athlete. So I think we improve drastically in that area. Size wise, I think we improve. At the end of last year it was Blake Griffin, Longar Head coach Jeff Capel is beginning his third season in Norman. Longar and Taylor Griffin. During the conference season, Blake and Longar missed games. Now all of a sudden we have Blake, Taylor, Ryan Wright, Orlando Allen, Kyle Cannon and Juan Pattillo. So the depth there drastically improves. I think our talent level greatly improves with these six new guys. Each of them brings a unique quality to our team, which is maybe something we didn t have. With all of that said, I think it s imperative that we come together and that we develop a dynamic chemistry. If that happens, we have the chance to have a really good basketball team. I like the possibility of what we can become. Is there anything that concerns you about the season? Inexperience. That s a big concern when you have six new scholarship guys. Nine of our 12 scholarship guys will be in their first or second year of Division I basketball. I count Ryan Wright as one of those nine because even though he played two years at UCLA, he sat out last year. Blake Griffin, Cade Davis and Omar Leary will only be in their second year. And then you add six new guys. It s also trying to combine six new personalities. Fortunately, I think we have some good guys on our team. Hopefully, we can have some returning guys step up as leaders and kind of police everybody. I ve always felt that really good teams police themselves. They take care of the team stuff themselves. Is that the biggest key to overcoming inexperience? I really think so. This will be one of the last times you hear me talk about inexperience. I won t talk about it because it s not an excuse. It s there, but it s not something we ll talk about much. SEASON OUTLOOK PERCENTAGES RETURNING Category Return %Back Points Rebounds Point FGs Free Throws Assists Blocks Steals LEADING RETURNERS Points Per Game Blake Griffin 14.7 Tony Crocker 11.3 Austin Johnson 8.6 Taylor Griffin 6.5 Omar Leary 3.9 Cade Davis 3.7 Rebounds Per Game Blake Griffin 9.1 Taylor Griffin 4.9 Tony Crocker 3.8 Field Goal Percentage Blake Griffin.568 Tony Crocker.441 Taylor Griffin Point Field Goal Percentage Tony Crocker.424 Omar Leary.375 Austin Johnson Pointers Per Game Tony Crocker 1.8 Austin Johnson 1.4 Omar Leary 0.8 Free Throw Percentage Cade Davis Omar Leary.842 Taylor Griffin.768 Austin Johnson.733 Assists Per Game Austin Johnson 2.9 Tony Crocker 1.9 Blake Griffin 1.8 Blocked Shots Per Game Blake Griffin 0.8 Taylor Griffin 0.7 Steals Per Game Austin Johnson 1.1 Blake Griffin 1.0 Tony Crocker 0.9 Taylor Griffin 0.9 Minutes Per Game Austin Johnson 31.3 Tony Crocker 30.6 Blake Griffin 28.4 Taylor Griffin 21.9 Omar Leary 16.8 Cade Davis 13.3 Beau Gerber OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL 9

10 O K L A H O M A SEASON OUTLOOK These guys have to grow up quickly. Blake Griffin, as a sophomore now and with all the things he dealt with as a freshman, he should be able to help Willie Warren. Omar Leary should be able to help Orlando Allen, Kyle Cannon and Juan Pattillo make the transition from junior college to here. Those three don t play the same position as Omar, but he can help them. Taylor Griffin and Austin Johnson should be able to help everyone because they ve been through everything here success, failure, a coaching change. Tony Crocker should be able to really help. The same thing with Ryan Wright and his experience of playing in two Final Fours. Also, with him sitting out last year, there should be a hunger inside of him. We have to be able to be on the same page and there has to be one goal. With that, there has to be sacrifice. They re all good players and we need them to be good players. But for the greater good of the team, that sacrifice has to be the most important thing. Do you sense that the returning guys are latching on to that team mindset? I do, I really do. This was a different offseason than any other one since I ve been here. Our guys know we have a chance to be good, a chance to have a really special season. There s an excitement I haven t seen since I got to OU, and it s really neat to see. Whether it s talking to me or texting me, they re always talking about it. Because of that, it really elevated what they did in their spring individual workouts and the way they worked in the summer to get to another level. That s something you have to do when you re trying to take your program to another level. When our season was over last year, we talked about wanting to get to the Sweet 16 or advancing even further, having a chance to win the Big 12. I talk to our guys constantly about how our level of work and level of preparation have to improve. I think they ve taken that to heart. UCLA transfer Ryan Wright How does Blake Griffin s decision to return affect this team and the program as a whole? It affects it a lot, in so many positive ways. If you look at the landscape of college basketball, how many guys came back that were definite top-10 picks? None, except Blake Griffin. That means we have one of the top players if not the top player in the country returning. Also, hopefully it gives more attention to our program and will spark more interest in it. I think we ve already seen that nationally with some of the publications and what people are thinking about us. For our team, it should give us confidence. Also, it should help us on the recruiting front kids knowing that they can come here and develop into a pro, into a potential lottery pick, which is what Blake will be. So it helps us in so many different ways. Blake makes the game so much easier for his teammates. As good as he was last year, we expect him to be even better this season because of how hard he s been working and how determined he is to become a better player. Because of his size, his speed, his strength, he s a guy teams have to gameplan for. At the same time, our other guys getting better helps make the game easier for Blake. So it goes hand in hand. I think he understands that now. The maturity level of his game and of him as a person has grown dramatically since the end of last year. How much has Ryan Wright improved since he arrived a year ago? A lot. First of all, he came here as a good player. When you have a chance to play against the guys he did every day in practice at UCLA, that helps a lot. He was also very well coached there. But here, sitting out, one of the things he did was get to work on him, to work on his game. He wasn t worried about getting ready for games last year. One of the things we talked to him about was being selfish and spending a year working on different aspects of his game. In doing that, he helped us in practice immensely. It helped him that he got to play against Blake and Longar each day in practice. Also, sitting out has made him even hungrier, even more excited to get out there and play. When you re unable to do something you really love, you appreciate it even more and there s greater value added to it. I think we ll see that in Ryan this year. Willie Warren is probably the most highly regarded high school guard to ever sign with OU. What makes him such a good player? A lot of things make him a very talented player. First of all, his size helps him. He s 6-4 and about 205 pounds. So he s a really big, strong physical guard. He s incredibly gifted athletically, getting up in the air and moving. He s not the fastest guy, but he s faster than you think. He s just powerful and explosive. One of the biggest things is that he has confidence. He s an incredibly confident young man. And in order to be a really good player, especially as a guard, you have to have that. You have to have a confidence and a swagger. He handles it, he can score it in so many different ways. He can score it from deep, he has a really good mid-range game and, because of his strength and explosiveness, he can get to the basket and finish with contact. Guard Cade Davis made all 23 of his free throw attempts last year as a freshman. Willie also has the potential to be a great defender. That s something we re really going to challenge him with. He wants to be really good. In order to be really good, you have to allow yourself to be pushed and you have to go to limits you don t think you have. That s our responsibility, to get him there. We look forward to pushing him beyond whatever limits he may have in his mind so he can be the player we think he can be. I think he can be one of the great ones. Will the influx of athletic ability and a deeper roster affect the type of game the team will play this year? Hopefully it will. The big thing with that is health. But hopefully we will be able to utilize our depth. Also, guys have to step up and play well for that depth to be productive. You don t want to just throw guys out there; you want to have productive depth. We think we ll be able to have that but it s up to our guys to really work so they earn the right to play. The only thing I give is opportunity. They earn everything else. I m anticipating that happening. I m anticipating us being able to pick our defense up, use multiple defenses and do different things. Offensively, hopefully we re able to create more from our defense, really run more, fill the wings and take advantage of our athleticism. But our guys have to be fully committed to that. A big part of that is getting in shape during the offseason great shape physically and with conditioning, but also great shape mentally. Everyone wants to play fast, but guys have to understand the commitment it takes to do that. That was a point of emphasis in our end-of-the-year meetings with the players and I think they took that to heart over the summer. 10 OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL

11 S O O N E R S PRESEASON NOTEBOOK OU NO. 1 IN PRESEASON BIG 12 COACHES POLL For the first time in the 13-year history of the Big 12 Conference, Oklahoma was named preseason league favorite in a vote of head coaches. The Sooners received three first-place votes and a total of 109 points in the conference s annual preseason poll, released Oct. 7, to edge second-place Texas. The Longhorns captured four first-place votes and 107 total points. Trailing OU and Texas in the poll were Baylor (two first-place votes) and Kansas (three) at No. 3, Texas A&M at No. 5, Oklahoma State at No. 6, Missouri at No. 7, Kansas State at No. 8, Nebraska at No. 9, Texas Tech at No. 10, Iowa State at No. 11 and Colorado at No. 12. Prior to this year, OU s highest standing in the Big 12 preseason poll was second, on four occasions ( , , and ). SOONERS TO COMPETE IN NIT SEASON TIP-OFF CAPTAINS NAMED In a September team vote, senior Taylor Griffin, junior Tony Crocker and sophomore Blake Griffin were named captains for the season. This marks the first year that any of the three have served as an OU team captain. COMBO NO. 1 Head coach Jeff Capel has signed McDonald s All-Americans in back-to-back years in sophomore forward Blake Griffin and freshman guard Willie Warren. This season marks the first in history that multiple McDonald s All-Americans appear on the Oklahoma roster. Last March, Warren became the seventh OU signee to play in the McDonald s All-American Game. Others were Wayman Tisdale (1982), Jeff Webster (1989), Ryan Humphrey (1997), Drew Lavender (2003), Scottie Reynolds (2006) and Griffin (2007). BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL (VOTED ON BY LEAGUE S HEAD COACHES) First-Place Team Votes Points 1. Oklahoma Texas Baylor Kansas Texas A&M Oklahoma State Missouri Kansas State Nebraska Texas Tech Iowa State Colorado 13 OU is the No. 2 seed in the 16-team 2008 Dick s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off and will host the four-team South Regional Nov The Sooners will play No. 16 seed Mississippi Valley State in first-round action Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. CST on ESPNU. An NCAA Tournament team last year, Mississippi Valley State finished and went 12-6 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. If OU beats the Delta Devils, it will play the winner of the Nov. 17 game between No. 5 seed Davidson and No. 12 seed James Madison on Nov. 18 on ESPN2. Davidson, which lost to eventual national champion Kansas by two points in last year s NCAA Elite Eight, posted a 29-7 overall record in and went 20-0 in Southern Conference play. The Wild- cats return preseason first-team All-American American Stephen Curry. James Madison finished with a record last season. If the Sooners win the South Regional, they ll advance to New York City for games during the week of Thanksgiving (Nov. 26 and Nov. 28) on ESPN2. Those contests will be played at Madison Square Garden. Other NIT Season Tip-Off regional hosts are No. 1 seed Purdue, No. 3 seed Arizona and No. 4 seed Boston College. QUOTABLE ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas had the following to say about sophomore Blake Griffin this past summer: Blake Griffin is an absolute man on the floor. I had the opportunity to work with him at the Nike Skills Academy, and he is one of the toughest and hardest working kids I have been around. Blake is very talented, but it is his team-first, blue-collar attitude that truly sets him apart. The kid is just a winner. If you locked all of the college players in the country in a room and only one could battle his way out, it would be Blake Griffin coming out of that room. Blake Griffin is the Big 12 s thirdleading returning scorer (14.7 ppg) and second-leading returning rebounder (9.1 rpg). SOONERS BY THE NUMBERS OU s winning percentage this decade (12th-best in the nation) Number of McDonald s All- Americans on the OU roster (first time in school history two are on the same team) Number of OU s 31 regular season games scheduled to be televised by national networks Number of OU postseason appearances in the last 27 years (most in the nation) Number of consecutive winning seasons for OU (most in the Big 12) Number of consecutive games OU has made at least one 3-pointer (Dec. 23, 1996, was last without one) PRESEASON RANKINGS ATHLON 1. North Carolina 2. Connecticut 3. Louisville 4. UCLA 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Pittsburgh 8. Gonzaga 9. Purdue 10. Oklahoma 11. Tennessee 12. Duke 13. Memphis 14. Michigan State 15. Miami 16. Arizona State 17. Marquette 18. Wake Forest 19. Baylor 20. Wisconsin BLUE RIBBON YEARBOOK 1. North Carolina 2. Pittsburgh 3. Notre Dame 4. UCLA 5. Connecticut 6. Oklahoma 7. Louisville 8. Duke 9. Tennessee 10. Texas 11. Memphis 12. Purdue 13. Michigan State 14. Miami 15. Arizona State 16. Baylor 17. Kansas 18. Marquette 19. Saint Mary s 20. Syracuse LINDY S 1. North Carolina 2. Connecticut 3. Pittsburgh 4. Duke 5. Michigan State 6. Louisville 7. Oklahoma 8. UCLA 9. Notre Dame 10. Tennessee 11. Gonzaga 12. Purdue 13. Arizona State 14. Texas 15. Davidson 16. Memphis 17. Marquette 18. Miami 19. Villanova 20. Wisconsin RIVALS.COM 1. North Carolina 2. Connecticut 3. Pittsburgh 4. Purdue 5. Notre Dame 6. Duke 7. Oklahoma 8. Louisville 9. UCLA 10. Tennessee 11. Georgetown 12. Michigan State 13. Gonzaga 14. Texas 15. Memphis 16. Kansas 17. Villanova 18. Wake Forest 19. Florida 20. Marquette SLAM MAGAZINE 1. North Carolina 2. Pittsburgh 3. Oklahoma 4. Connecticut 5. Duke 6. Louisville 7. Purdue 8. Notre Dame 9. Memphis 10. UCLA 11. Texas 12. USC 13. Gonzaga 14. Tennessee 15. Michigan State 16. Miami 17. Wake Forest 18. Marquette 19. West Virginia 20. Syracuse BIG 12 PREDICTIONS AT BR LN RC Baylor Colorado Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Okla. State Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech KEY AT Athlon BR Blue Ribbon Yearbook LN Lindy s RC Rivals.com OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL 11

12 PLAYER POLL O K L A H O M A Members of the Oklahoma team participated in a 29-question player poll in late September, supplying the name of a teammate for various categories. Self votes were not allowed and only players with multiple votes are shown below: Who s the best dresser? Taylor Griffin 7.5 votes Juan Pattillo 3 votes Tony Crocker 2 votes Who s the worst dresser? Orlando Allen 12 votes Who s the biggest eater? Beau Gerber 7 votes Blake Griffin 2 votes Juan Pattillo 2 votes Willie Warren 2 votes Sophomore center Orlando Allen seemed unhappy about being a near-unanimous selection for the worst-dresser category. Who s the best pool player? Cade Davis 8 votes Juan Pattillo 4.5 votes Who s the best video game player? T.J. Franklin 5 votes Willie Warren 3 votes Ray Willis 3 votes Tony Crocker 2 votes Who s the most impressive in the weight room? Taylor Griffin 8 votes Ryan Wright 3 votes Blake Griffin 2 votes Who s the smartest in the classroom? Beau Gerber 8.5 votes T.J. Franklin 2.5 votes Taylor Griffin 2 votes Taylor Griffin was voted best dresser, most respected, most impressive in the weight room, most likely to be famous outside of basketball and best potential ESPN SportsCenter anchor. Who s the smartest on the court? Austin Johnson 9 votes Omar Leary 3 votes Who s the biggest comedian? Ray Willis 9 votes Blake Griffin 3 votes Who s the cheapest? Tony Crocker 7 votes Orlando Allen 2 votes Who s the loudest? Ray Willis 10.5 votes Willie Warren 2 votes Who will be the first to get married? Orlando Allen 9 votes Taylor Griffin 5 votes Who s the best singer? Tony Crocker 6.5 votes Cade Davis 4 votes Who s the best impersonator? Blake Griffin 12 votes Who s the quietest? T.J. Franklin 7 votes Ryan Wright 5 votes Who s the best dancer? Tony Crocker 7 votes Ryan Wright 2 votes Who s the most competitive? Blake Griffin 7 votes Tony Crocker 5 votes Who s the most respected? Taylor Griffin 5 votes Omar Leary 3 votes Blake Griffin 2 votes Who s the biggest prankster? Blake Griffin 6 votes Willie Warren 4 votes Ray Willis 2 votes Who spends the most time on Facebook? Willie Warren 5 votes Tony Crocker 4 votes Cade Davis 3 votes Who has the messiest locker? Willie Warren 7 votes Ray Willis 4 votes Who would make the best ESPN SportsCenter anchor? Taylor Griffin 4 votes Blake Griffin 2 votes Omar Leary 2 votes Who s the best overall athlete? Blake Griffin 10.5 votes Tony Crocker 2 votes Who s the best dunker? Tony Crocker 7.5 votes Blake Griffin 3.5 votes Who s the fastest from baseline to baseline? Juan Pattillo 4 votes Tony Crocker 2 votes Austin Johnson 2 votes Blake Griffin 2 votes Who s the hardest worker? Blake Griffin 8 votes Beau Gerber 3 votes Taylor Griffin 2 votes Who s the biggest trash-talker on the court? Ray Willis 12 votes Who s the best dunker? Blake Griffin 12 votes Who s the most likely to be famous outside of basketball? Taylor Griffin 4 votes Beau Gerber 3.5 votes Cade Davis 3 votes 12 OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL