2010 Men s Basketball Summer Prospectus Senior Guard Cade Davis

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1 OKLAHOMA 2010 Men s Basketball Summer Prospectus Senior Guard Cade Davis

2 SOONER SUMMARY OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS School Name: University of Oklahoma Location: Norman, Okla. Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 30,092 President: David L. Boren Athletics Director: Joe Castiglione Colors: Crimson and Cream Arena: Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) Head Coach: Jeff Capel (Duke 97) Career Record: (8 years) OU Record: (4 years) Assistant Coaches: Ben Betts (Roanoke College 90) Bryan Goodman (Barat College 96) Dionne Phelps (Texas Lutheran 89) Director of Basketball Operations: Deren Boyd (Oklahoma 98) Dir. of Student Athlete Performance: Jozsef Szendrei (Oklahoma 03) Video Coordinator: Ryan Krueger Trainer: Alex Brown Team Physician: Dr. Brock Schnebel Coach Capel s Secretary: Renee Forney Office Secretary: Amy Miller Office Phone: (405) Office Fax: (405) Press Row Phone: (405) Record: Big 12 Record: 4-12 (T9th) Big 12 Championship (No. 10 seed): Lost to No. 7 seed Okla. State, Postseason: None Final Ranking: Not ranked Starters Returning/Lost: 1/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/8 Newcomers: 9 Returning Scoring: 28 percent Returning Rebounding: 22 percent Returning Assists: 17 percent Basketball SID: Mike Houck Work Phone: (405) Work Fax: (405) Cell Phone: (405) mhouck@ou.edu Athletics Communications Address: 180 W. Brooks St. Suite 2525 Norman, OK Web Site: WHO S GONE (ordered by scoring average) WILLIE WARREN (So., Guard, 6-4, 203) An honorable mention All-Big 12 pick after averaging 16.3 points and 4.1 assists in his 21 games... Missed eight of 16 league games due to injury/illness... Unanimous choice as Big 12 Freshman of the Year in TOMMY MASON-GRIFFIN (Fr., Guard, 5-11, 203) Third-team All-Big Averaged 14.1 points and 5.0 assists... Set OU freshman records for assists (154), 3-pointers (70) and minutes (35.7)... Averaged 16.9 points per league contest... Led team in scoring in 10 of final 14 games... Shot.424 from 3-point range (third in Big 12). TONY CROCKER (Sr., Guard, 6-6, 209) Averaged 11.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists... Led Big 12 guards in rebounding and double-doubles (seven)... Started 125 career games (five shy of school record) including his last Ranks 15th at OU in scoring. TINY GALLON (Fr., Forward, 6-9, 290) Averaged 10.3 points and team-high 7.9 rebounds... Shot team-high.547 from field... Ranked sixth in Big 12 with seven double-doubles... Made 21 starts. RYAN WRIGHT (Sr., Forward, 6-9, 241) Started 13 games and averaged 4.4 points and 4.3 rebounds... Shot.533 from field... A second-team Academic All-Big 12 selection. RAY WILLIS (So., Guard, 6-6, 164) Averaged 2.6 points and 2.2 boards in his 13 games... Transferred. ORLANDO ALLEN (Jr., Center, 6-10, 290) Played in nine games and averaged 1.2 points and 1.9 rebounds... Scheduled to graduate in summer 2010 and decided to focus on family. BEAU GERBER (Sr., Forward, 6-8, 230) Averaged 0.4 points and 0.2 rebounds in nine games... First-Team Academic All-Big 12. WHO S BACK (ordered by scoring average) CADE DAVIS (Sr., Guard, 6-5, 206) Averaged 9.9 points and team-high 1.5 steals (ranked ninth in Big 12) last year... Recorded 10 games of at least three steals... Averaged 12.5 points over last 12 games (made 31 3-pointers in those 12)... Shot.347 from 3-point range (58 makes were second most on team)... Scored at least 20 points four times (had 20 in first half against Northern Colorado)... Registered two double-doubles... Made 27 starts. STEVEN PLEDGER (So., Guard, 6-4, 206) Averaged 6.2 points and 1.5 boards... Ranked third on team with 44 treys... Averaged 13.7 points over first six games when he shot.475 (19-for-40) from behind arc... Set OU record for Big 12 Tournament game by draining six 3-pointers versus Oklahoma State... Scored 20 points in first half against Houston in Great Alaska Shootout. ANDREW FITZGERALD (So., Forward, 6-8, 237) Averaged 4.8 points and 2.0 rebounds in 16.0 minutes a game... Shot.511 from field... Started final seven games (averaged 8.3 points)... Averaged 13.0 points over three-game February stretch against Colorado, Kansas and Kansas State... Scored 16 points at No. 1 Kansas. T.J. FRANKLIN (Jr., Guard, 5-11, 174) Walk-on point guard who played a total of 25 minutes in 15 games last year... Registered two points and four assists on the season. KYLE HARDRICK (So., Forward, 6-8, 219) Played a total of four minutes over three games on the year. RYAN RANDOLPH (Fr., Guard, 6-4, 201) Walk-on... Redshirted last season. WHO S NEW (ordered alphabetically) ABDUL AHMED (Fr., Forward/Center, 6-10, 207) A London, England, product who attended Canarias Academy in the Canary Islands last year... Averaged 18.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots per game. CARL BLAIR (So., Guard, 6-2, 214) Played as a freshman at University of New Orleans last year... Averaged 9.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 31.0 minutes a game... Averaged 13.8 points and 4.6 assists over final eight contests (shot.407 from 3-point range during stretch)... Recorded a triple-double... Eligible immediately at OU due to UNO s move to Division III status. CAMERON CLARK (Fr., Guard/Forward, 6-6, 195) A two-time first-team all-state selection in Texas and two-time District 9-4A MVP... Ranked No. 32 nationally by ESPN, No. 34 by Rivals.com and No. 39 by Scout.com... Averaged 23.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a senior at Sherman High School. TYLER NEAL (Fr., Forward, 6-7, 209) Named Oklahoma player of the year by Gatorade, the Oklahoma Coaches Association and The Oklahoman... Helped Putnam City West to first state tournament appearance since Averaged 18.2 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.0 blocks per game... Shot.557 from the field and.421 (45-for-107) from behind the arc. CALVIN NEWELL (Fr., Guard, 6-1, 201) Philadelphia, Pa., product who attended Evelyn Mack Academy in Charlotte, N.C., last year... Averaged 26.1 points and 7.0 assists per game... Earned first-team all-state honors in at Strath Haven High School in Pennsylvania... Averaged 29.4 points a game that year. ROMERO OSBY (Jr., Forward, 6-8, 247) Transfer from Mississippi State who will sit out the season... Averaged 4.3 points and 2.6 boards in 13.1 minutes a game last year... Shot.462 from the field,.410 (16-for-39) from 3-point range and.634 from the foul line... Scored in double figures three times with a high of 13 points in 17 minutes against DePaul... Averaged 4.1 points and 2.6 rebounds as a freshman... Played in 71 of 72 games at MSU. T.J. TAYLOR (Fr., Guard, 6-3, 217) A three-time all-state pick in Texas... Three-time District 9-4A Offensive Player of the Year... Ranked No. 78 nationally by ESPN and No. 104 by Rivals.com... Finished career at Denison High School as all-time leading scorer (2,630 points)... Averaged 23.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists over his four-year career... Averaged 20.7 points as a senior and 27.1 points as a junior. NICK THOMPSON (Jr., Forward, 6-9, 212) Junior college transfer who helped lead College of Eastern Utah to third-place national finish last year (school s best finish in 45 years)... Averaged 8.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists a game as a sophomore... Shot.556 from the field and.399 (19-for-49) from 3-point range. C.J. WASHINGTON (Jr., Forward, 6-7, 210) A first-team junior college All-American as a sophomore who averaged 19.3 points, a school-record 13.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots per game... Also named the NJCAA Region II Player of the Year and Region II Tournament MVP... Led team to 30-4 record and to national tournament... Recorded 25 double-doubles in his 32 games (14 consecutively at one point)... Set single-game school rebounding record with 26 in Region II Tournament semifinals.

3 SQUAD BREAKDOWN Starters Returning (1) HT WT CL POS GP/GS PPG RPG APG MPG Cade Davis Sr. G 31/ Others Returning (5) HT WT CL POS GP/GS PPG RPG APG MPG Steven Pledger So. G 30/ Andrew Fitzgerald So. F 26/ T.J. Franklin Jr. G 15/ Kyle Hardrick So. F 3/ Ryan Randolph Fr.-RS G 0/0 Starters Lost (4) HT WT CL POS GP/GS PPG RPG APG MPG Willie Warren So. G 21/ Tommy Mason-Griffin Fr. G 31/ Tony Crocker Sr. G 30/ Tiny Gallon Fr. F 30/ Sophomore guard Steven Pledger Others Lost (4) HT WT CL POS GP/GS PPG RPG APG MPG Ryan Wright Sr. F 30/ Ray Willis So. G 13/ Orlando Allen Jr. C 9/ Beau Gerber Sr. F 9/ Newcomers (9) HT WT CL POS PPG RPG Other Hometown (Last School) Abdul Ahmed Fr. F bpg London, England (Canarias Academy [Canary Islands]) Carl Blair Jr So. G apg Houston, Texas (University of New Orleans) Cameron Clark Fr. G/F apg Sherman, Texas (Sherman HS) Tyler Neal Fr. F apg Oklahoma City, Oka. (Putnam City West HS) Calvin Newell Jr Fr. G apg Philadelphia, Pa. (Evelyn Mack Academy [N.C.]) Romero Osby Jr. F FG% Meridian, Miss. (Mississippi State University) T.J. Taylor Fr. G apg Denison, Texas (Denison HS) Nick Thompson Jr. F apg Clinton, Utah (College of Eastern Utah) C.J. Washington Jr. F bpg Stringtown, Okla. (Connors State JC) Notes Romero Osby will sit out the season after transferring from Mississippi State. New Orleans transfer Carl Blair is eligible immediate due to his former school reclassifying to Division III status. OKLAHOMA S SCHEDULE Nov. 2 Nov. 12 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 9 Dec. 11 Northern State (exhibition) Coppin State North Carolina Central Texas Southern vs. Kentucky (EA SPORTS Maui Invitational) vs. Virginia or Washington (EA SPORTS Maui Invitational) vs. TBD (EA SPORTS Maui Invitational) at Arkansas at Arizona Gardner-Webb Oral Roberts Dec. 18 Dec. 21 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 8 Jan. 12 Jan. 15 Jan. 18 Jan. 22 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 5 vs. Cincinnati (All-College Classic) Sacramento State Central Arkansas Maryland Eastern Shore Texas A&M at Baylor at Texas Texas Tech Colorado at Iowa State Baylor at Oklahoma State Feb. 9 Texas Feb. 12 at Missouri Feb. 16 Nebraska Feb. 19 at Kansas State Feb. 23 at Texas A&M Feb. 26 Kansas March 2 at Texas Tech March 5 Oklahoma State March 9-12 at Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.)

4 ROSTERS NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School) 1 T.J. Taylor G Fr Denison, Texas (Denison HS) 2 Steven Pledger* G So Chesapeake, Va. (Atlantic Shores Christian School) 3 T.J. Franklin** G Jr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 4 Andrew Fitzgerald* F So Baltimore, Md. (Brewster Academy [N.H.]) 5 C.J. Washington F Jr Stringtown, Okla. (Connors State JC) 11 Calvin Newell Jr. G Fr Philadelphia, Pa. (Evelyn Mack Academy [N.C.]) 12 Abdul Ahmed F Fr London, England (Canarias Academy [Canary Islands]) 14 Carl Blair Jr. G So Houston, Texas (University of New Orleans) 15 Tyler Neal F Fr Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City West HS) 21 Cameron Clark G/F Fr Sherman, Texas (Sherman HS) 22 Ryan Randolph G Fr. (RS) Oklahoma City, Okla. (Bishop McGuinness HS) 24 Romero Osby# F Jr.# Meridian, Miss. (Mississippi State University) 25 Kyle Hardrick* F So Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City HS) 34 Cade Davis*** G Sr Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 44 Nick Thompson F Jr Clinton, Utah (College of Eastern Utah) ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School) 12 Abdul Ahmed F Fr London, England (Canarias Academy [Canary Islands]) 14 Carl Blair Jr. G So Houston, Texas (University of New Orleans) 21 Cameron Clark G/F Fr Sherman, Texas (Sherman HS) 34 Cade Davis*** G Sr Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 4 Andrew Fitzgerald* F So Baltimore, Md. (Brewster Academy [N.H.]) 3 T.J. Franklin** G Jr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 25 Kyle Hardrick* F So Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City HS) 15 Tyler Neal F Fr Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City West HS) 11 Calvin Newell Jr. G Fr Philadelphia, Pa. (Evelyn Mack Academy [N.C.]) 24 Romero Osby F Jr.# Meridian, Miss. (Mississippi State University) 2 Steven Pledger* G So Chesapeake, Va. (Atlantic Shores Christian School) 22 Ryan Randolph G Fr. (RS) Oklahoma City, Okla. (Bishop McGuinness HS) 1 T.J. Taylor G Fr Denison, Texas (Denison HS) 44 Nick Thompson F Jr Clinton, Utah (College of Eastern Utah) 5 C.J. Washington F Jr Stringtown, Okla. (Connors State JC) * Letters earned at Oklahoma # Will sit out the season due to NCAA transfer rules STAFF Head Coach: Jeff Capel (Duke 97) Assistant Coaches: Ben Betts (Roanoke College 90) Bryan Goodman (Barat College 96) Dionne Phelps (Texas Lutheran 89) Dir. of Student Athlete Performance: Jozsef Szendrei (Oklahoma 03) Director of Basketball Operations: Deren Boyd (Oklahoma 98) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Abdul Ahmed: AB-dool AH-med Dionne Phelps: DEE-on Jozsef Szendrei: YO-zhev ZEN-dray

5 SEASON OUTLOOK It s not going out on a limb to say the Oklahoma men s basketball team endured a disappointing season. A Sooners team ranked No. 17 in the preseason AP poll and picked by Big 12 Conference coaches to finish third in the league posted a overall record and tied for ninth place in the Big 12. A combination of injuries (leading scorer Willie Warren missed 10 games), a reliance on young talent (47 percent of the team s scoring came from freshmen) and a lack of strong veteran leadership all contributed to the falling short of expectations. Considering head coach Jeff Capel lost his top four scorers from that team, returns just three players who averaged more than 2.0 minutes per game and welcomes nine newcomers, preseason prognosticators will not have OU pegged nearly as high for as they did last year. Backcourt Carl Blair (6-2, 214, So., Guard) Cameron Clark (6-6, 195, Fr., G/F) Cade Davis (6-5, 206, Sr., Guard) T.J. Franklin (5-11, 174, Jr., Guard) Calvin Newell (6-1, 201, Fr., Guard) Steven Pledger (6-4, 206, So., Guard) Ryan Randolph (6-4, 201, Fr.-RS, Guard) T.J. Taylor (6-3, 217, Fr., Guard) Frontcourt Abdul Ahmed (6-10, 207, Fr., Forward/Center) Andrew Fitzgerald (6-8, 237, So., Forward) Kyle Hardrick (6-8, 219, So., Forward) Tyler Neal (6-7, 209, Fr., Forward) Romero Osby (6-8, 247, Jr., Forward) Nick Thompson (6-9, 212, Jr., Forward) C.J. Washington (6-7, 210, Jr., Forward) For two reasons, Capel can live with that. One, as last year showed, predictions can be worth a hill of beans. But also comforting Capel is the fact that members of his new squad have infused the program with a strong work ethic, upbeat attitude and drive to succeed traits not often displayed by last year s team. Capel said his players learned a valuable lesson since this time a year ago. Winning isn t necessarily a birthright, said Capel, who is starting his fifth year at OU. It s something you have to earn. You earn it by how you work leading up to the season. You can t just turn it on when the games start. It begins with your summer preparation mentally and physically. That s when you start to form your team. I think because of how we performed last season, our returning players have a hunger. They have a desire to not let that happen again. I think maybe they ve worked harder (since the end of last season) than they ve ever worked. Capel said he hopes that self-realization and the resulting disciplined off-season approach will yield in-season success. There s been a different energy around here and I m excited about it, said Capel. I m excited to see what we become. We still have expectations. We want to become the best team we can be hopefully vie for one of the top spots in the Big 12 and make the NCAA Tournament. BACKCOURT The player charged with the large task of leading OU s band of youngsters is lone senior Cade Davis. The 6-5, 206-pound shooting guard made big strides last year after seeing moderate court time his first two seasons. As a junior, the western Oklahoma product started 27 games and averaged 9.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and a team-high 1.5 steals per contest. He was especially productive down the stretch, making 31 3-pointers and averaging 12.5 points over the season s final 12 games. Capel will demand a lot from Davis this season. Not all of the expectations are court related. will follow him. He has guys who will work, will get in here and do extra stuff, who want to be a part of it. He has to work at a very high level every day. He has to get to know all of these guys, know what buttons to push and when to push them. He has to learn how to get the most out of everyone. As far as the tangibles, Capel said Davis had a good junior season but knows he can do more. At times last year he was really, really good. One of the things we re hoping for from Cade is that he can be consistently good. He can be a more consistent shooter. We want him to improve other aspects of his game like ball handling, driving the ball more off of shot fakes and getting to the foul line. He s going to have to rebound at a high level for us this year. We really hope he can have a great senior season. Joining Davis as the only other returning guard with significant game experience is sophomore shooter Steven Pledger. Like Davis, Pledger can get incredibly hot from behind the 3-point line. At times last year, the 6-4, 206-pounder was equally as cold. He scored 21 points in the season opener by going 4-for-5 from long range, and four games later against Houston scored 20 points in the first half. He was 19-for-40 (.475) on 3-point attempts over the first six outings, but over the next 14 games was 9-for-53 (.170). Pledger, from Chesapeake, Va., rebounded nicely at the end of the season by draining nine treys over the final two games. He finished the year with averages of 6.2 points and 1.5 boards in 18.9 minutes a contest. I don t know if I ve seen any freshman ever shoot it like he did to start his career, remarked Capel. And then he went through a spell where he couldn t make shots. Down the stretch I thought he got his confidence back and had some really good moments for us late in the year. Capel likes what Pledger s done since the end of last season. He s really worked hard on his body. He was around 220 or 225 last year and is down to about 210 now. We d like to get him down to between 205 and 210. Hopefully he can become more consistent with his shooting, can get better at using pump fakes and can improve his ball handling and defense. A candidate to run the point, Carl Blair is an OU newcomer but has a year of Division I experience. The 6-2, 214-pounder from Houston, Texas, transferred from the University of New Orleans where he averaged 9.2 points, 4.4 boards and 3.7 assists last year as a freshman. He started in 29 games and over the last eight outings upped his averages to 13.8 points and 4.6 assists. Blair was one of nine players in the country last year to record a triple-double (13 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a Dec. 5 win over Houston Baptist). We need his leadership, said Capel. We need him to be 100 percent invested in our team and to be the leader of our team. Cade has a tremendous opportunity because I think he has guys who Since UNO has begun the process of reclassifying to Division III status, Blair will be allowed to play at OU without sitting out a year. That s great news for Capel. Getting Carl Blair was really important for us because he brings the experience of playing college basketball. The level will be different, but the fact he was a Division I player last year and played against high-major teams won t be new to him. Senior and leading returning scorer and rebounder Cade Davis

6 SEASON OUTLOOK Top-100 national high school recruits Cameron Clark (left) and T.J. Taylor Added Capel, Usually, you have peaks and valleys as a freshman. But Carl averaged more points in conference play than he did in pre-conference play. His last 10 games, his numbers went up even more. That s a good sign. He wants to work and will play with a chip on his shoulder. Our guys love playing with him. He s been one of our hardest workers this summer from what our guys tell me. The most ballyhooed member of OU s 2010 recruiting class is 6-6, 195-pound wing Cameron Clark. Ranked as the nation s No. 32 recruit by ESPN, No. 34 by Rivals.com and No. 39 by Scout.com, the Texas native was a two-time first-team all-state pick and last year averaged 23.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals. Capel says Clark has the size, athletic ability and work ethic to make an immediate impact. We identified Cameron very early in the recruiting process as a guy we had to have. He will be as athletic as anyone in our league at the wing spot. He also brings size and very good talent to the position. He comes from a great family and I think he will really embrace the culture of work here. He wants to be good and I don t think he ll be afraid of the work that it takes to achieve that. Another freshman rated as one of last year s top-100 high school seniors is combo guard T.J. Taylor. At 6-3 and 217 pounds, the left-handed Taylor can do a little bit of everything. He thrived at Denison (Texas) High School, finishing his four-year varsity career with averages of 23.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists. The three-time all-state selection was named MVP of the 2010 Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game and should vie for immediate playing time. T.J. is very talented. I think he can provide some versatility for us. Like so many of our guys, he feels like he has a lot to prove. He didn t get a chance to play summer basketball a year ago because he broke his ankle. He didn t get to go out on the (AAU) circuit, and so a lot of people haven t seen him. We think he s talented; think he has a toughness and a willingness to work and compete. That s going to serve him well in helping him become a really good college basketball player. Perhaps the most prolific scorer among OU s newcomers is fellow combo guard Calvin Newell. The 6-1, 201-pounder hails from Philadelphia, Pa., and spent last year in prep school in Charlotte, N.C. There he averaged 26.1 points and 7.0 assists. As a high school senior in Pennsylvania, Newell earned first-team all-state honors after averaging 29.4 points and leading his squad to its first state playoffs appearance in nine years. Capel said he loves Newell s grit. Calvin is a scoring guard, started the OU head coach. He can really score the ball. I love him because I think he has a huge chip on his shoulder, in a good way. I think he can become a very good defensive player. He can score in a lot of different ways. He s athletic, he s strong, he can shoot it. He has really good speed. I love his Philly toughness. He s seen a lot, has endured a lot of adversity and he s come out on top. We think he can help us and will provide some quality depth in the backcourt. Completing the backcourt is a pair of walk-ons in junior T.J. Franklin and redshirt freshman Ryan Randolph. Franklin is a lively 5-11, 174-pound point guard who goes all out each day in practice. He appeared in 15 of OU s 31 games last year, averaging 1.7 minutes. Franklin has made considerable improvement since stepping on campus two years ago and his work ethic is the chief reason. He could be on the verge of playing a more pivotal role on game days. Said Capel, Our guys respect T.J. so much because of how hard he works. He s been a great practice player for us. At times late last year we had the confidence to put him in the game. There may be situations this year that he ll have to play for us. We feel confident he can come in and give us quality minutes. Randolph, who starred on the court and on the football field in high school (he led Bishop McGuinness High School to an Oklahoma state title as a quarterback), is a 6-4, 201-pound wing who decided to redshirt last year to help him adapt to the collegiate level. Ryan felt like that would be the best thing for him so he could really work in practice and get used to the speed of the game, explained Capel. He s been great to have on our team for so many different reasons. He s a great kid, a competitive kid. We think a year of practicing against our guys has helped him become a better basketball player. FRONTCOURT While OU s backcourt is comprised of mostly inexperienced talent, the frontcourt is even less seasoned with the return of just one big man who played regular minutes last year. Rare is the occasion that a sophomore who played less than 20 minutes per game as a freshman is looked upon as one of his team s leaders. But that s exactly the spot in which forward Andrew Fitzgerald finds himself entering Fitzgerald, who stands 6-8 and was a top-75 national recruit out of prep school, averaged 4.8 points and 2.0 rebounds while shooting.511 from the floor in 15.7 minutes a contest for the Sooners last year. The modest numbers don t reflect the improvement he made as the season wore on he averaged 13.0 points over a three-game February stretch that included a game at No. 1 Kansas in which he recorded career highs of 16 points and six boards or the work he s put in since it ended. Capel explained. I think Andrew has had as good a summer as anyone in our program the last couple of years. He came in last year as a freshman at almost 270 pounds and he s down to 237 now. He s really reshaped his body. He s made a commitment to it with exercise and diet, and he s really worked on his game. If you look at our final 10 games last year, he really played well. You saw improvement. I think that gave him confidence to work even harder in the summer. We re hoping he can make a big jump for us and become one of the better post guys in the Big 12. Leading Returnees by Category Minutes Cade Davis 31.8 Steven Pledger 18.9 Andrew Fitzgerald 15.7 T.J. Franklin 1.7 Kyle Hardrick 1.3 Games Started Cade Davis 27 Andrew Fitzgerald 11 Steven Pledger 3 Scoring Cade Davis 9.9 Steven Pledger 6.2 Andrew Fitzgerald 4.8 Rebounding Cade Davis 3.9 Andrew Fitzgerald 2.0 Steven Pledger 1.5 Field Goal Percentage Andrew Fitzgerald.511 Cade Davis.392 Steven Pledger Point Field Goal Percentage Cade Davis.347 Steven Pledger Pointers Per Game Cade Davis 1.9 Steven Pledger 1.5 Free Throw Percentage Steven Pledger.846 Cade Davis.778 Andrew Fitzgerald.638 Assists Cade Davis 1.0 Steven Pledger 0.6 Steals Cade Davis 1.5 Left to Right: Cade Davis (31.8), Steven Pledger (18.9) and Andrew Fitzgerald (15.7) are OU s only players who averaged more than 2.0 minutes per game last season.

7 SEASON OUTLOOK OU s only other returning frontcourt player is fellow sophomore Kyle Hardrick, a 6-8, 219-pounder who played a total of four minutes in three games last year. Like Fitzgerald, Hardrick has focused on reshaping his body. With some question marks surrounding the Sooners front line, he has to be ready if his number is called. Kyle has really worked. He didn t play much as a freshman, but he had a good attitude. He s continued to work to try to improve his game this summer and to put himself in a position to possibly contribute in games. Junior college transfers C.J. Washington and Nick Thompson are two of the five newcomers in the OU frontcourt. Both players, who have two years of eligibility remaining, caught Capel s eye at the national tournament in Hutchinson, Kan., this past spring. Washington, a Stringtown, Okla., native who starred at Connors State Junior College for two years, earned first-team All-America honors last season after averaging 19.3 points and a school-record 13.0 rebounds. He was named the Region II junior college player of the year and led his squad to a 30-4 record. Possessing a nose for the ball, he recorded 25 double-doubles on the season (14 consecutively at one point) and ranked fifth nationally in rebounding. Capel thinks Washington, who is 6-7 and weighs 210 pounds, will find a niche at OU. Our guys have been impressed with C.J. s energy and his rebounding prowess, said the OU head coach. He has a reputation for that coming out of junior college. One of our big goals for C.J. this summer was getting him a little bigger. He s really making progress. We think he can be the ultimate role player for us a very important player who does all the dirty work. Every team needs that. Thompson is a skilled 6-9, 212-pound forward from the College of Eastern Utah who can dribble, pass and shoot. He helped his squad to a third-place national finish last year by averaging 8.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 23.6 minutes per game. He shot.556 from the field and.399 from 3-point range (19-for-49). Capel likes Thompson s blue-collar approach and the fact he can do a little bit of everything. Nick s come in and already put on about eight pounds this summer. He s not afraid of work and wants to be really good. He wants to be a part of something really successful, which is probably just as important as anything. He s used to winning. His teams at Eastern Utah posted the best two records in school history. We think he can provide some versatility for us. He can be a good two-year player. Freshmen Tyler Neal and Abdul ( Abdi ) Ahmed bring depth to the frontcourt, and hopefully bright futures. Neal was Oklahoma s Gatorade Player of the Year last season at Putnam City West High School. He led his team to a school-record 22 wins and its first appearance in the state tournament semifinals since 1977 by averaging 18.2 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists. A matchup problem, the 6-7, 209-pound forward can fill it up from outside. He drained 45 treys as a senior and shot.421 from behind the arc. Capel is excited about Neal s versatility. Tyler Neal is talented. I think once he understands how to work at a high level consistently and once he gets acclimated to the speed of the game, his confidence will grow. Once that happens, he has the chance to be a good four-year player for us. He s versatile, he s more athletic than you think, he can shoot the ball from the perim- Sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald eter and I think he has a pretty good feel for the game. He comes from a great family, is a really good student and a high-character guy. I think he can help us over his four years here. The 6-10, 207-pound Ahmed, who hails from London, England, is the tallest player on the roster and is relatively new to the sport. He spent at Canarias Basketball Academy in the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa. There he averaged 18.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game. Admittedly, Capel is unsure of Ahmed s potential impact this season. One thing the OU boss does know is that his young pupil is driven to get better and will add bulk. I m intrigued by Abdi, he said. I haven t really seen him much. In fact, I ve only seen him play on tape. He provides quality depth for us in the post. He plays extremely hard. Since he s been here, I know he s been in the gym a lot on his own. He has to get stronger. That s the first thing. He has to put on weight. One thing with Abdi is he s a very receptive learner. He wants to work, he wants to get better. He comes from a culture where work was required every day. And so he s not afraid of the effort it takes to become a good player. Also, he wants to be a part of something really successful. I think that s why he chose the University of Oklahoma. I think he ll help us. Good news and bad news surrounds OU s final newcomer, Romero Osby. A transfer from Mississippi State with two years of eligibility remaining, the 6-8, 247-pound Osby is a big-body guy who can do damage from inside or out. From a talent standpoint, he s probably one of the top players on the team. Unfortunately for Capel, Osby has to sit out the season due to transfer rules. I wish Romero could play right now, said Capel of the forward who averaged 4.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 13.1 minutes a game last year as a sophomore. He s a very talented guy we recruited out of high school. He had some really good moments at Mississippi State but was never able to put it all together. I think his year out (from game competition) will be really good for him. It will allow him to get his confidence back by working on himself. It will also help us in practice, because we ll be playing against a very talented and hungry guy. I think being away from home and being here has already kind of reenergized him. Osby s assets go beyond his on-court talents, added Capel. Romero s a very mature guy, a very smart guy, a very competitive guy. I think he has outstanding leadership qualities. He ll be able to help this team in so many ways this season, especially with the pride he ll bring to it. Roster Breakdown By Height Abdi Ahmed 6-10 Nick Thompson 6-9 Andrew Fitzgerald 6-8 Kyle Hardrick 6-8 Romero Osby 6-8 Tyler Neal 6-7 C.J. Washington 6-7 Cameron Clark 6-6 Cade Davis 6-5 Steven Pledger 6-4 Ryan Randolph 6-4 T.J. Taylor 6-3 Carl Blair 6-2 Calvin Newell 6-1 T.J. Franklin 5-11 By Weight Romero Osby 247 Andrew Fitzgerald 237 Kyle Hardrick 219 T.J. Taylor 217 Carl Blair 214 Nick Thompson 212 C.J. Washington 210 Tyler Neal 209 Abdi Ahmed 207 Cade Davis 206 Steven Pledger 206 Calvin Newell 201 Ryan Randolph 201 Cameron Clark 195 T.J. Franklin 174 By Class Freshmen 6 Sophomores 4 Juniors 4 Seniors 1 By State/Country Oklahoma 5 Texas 4 England 1 Maryland 1 Mississippi 1 Pennsylvania 1 Utah 1 Virginia 1

8 ACCORDING TO CAPEL Q: Can you reflect on your USA Basketball experience with the U18 team this summer? A: It was a great experience. Anytime you have an opportunity to represent your country, it s a tremendous honor. The fact we were doing it in our home country made it even more special. We had a tremendous group of young guys who came together to be a part of something bigger than themselves. The games themselves were very, very good. It was great to see that team come together and to see the guys push themselves to limits they didn t know they could. I really love how we won the gold medal because we overcame adversity. We were down nine with 8:53 left and our guys showed a resiliency and a resolve that I m not even sure they knew they had. You could really see and sense the level of pride on that team during those last nine minutes to get back in and win the game. For me as a coach, it was great to be a part of that. Q: Is there anything else besides your association with that gold medal that you were personally able to take away from the experience? A: You have a chance to be around different coaches. During the trials, you have everyone from the committee there. So you have a chance to pick their brain, talk to them about different parts of the game. Once we cut the team down to 12, it was (Georgia Tech head coach) Paul Hewitt, (Buffalo head coach) Reggie Witherspoon and myself. It was great to bounce different ideas off of them and just talk basketball for 16 days straight. It was great to be able to coach in the summer and to be around guys that bought into what we were doing, bought into being a part of something bigger than themselves. That s what team is about. We didn t have much time to become a team, but I thought we did become one. Q: Last year was obviously a difficult one, but were you able to take anything positive away from it? What were some of the primary things you and especially the returning players learned from it? A: Winning isn t necessarily a birthright. It s something you have to earn. You earn it by how you work leading up to the season. You can t just turn it on when the games start. It begins with your summer preparation mentally and physically. That s when you start to form your team. You have your new guys coming in, you have your returning guys. Every year is different, so you hope to establish some sort of leadership in the summer. We never did that last summer. You hope to establish a work ethic, and that usually comes from older guys in the program. That never happened last summer. Hopefully our returning guys from last year learned what not to do. Hopefully they learned that when you don t do those things you can t expect to have success. Q: What have the players told you about their workouts this summer? A: It seems like they re working hard. I ve been on the road a lot with USA Basketball and with recruiting, but I stay in contact with our guys through text and by calling. There are quite a few guys that when I contact them at night, they re either on their way to the gym or leaving the gym. That s different than last summer. I think because of what happened last year, our returning players have more of a hunger, a little bit more of a desire to not let that happen again. I think maybe they ve worked harder than they ve ever worked. One of the encouraging things from the spring was that everyone s mile time decreased. We had six weeks after the season before school let out and we tested our guys before exam week. Steven Pledger finally broke six minutes. Andrew Fitzgerald was right at six minutes. Andrew s down to 237 pounds. Those guys have embraced how hard we have to work. In turn, that s set an example for the new guys. One of the things with our new guys is that all of them feel like they have something to prove. Carl Blair, coming from the University of New Orleans, is excited to be at a place like Oklahoma. Same thing with (junior college transfers) Nick Thompson and C.J. Washington. You can go on down the list. They re excited and there s been a different energy around here. It s something we look forward to harnessing and working with when we get to August. Q: From a personal standpoint, how would you describe your attitude toward the upcoming season? A: There s been a different energy around here and I m excited about it. I m excited to see what we become. We still Head coach Jeff Capel have expectations. We want to become the best team we can be hopefully vie for one of the top spots in the Big 12 and make the NCAA Tournament. Mainly, we want to work hard every day, get better every day. In order to do that, we have to come to work with the right mindset every day. How good will we be? I don t know. We have a lot of new guys. Even our returning guys we hope they ve gotten a lot better. Once we start in August we ll get a better feel for where we are. We ll figure out what our strengths are, concentrate on them and use them to become the best team we can be. Q: Outside of Cade Davis, there s not a ton of experience with the players that return from last year. Have you ever had a team where even the sophomores are going to be looked at as leaders? A: Not really, no. Maybe you could liken it a little to my first year here when we had David Godbold and Michael Neal coming back with significant experience and not really anyone else. Guys like Austin Johnson, Taylor Griffin, Longar Longar and Nate Carter really hadn t played that much. Blake Griffin was a leader his sophomore year (in ), but that was completely different. As a coach, I ve never been in a situation like this. Q: Will you lean on what you learned your first year at OU? A: I ll lean on that a little bit. I also had an experience as a player that s somewhat similar to what we ve gone through the last two years. As a freshman at Duke, we played for a national championship. As a sophomore, we were overall and 2-14 in the ACC. We had two lottery picks on that team and another guy who was a second-round pick. So we were talented, but we weren t a good basketball team. We never came together, the chemistry wasn t there. We lost a lot of close games. We came back my junior year and, because of what we had just gone through, we didn t want that to happen again. We were more talented when I was a sophomore, but our team was better when I was a junior because we were a team. We understood how much we needed each other. I thought guys made a commitment to work. Because of that we made the NCAA Tournament, which was great for that team. I ll look back on that experience as well to help push buttons and try to become the best team we can be. Q: With nine new players on the roster, how big of a burden is that? Or do you not view it as one? A: I look at it as refreshing. I think all nine new guys are talented and are really good kids. Most importantly, this is the place they want to be. We re excited to get them here and have an opportunity to work with them and help them become better in every aspect of their lives. I don t look at it as a burden to coach anyone. You have turnover and change every year. Certainly this will be the most new guys I ve had in one year, but that s exciting. Hopefully these guys will bring a new energy to our program that we haven t had in a couple years.

9 ACCORDING TO CAPEL Q: Youth and inexperience aside, how would you describe the makeup of your team? A: That s hard to say right now, because I haven t been around them. We have experience in the backcourt with Cade Davis and Steven Pledger, and even a guy like Carl Blair, who has played college basketball (at the University of New Orleans). The only guy in the frontcourt who has experience is Andrew Fitzgerald. The rest of the guys are new to this level. They re going to have to grow up very, very quickly. All of our news guys will. With our schedule, they ll be thrown into the fire early. We have to put our guys in positions when we start our workouts in August and when we begin practice in October to learn fast. It s going to be challenging because we ll have to be ready very quickly. Q: Cade Davis has been through thick and thin during his three years here. What are you looking for from him as the lone senior? A: We need his leadership. We need him to be 100 percent invested in our team and to be the leader of our team. Cade has a tremendous opportunity because I think he has guys who will follow him. He has guys who will work, will get in here and do extra stuff, who want to be a part of it. It s a great opportunity for him to really step up and grow as a leader. He has to work at a very high level every day. He has to get to know all of these guys, know what buttons to push and when to push them. He has to learn how to get the most out of everyone. And he s going to need help doing it. I think that help has to come from guys like Andrew Fitzgerald, or Carl Blair or Romero Osby. Even though Romero has to sit out this year, he has a great spirit, a great voice and a tremendous work ethic. We don t want to overburden Cade because we want and need him to have a heck of a senior year. Q: You return just 28 percent of the scoring and 22 percent of the rebounding from last year. Are you confident you have guys who can pick up that slack and produce? A: We probably won t be as talented as we were last year. We lost two guys who were drafted (Willie Warren and Tiny Gallon) and another who was an all-conference player and thought he was an NBA player (Tommy Mason-Griffin). So I don t know if we ll have anyone on our team more talented than those three, but I think we can be a better team. I think guys will understand how much we need each other. I think overall, perhaps we ll have a little more quality depth. But mainly, I think we ll have guys totally immersed in OU with both feet in and what we want to accomplish. Q: You ve said that point guard is the most important and most difficult position. What do you see from that spot on this team? A: That s hard to answer right now because I haven t had the chance to work with the guys who ll probably be playing that spot. Getting Carl Blair was really important for us because he brings the experience of playing college basketball. The level will be different, but the fact he was a Division I player last year and played against high-major teams won t be new to him. The other guys who can maybe play that position like Calvin Newell and maybe T.J. Taylor in some spot minutes will be new. They ll be green. There will be a learning curve for them. Hopefully as we go through our workouts, the start of practice and our exhibition game, those guys can grow up fairly quickly. Q: What are your thoughts on the non-conference schedule? A: It s a very, very challenging non-conference schedule. Scheduling is a difficult thing every year. You have to kind of do it early. This year s schedule was put together before last season started when we thought we d have Tiny (Gallon) and Tommy (Mason-Griffin) returning. Obviously, the Maui Invitational field is incredible. Road games at Arkansas and Arizona, the game against Cincinnati in the All-College Classic they re all big-time games against very good opponents with strong traditions. The schedule will give us an opportunity to see where we are. We ll compete as hard we can and try to win as many as we can. Q: The Big 12 lost a lot of quality individual talent from last year. Do you still see it as one of the top leagues for this season and how do you see the conference race shaping up? A: I think it s going to be a challenging year in the league and a tight race. The majority of teams lost at least their one or two best players, so I think that s going to make things interesting. But there s still a lot of talent. When you re talking about talent you start with Kansas and what they return. Baylor may return the best player in the conference in LaceDarius Dunn. You may get a huge argument out of Manhattan, Kan., about that because of Jacob Pullen. Kansas State returns the majority of its team. Oklahoma State returns some good players and had a very good recruiting class. There ll be some debate in Colorado about the best player in the league returning. They have two of the best in Cory Higgins and Alec Burks. Texas Tech returns the majority of its guys. So I think it s going to be a really interesting year. It s always competitive and it s always tough to win. Q: How have Bryan Goodman and Dionne Phelps readapted as assistant coaches and what do they bring to your staff? A: They ve been great. They ve brought a jolt of energy to our program. I don t know if people really realize that those guys have combined for more than 25 years of coaching experience. When you talk about hot coaches, Bryan Goodman probably fell under that category just a few years ago when he was an assistant at Bucknell and with what they were able to accomplish. He had to get out of coaching for a little while to take care of his family when his wife had quadruplets. He has a passion a passion for the University of Oklahoma, a passion for teaching. His character has been a huge plus for us. Dionne Phelps has 16 years of college coaching experience, all in the state of Texas. Being in some of the places he was for all those years will hopefully help us in recruiting the state. Also, Dionne s character, passion and energy will be contagious to the kids in our program and the guys we recruit. So it s been great for me to hear different voices and to have a different type of energy around here.

10 CADE DAVIS *** 6-5, 206, Senior, Guard Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) (JUNIOR) Played in all 31 games and started each of the last Averaged 9.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.0 assist and a team-high 1.5 steals in 31.8 minutes per outing... Played at least 36 minutes in each of last 10 games and in 14 of last Shot.392 from the field,.347 from 3-point range and.778 from the free throw line... Ranked second on team with 58 3-point makes... Fiftyeight percent of his field goals were from behind the arc... Made at least three 3-pointers in a game 11 times... Ranked ninth in Big 12 in steals and recorded at least three thefts 10 times... Scored in double figures on 13 occasions and netted at least 20 points four times... In Big 12 play averaged 11.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.2 treys (shot.361 from deep) in 35.6 minutes a game... Assembled a five-game stretch in January and February in which he averaged 16.8 points and went 17-for-40 (.425) from 3-point distance... Posted double-doubles in home wins over Missouri (Jan. 16) and No. 9 Texas (Feb. 6)... Registered 15 points and 11 rebounds against Missouri and 20 points and 10 boards versus Texas... Went 6-for-10 from 3-point range and scored a career-high 25 points against Northern Colorado (Dec. 19)... Registered 24 points against Iowa State (Jan. 27)... Hit 6-of-10 3-point shots and scored 22 points at Texas (March 1) (SOPHOMORE) Played in 35 of 36 outings and made one start... Averaged 4.7 points and 1.7 rebounds in 14.6 minutes per game... Registered 33 assists against just 12 turnovers... Also recorded 13 steals... Ranked fourth on team with 40 3-point makes... Shot.345 from behind the arc and.656 from the free throw line (21-for-32)... Posted a.415 mark from 3-point range in Big 12 games (17-for-41)... Made at least one trey in 18 contests, at least two in 11 outings and at least three in six games... Scored a career-high 17 points on a career-high five 3-pointers against Texas Tech (Feb. 14) and added four rebounds and two assists... Was 4-for-6 from 3-point range and totaled 12 points against No. 15 Kansas (Feb. 23)... Netted 12 points against UAB (Nov. 26), 11 points against American (Nov. 14) and 10 points against No. 10 Purdue (Nov. 28) (FRESHMAN) Played in 28 of the team s 35 games (including each of the last 14)... Started six games (season s first two and four of the final seven)... Averaged 3.7 points and 1.5 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per contest... Shot.275 from 3-point range (19-for-69) on the year but owned a.355 mark over the last 12 games (11-for-31)... Made five of team s 10 3-pointers over its two Big 12 Championship games... Converted all 23 of his free throw attempts on the season (16 at home)... Scored a career-high 11 points against Iowa State (Feb. 13) when he was 3-for-3 from 3-point territory... Finished with 10 points on 4-for-7 shooting at Nebraska (Feb. 27)... Netted nine points in Big 12 Championship semifinals against Texas when he was 3-for-7 from 3-point range... Played a career-high 32 minutes and scored six points in win over Texas A&M (March 1)... Grabbed a season-high four rebounds on three occasions... Averaged 11.3 points (ranked third on team), 5.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists while playing a team-high 26.8 minutes a game during team s 2007 Labor Day weekend trip to Canada. Led each of his four teams in scoring... A first-team Class 4A All-State selection who averaged 23.4 points, 10.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.6 blocks per game as a senior... Shot.416 from 3-point range and.820 from the foul line... Led team to a 24-1 record... Only loss was a overtime decision against Tulsa Victory Christian in the state tournament quarterfinals (had 37 points, 11 rebounds and three steals in the game)... Averaged 24.9 points and 8.6 rebounds a game as a junior while shooting.430 from 3-point range and.850 from the free throw line... Team was 22-6 overall and 21-2 in games he played (he missed five contests with mononucleosis)... Helped squad to 4A State Tournament quarterfinals where it lost to eventual champion Bishop McGuiness (scored 30 points in the game)... Scored a career-high 39 points his junior season against Clinton and his senior year against Lawton MacArthur... Coached by Jim Deaton. Participated in rodeos as a child... Is an avid pool player... Chose Oklahoma over Nebraska, Oral Roberts and Tulsa... Major is human relations. CAREER HIGHS Points...25 vs. Northern Colorado (12/19/09) Field Goals... 9 vs. Iowa State (1/27/10) Field Goal Attempts vs. Iowa State (1/27/10) 3-Point Field Goals...6 (twice) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...11 vs. Texas (2/6/10) Free Throws Made...6 vs. Houston (11/26/09) Free Throw Attempts...8 vs. Texas (2/6/10) Rebounds...11 vs. Missouri (1/16/10) Assists... 4 vs. Texas A&M (3/6/10) Blocked Shots...2 vs. Texas (3/1/10) Steals...4 vs. Nicholls State (11/28/09) Minutes Played vs. Utah (12/12/09) DAVIS Career Stats Year G-GS MP-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3G-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot Avg. PF-D A TO B S TP Avg Career

11 T.J. FRANKLIN ** , 174, Junior, Guard Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) (JUNIOR) Totaled 25 minutes in 15 games and registered two points, two rebounds and four assists... His two points came on free throws in the season opener against Mount St. Mary s (Nov. 14)... Recorded a season-high two assists against Centenary (Dec. 9)... Played a season-high six minutes at Oklahoma State (Feb. 13) (SOPHOMORE) Played in 12 of team s 36 games... Totaled 27 minutes on the season and recorded three points (all from the free throw line), six assists and seven rebounds... Handed out a season-high two assists against Coppin State (Jan. 3)... Logged a season-high nine minutes against Maryland Eastern Shore (Jan. 5)... Saw action in three Big 12 Conference games. Attended North Crowley High School in Fort Worth, Texas... Helped Panthers to a 38-1 record and the 2008 Class 5A state title... Started all 39 games... Averaged 4.5 points, 4.4 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game... Shot.460 from the field,.260 from 3-point range and.590 from the free throw line... Earned three letters... Three varsity teams went 25-9, 29-6 and 38-1 for a combined (.852) record... A Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Academic All- State selection... Named the Dallas/Fort Worth area s Dale Hansen Scholar Athlete of the Week (Jan. 2, 2008)... Coached by Tommy Brakel. Named North Crowley High School s Army Student-Athlete of the Year as a senior... Ranked No. 7 in his graduating class... Wants to be a mixed martial arts competitor... An avid bowler whose high game is a High school teammate of former OU guard Willie Warren... Majoring in electrical engineering. CAREER HIGHS Points...2 vs. Mount St. Mary s (11/14/09) Field Goals... None Field Goal Attempts... 2 vs. Maine (12/10/08) 3-Point Field Goals... None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...1 (five times) Free Throws Made...2 vs. Mount St. Mary s (11/14/09) Free Throw Attempts...4 (twice) Rebounds...2 (twice) Assists...2 (twice) Blocked Shots... None Steals... None Minutes Played...8 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (1/5/09) FRANKLIN S Career Stats Year G-GS MP-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3G-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot Avg. PF-D A TO B S TP Avg Career

12 ANDREW FITZGERALD * 1 6-8, 237, Sophomore, Forward Baltimore, Md. (Brewster Academy [N.H.]) (FRESHMAN) Played in 26 of team s 31 games and made 11 starts... Seven starts came in the final seven games... Averaged 4.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 15.7 minutes a contest... Ranked third on team with his.511 field goal percentage and also shot.638 from the free throw line (30-for-47)... Averaged 13.0 points on 19-for-32 (.594) shooting over a threegame February stretch against Colorado, Kansas State and Kansas... Recorded season highs of 16 points (8-for-14 shooting), six rebounds and 37 minutes at No. 1 Kansas (Feb. 22)... Finished with 14 points and five boards versus No. 7 Kansas State (Feb. 20)... Tallied 14 points and five rebounds in 26 minutes off the bench in season opener against Mount St. Mary s (Nov. 14)... Registered a season-high three assists against No. 24 Baylor (Feb. 27). PREP SCHOOL A four-star recruit according to Rivals.com and Scout.com... Ranked No. 68 overall by ESPN. com, No. 70 by Rivals.com and No. 85 by Scout.com... Regarded as No. 9 center in 2009 recruiting class by Rivals.com... Averaged 22.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H.... Earned first-team national prep school All-America honors... Also named to National Prep School Invitational All-Tournament Team... Helped Bobcats to a record and final No. 4 national prep school ranking... Participated in Reebok All-American Game in April... Coached at Brewster by Jason Smith. Attended Owings Mills (Md.) High School and averaged 21.0 points, 18.0 rebounds and 5.0 blocks per game as a junior... Led Owings Mills to Class 1A North Region state finals (lost in three overtimes)... Coached at Owings Mills by Rick Epps. Born in New York City and moved to Baltimore, Md., at age Began drawing in high school and considers it his biggest hobby... Chose Oklahoma over Kentucky, Louisville, Pitt and Texas A&M... Major is undecided. CAREER HIGHS Points vs. Kansas (2/22/10) Field Goals... 8 vs. Kansas (2/22/10) Field Goal Attempts vs. Kansas (2/22/10) 3-Point Field Goals... None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts... None Free Throws Made... 6 vs. Texas A&M (3/6/10) Free Throw Attempts... 8 vs. Texas A&M (3/6/10) Rebounds... 6 vs. Kansas (2/22/10) Assists... 3 vs. Baylor (2/27/10) Blocked Shots...2 (twice) Steals...1 (nine times) Minutes Played vs. Kansas (2/22/10) FITZGERALD S Career Stats Year G-GS MP-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3G-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot Avg. PF-D A TO B S TP Avg Career

13 KYLE HARDRICK * 6-8, 219, Sophomore, Forward Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City HS) (FRESHMAN) Played a total of four minutes in three games... Registered one rebound and one blocked shot... Did not attempt a field goal or a free throw. Member of Oklahoma Class 6A state champion Putnam City High School (25-4 record)... A three-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com... Averaged 10.3 points, 10.1 rebounds as a high school senior... Also averaged 1.6 assists, 2.4 blocks and 1.3 steals... Competed in the Oklahoma/Texas Faith 7 High School All-Star Game (Shawnee, Okla.) and the Fineberg Academic All-American Basketball Classic (Ontario, Calif.) following senior season... Coached at Putnam City by A.D. Burtschi... Played sophomore and junior seasons at Norman High School (coached by Wes Clark) and freshman season at Lawton Eisenhower High School (coached by Bruce Harrington). Verbally committed to Oklahoma in May 2006 (Jeff Capel s first month at OU) as a high school sophomore... Won 2008 AAU national title as a member of Athletes First (teammate of fellow OU freshman Ryan Randolph)... Underwent right knee surgery between freshman and sophomore years in high school to repair a torn ACL... Major is undecided. CAREER HIGHS Points... None Field Goals... None Field Goal Attempts... None 3-Point Field Goals... None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts... None Free Throws Made... None Free Throw Attempts... None Rebounds... 1 vs. Arizona (12/6/09) Assists... None Blocked Shots... 1 vs. Texas A&M (3/6/10) Steals... None Minutes Played...2 vs. Mount St. Mary s (11/14/09) HARDRICK S Career Stats Year G-GS MP-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3G-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot Avg. PF-D A TO B S TP Avg Career

14 STEVEN PLEDGER * 2 6-4, 206, Sophomore, Guard Chesapeake, Va. (Atlantic Shores Christian School) (FRESHMAN) Played in 30 of team s 31 games and made three starts... Averaged 6.2 points and 1.5 rebounds in 18.9 minutes an outing... Ranked third on team with 44 3-point field goals... Shot.338 from 3-point distance and a team-high.846 from the free throw line... Went 19-for-40 (.475) from 3-point range over season s first six games... Made at least two 3-pointers in 10 games and at least three treys in five contests... Was 4-for-5 from 3-point range and scored 21 points in season opener against Mount St. Mary s (Nov. 14)... Nailed six treys and scored a season-high 23 points against Houston (Nov. 26) in the Great Alaska Shootout... Set an OU Big 12 Championship record with six 3-pointers and finished with 18 points in quarterfinals against Oklahoma State (March 10)... Netted 10 points and grabbed a season-high five rebounds in home win versus Missouri (Jan. 16). A first-team National Christian School Athletic Association All-American as a senior for 32-2 Atlantic Shores (Va.) Christian School... Rated as the No. 84 player in the 2009 recruiting class and the nation s No. 21 shooting guard by ESPN.com... A four-star recruit according to Scout. com... Averaged 21.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists in for state runner-up Seahawks... Shot.544 from the field,.491 from 3-point range (104-for-112) and.830 from the free throw line... Named Metro Conference player of the year and first-team all-state (Virginia Independent Schools)... Scored a career-high 40 points his junior season against Roanoke Catholic in the state playoffs... Coached by Bruce Croxton... Also attended Deep Creek High School in Chesapeake, Va., and Blue Ridge High School in Charlottesville, Va. Born in San Diego, Calif., and moved to Virginia at age 7... Also recruited by Georgetown, VCU, Villanova and Wake Forest... Major is undecided. CAREER HIGHS Points...23 vs. Houston (11/26/09) Field Goals...8 (twice) Field Goal Attempts...17 vs. Houston (11/26/09) 3-Point Field Goals...6 (twice) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...14 vs. Houston (11/26/09) Free Throws Made...5 vs. VCU (11/21/09) Free Throw Attempts...6 vs. VCU (11/21/09) Rebounds...5 vs. Missouri (1/16/10) Assists...3 (twice) Blocked Shots...2 vs. Missouri (1/16/10) Steals...3 vs. VCU (11/21/09) Minutes Played...38 (twice) PLEDGER S Career Stats Year G-GS MP-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3G-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot Avg. PF-D A TO B S TP Avg Career

15 RYAN RANDOLPH 6-4, 201, Redshirt Freshman, Guard Oklahoma City, Okla. (Bishop McGuinness HS) (FRESHMAN) Redshirted. A first-team Class 4A all-state selection as a senior at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School... Averaged 21.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game while shooting.536 from the field... Helped team to state titles his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons... Captained the Fighting Irish to a state runner-up finish as a senior... A first-team all-state-tournament selection as a junior and senior... Named to Little All-City first team and to Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association all-star team his senior year... Member of McGuinness Basketball Classic all-tournament team as a senior... Selected for Chick-fil-A Basketball Classic (Columbia, S.C.) and Tournament of Champions (Tulsa, Okla.) all-tournament squads as a junior... Coached by Tondrell Durham. Was AAU teammate of fellow OU freshman Kyle Hardrick (pair won 2008 national championship for Athletes First)... Made No. 10 play on ESPN SportsCenter s Top 10 Plays on Dec. 12, 2008, for driving reverse layup in high school game... Quarterbacked Bishop McGuinness football team to a 25-3 combined record his junior (14-0) and senior seasons (won state title as a junior and was runner-up as a senior)... Also played varsity tennis his final two years in high school (finished in third place in state tournament as a senior at No. 2 doubles and in fourth place as a junior at No. 2 doubles)... Recorded a 4.14 high school GPA (4.0 scale) and received multiple academic awards... Is a member of the OU President s Leadership Class and is an OU Honor Scholar... Chose Oklahoma over Harvard, Pepperdine and San Francisco.

16 ROMERO OSBY 6-8, 247, Junior, Forward Meridian, Miss. (Mississippi State University) 5 NICK THOMPSON 6-9, 212, Junior, Forward Clinton, Utah (College of Eastern Utah) (MISSISSIPPI STATE) Averaged 4.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 13.1 minutes per game for a squad that advanced to the second round of the NIT... Played in 35 of 36 games and made three starts... Shot.462 from the field,.410 (16-for-39) from 3-point range and.634 (26- for-41) from the free throw line... Recorded 22 assists, 12 blocked shots and eight steals... Scored in double figures three times with a season-high 13 points in 17 minutes versus DePaul... Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds on two occasions (vs. DePaul and at Alabama)... Projected 40-minute scoring and rebounding averages were 13.3 and Played a season-high 38 minutes in home overtime loss to No. 2 Kentucky... Coached by Rick Stansbury (MISSISSIPPI STATE) Averaged 4.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in 12.6 minutes per game (13.2 points and 8.3 rebounds when projected to 40 minutes) for a squad that lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament... Played in all 36 games and came off the bench in each... Shot.432 from the field,.286 (8-for-28) from 3-point distance and.672 (39-for-58) from the foul line... Scored in double figures three times with a career-high 15 vs. North Alabama in season s third game... Netted 13 points versus Houston and 10 versus Charlotte... Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds in collegiate debut against Centenary. JUNIOR COLLEGE Averaged 8.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists as a sophomore at College of Eastern Utah... Helped Golden Eagles to a record and a third-place finish at the national junior college tournament (school s best finish in 45 years)... Shot.556 from the field,.399 from 3-point range (19-for-49) and.688 from the free throw line... Averaged 7.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.0 assist a game as a freshman when CEU finished Coached by Chris Craig. Attended Clearfield (Utah) High School... A second-team Class 5A All-State selection by the Salt Lake Tribune and an honorable mention all-state pick by the Deseret News as a senior... Was also a first-team all-area honoree by the Ogden Standard Examiner... Averaged 15 points and 7.0 rebounds a game as a junior... Coached by Curtis Hulse. Parents are Shirley and Thomas Thompson... Father served in Air Force... Born in Rapid City, S.D., and moved to Oklahoma City when he was four months old... Moved to Hawaii at age 6 and also lived in Delaware, Germany and Utah... Major is undecided. A two-time all-state performer at North Lauderdale (Miss.) High School... Averaged 22.4 points, 14.6 rebounds, 4.7 blocks and 3.9 assists per game as a senior while shooting.528 from the field and.664 from the foul line... Posted a double-double in all but one game as a senior and recorded a triple-double (21 points, 14 boards, 10 blocks) against Wayne County in the Division 5-4A championship game... Averaged 24.0 points, 11.3 boards and 3.6 assists as a junior... Scored a career-high 41 points as a junior against Southeast Lauderdale. Born in Frankfurt, Germany... Parents are Daryl Osby and Tracey Anderson... High school jersey No. 24 was retired in fall of Major at Mississippi State was broadcast communication.

17 C.J. WASHINGTON 6-7, 210, Junior, Forward Stringtown, Okla. (Connors State JC) 5 CARL BLAIR 6-2, 214, Sophomore, Guard Houston, Texas (University of New Orleans) 14 JUNIOR COLLEGE Earned first-team National Junior College Athletic Association honors as a sophomore after averaging 19.3 points, a school-record 13.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots per game... Also named the NJCAA Region II Player of the Year and Region II Tournament MVP... Led Connors State to a 30-4 record and to national junior college tournament... Recorded 25 double-doubles in his 32 games (14 consecutively at one point)... Ranked fifth in the country in rebounding and 32nd in scoring... Broke the single-game school rebounding record with 26 in Region II Tournament semifinals against Murray State College... Helped Connors State to a 28-9 record and the NJCAA Final Four as a freshman by averaging 12.0 points and 8.0 rebounds... Coached by Bill Muse (FRESHMAN AT NEW ORLEANS) Averaged 9.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 31.0 minutes per game for an 8-22 squad... Played in all 30 games and made 29 starts... Shot.395 from the field,.333 (23-for-69) from 3-point range and.819 (95- for-116) from the free throw line... In 18 Sun Belt Conference games averaged 10.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists while shooting.425 from the field,.383 (18-for-47) from long distance and.833 (65-for-78) from the foul line... Averaged 13.8 points and 4.6 assists over final eight games while going 11-for-27 (.407) from 3-point range... Recorded the second triple-double in school history with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a Dec. 5 win over Houston Baptist... Coached by Joe Pasternack. Led Stringtown (Okla.) High School to 27-4 record and 2007 Class B state title as a senior by averaging xxx... Helped Tigers to a 28-1 record and 2006 state semifinals appearance as a junior... Coached by Dirk Walden. Full name is Christopher Jerome Washington... Parents are Carolyn Mouser and Stacy Washington... Born in McAlester, Okla.... Major is undecided. PREP SCHOOL Averaged 13.2 points and 4.5 assists per game in at Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton, Maine... Helped team to a record and a New England Preparatory School Athletic Council championship... Teammates included St. John s guard Malik Stith and George Washington forward Dwayne Smith... Coached by Whit Lesure. Attended Provine High School in Jackson, Miss., as a senior... Led squad to 2008 Class 5A state title his senior year... Named MVP of state tournament... Averaged 12.0 points, 10.0 assists and 7.0 rebounds as a senior... An honor student... Coached by Luther Riley. Born in Long Beach, Calif.... Parents are Rosemary and Carl Blair... Oldest of five children... Major is undecided.

18 ABDUL AHMED 6-10, 207, Freshman, Forward London, England (Canarias Academy [Canary Islands]) 12 CAMERON CLARK 6-6, 195, Freshman, Guard/Forward Sherman, Texas (Sherman HS) 21 PREP SCHOOL Averaged 18.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots per game last year at Canarias Basketball Academy in the Canary Islands... Coached by Rob Orellana. Attended Thomas Tallis Secondary School in London, England. Teammates and friends call him Abdi... Is of Somali heritage... Born in Cardiff, Wales, and moved to London, England, when he was 2... Parents are Fathiya Ali and Hussain Ahmed... Has seven sisters and three brothers... Began playing basketball at age Played soccer before switching to basketball... Major is undecided. A two-time Texas Association of Basketball Coaches First-Team All-State selection and two-time District 9-4A most valuable player... Ranked as nation s No. 32 recruit by ESPN, No. 34 by Rivals.com and No. 39 by Scout. com... Regarded as country s fifth-best small forward by Rivals.com and sixth-best by ESPN and Scout.com... Averaged 23.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals as a senior to help Sherman to a record and second straight district title... Averaged 21.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game as a junior when Bearcats went 27-8 and advanced to state tournament s regional quarterfinals... Shot.460 from the field,.360 from 3-point territory and.720 from the foul line... Coached by Jeff McCullough. Parents are Felicia and Doug Jackson... Born in Phoenix, Ariz., and lived in Oklahoma for a short time as a child... Major is undecided.

19 TYLER NEAL 6-7, 209, Freshman, Forward Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City West HS) 15 CALVIN NEWELL 6-1, 201, Freshman, Guard Philadelphia, Pa. (Evelyn Mack Academy [N.C.]) 11 Earned Gatorade Oklahoma Player of the Year honors as a senior for a Putnam City West squad that won a school-record 22 games... Also named state player of the year by the Oklahoma Coaches Association and The Oklahoman... Helped lead Patriots to Class 6A state tournament semifinals (first state tournament appearance since 1977)... Averaged 18.2 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals per game his senior season... Shot.557 from the field,.421 (45-for-107) from 3-point range and.785 (95-for-121) from the free throw line... Also earned first-team all-state honors as a junior... Teammate Amric Fields signed with TCU... Coached by Tim Stogsdill. Parents are Debbie and Don Neal... Youngest of three brothers... Oldest brother, Drew, played basketball at Olivet Nazarene University... Major is undecided. PREP SCHOOL Played the season at Evelyn Mack Academy in Charlotte, N.C.... Averaged 26.1 points and 7.0 assists per game for the Wildcats... Thrived at National Prep Showcase tournament in November by scoring 28 (11- for-13 shooting) and 37 points (13-for-20) against prep powers South Kent and The Winchendon School, respectively... Coached by William Sperow. Played half of his junior season and all of his senior season at Strath Haven High School in Wallingford, Pa.... Earned Class AAA firstteam all-state honors as a senior when he led the Panthers to their first state playoffs appearance in nine years... Averaged 29.4 points per game as a senior... Scored more than 1,400 points over his year and a half at Strath Haven... Coached by Steve Lewis... Attended Ridley High School as a freshman and sophomore. Parents are Calvin Newell and the late Louise Bailey... Major is undecided.

20 T.J. TAYLOR 6-3, 217, Freshman, Guard Denison, Texas (Denison HS) 1 A three-time Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-State selection and a four-time all-region pick... Finished career as Denison s all-time leading scorer (2,630 points)... Ranked No. 78 nationally in the 2010 recruiting class by ESPN and No. 104 by Rivals.com... Regarded as the country s 16th-best point guard by ESPN and the 28th-best shooting guard by Rivals.com and Scout.com... Averaged 20.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists as a senior in leading the Yellow Jackets to a record... Shot.478 from the field,.296 (45-for-152) from 3-point range and.742 (132-for-178) from the free throw line... Named the District 9-4A Co-Offensive Player of the Year as a senior and won the award outright his sophomore and junior seasons... Named MVP of the 2010 Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game (scored 18 points)... Averaged 27.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists as a junior when he led Denison to a record and the Class 4A state tournament area finals... Career scoring high of 40 points came as a junior against Frisco s Liberty High School... Finished his four-year varsity career (112 games) with averages of 23.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists... Coached by Jody Bass his senior season and by Scott Curran prior to that. Parents are Shelli Taylor and Terrance Lyday... Sustained a broken ankle in June 2009 and missed summer AAU season... Major is undecided.

21 HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL Fifth Year at Oklahoma Career Record (8 Years) Record at OU Oklahoma caught most college basketball insiders if not all of them by surprise when it named then-31-year-old Jeff Capel its 13th men s basketball head coach on April 11, Capel, who inherited a thin roster and a list of recruiting restrictions when he arrived at OU, has averaged more than 20 wins over his four seasons in Norman, has guided two teams to the NCAA Tournament (including one to the Elite Eight), coached the program s first consensus national player of the year and has had four Sooners picked in the NBA Draft. Following a four-year stint as head coach at Virginia Commonwealth, Capel landed in Norman ready to launch the Oklahoma program back into the national limelight. His swift rebuilding project has netted him 82 wins, the second most of any OU coach in history after four years at the helm (Billy Tubbs recorded 84 in his first four seasons). OU s and campaigns were particularly impressive. The Sooners posted a record in (a seven-win improvement over the previous year) and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. They followed with a 30-6 mark the program s first Elite Eight showing since The 30-win season was just the sixth ever for the school. Capel s squad, led by national player of the year Blake Griffin, bolted to a 25-1 start and reach the No. 2 spot in the national rankings the program s highest perch in 19 seasons. The Sooners on-court success has been aided by Capel s ability to attract top talent. The energetic mentor with Tobacco Road lineage has signed four McDonald s All-Americans in his four years. OU had signed five such players in its history prior to his arrival. Capel s Oklahoma teams have produced in the classroom, as well. His first three squads produced an average Academic Progress Rate figure of 971, well above the 934 national three-year average for men s basketball teams. Sixteen players have graduated from OU since Capel was hired, including 10 who played for him. Capel s success at Oklahoma should come as no surprise based on his performance at VCU, where he recorded a (.658) overall record and a (.694) mark in Colonial Athletic Association play. His Rams boasted a overall home record for a staunch.811 winning percentage. In , VCU s CAA Tournament championship game victory over George Mason catapulted the Rams to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since VCU lost in the first round to Wake Forest, but not before putting a major scare into Chris Paul s fourth-seeded Demon Deacons, Capel s squad, which finished 19-13, competed in the National Invitation Tournament, marking just the third time in VCU history that it made consecutive postseason appearances. The Rams won at least 18 games each of Capel s four seasons at VCU with the squad registering a Capel-era-best 23-8 record. His first team finished in as Capel tied a school record for wins by a first-year head coach. In , VCU finished overall and 11-7 in league play. Capel has served two coaching stints with USA Basketball, each one resulting in a gold medal. This past July as head coach, he directed the USA to a 5-0 record in the FIBA America s U18 Championship in San Antonio, Texas. After winning its first four games by an average margin of 50 points, Capel s squad posted an come-from-behind win over Brazil in the title game. In August 2005, Capel served as an assistant coach on the USA Men s World University Games Team that finished 8-0 in Turkey. Villanova s Jay Wright was the head coach. The squad featured, among others, Midwest City (Okla.) High School and Duke University standout Shelden Williams. Capel began his coaching career as an assistant at Old Dominion in 2000 before moving to VCU as an assistant for the season. In 2002, he became the youngest NCAA Division I head coach at age 27. A four-year starter for Hall-of-Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke from the through campaigns, Capel earned Atlantic Coast Conference honors each of his seasons in Durham. The guard, who wore No. 5, averaged 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and pointers during his career. He ranks 22nd in career scoring at Duke (1,601 points), 16th in minutes played (3,774), sixth in 3-pointers (220), seventh in 3-point attempts (553), seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (.398) and 10th in assists (433). Capel started 28 games as a freshman for a Duke squad that lost to Arkansas in the 1994 national championship game, He led the Blue Devils in scoring as a junior (16.6 ppg) and helped Duke to a No. 8 final AP ranking as a senior. He averaged 26.5 points over Duke s two NCAA Tournament games his final year, the same season he was named an Academic All-ACC selection. Responsible for one of the most memorable shots in college basketball history, Capel nailed a running, buzzer-beating 30-footer to force double-overtime against rival North Carolina in a 1995 home game. The contest ranked No. 1 on the list of 25 Greatest Moments in ESPN Basketball History and the play was nominated for an ESPY award. Following graduation in 1997, Capel played professionally for two years. He spent the season playing for the Continental Basketball Association s Grand Rapids Hoops. In , he played in France before returning to Grand Rapids. A standout prep performer, Capel was named the 1993 North Carolina High School Player of the Year after averaging 23.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 7.7 assists for 31-1 state champion Fayetteville South View. He set school career records for points (2,066), rebounds (668) and assists (663). Capel boasts a strong basketball pedigree. His father, Jeff Capel Jr., was an eight-year Division I head coach at Old Dominion (seven years) and North Carolina A&T (one year), and currently serves as an assistant coach for the NBA s Charlotte Bobcats franchise. Capel s younger brother, Jason, was a four-year starter at North Carolina who averaged 12.1 points during the through seasons. Jason Capel helped the Tar Heels to the 2000 Final Four. Capel, who graduated from Duke with a bachelor of arts degree in history, and his wife, Kanika, wed in 2003 and are the parents of daughters Cameron and Sydney.

22 HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL Capel s Year-by-Year Head Coaching Record Overall Conference Conference Year School W L W L Place Tournament Postseason Virginia Commonwealth nd Virginia Commonwealth st 3-0 NCAA (0-1) Virginia Commonwealth nd 2-1 NIT (0-1) Virginia Commonwealth th Oklahoma T7th Oklahoma T4th 1-1 NCAA (1-1) Oklahoma nd 0-1 NCAA (3-1) Oklahoma T9th 0-1 Total (8 years) HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL Eight years overall (.636) career record Four years at Oklahoma (.617) career record 3 NCAA Tournaments (2004, 08, 09) 1 NIT appearance (2005) 1 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament title (2004) COACHING HISTORY Old Dominion, assistant coach, 2001 VCU, assistant coach, 2002 VCU, head coach, USA Men s World University Games Team (gold medal), summer 2005 Oklahoma, head coach, USA Men s U18 Championship (gold medal), summer 2010 EDUCATION South View High School (Hope Mills, N.C.), 93 B.A. degree (history), Duke, 97 PLAYING HISTORY Four-year starter at Duke ( ) Two-year professional career in CBA and France FAMILY Wife (Kanika); married in 2003 Daughters (Cameron and Sydney) PERSONAL Born Feb. 12, 1975, in Fayetteville, N.C.

23 BEN BETTS Assistant Coach Fifth Year at Oklahoma BRYAN GOODMAN Assistant Coach Fifth Year at Oklahoma After serving as the head coach at South Carolina State for three years, Ben Betts resigned his position in May 2006 to be reunited with Jeff Capel and is now in his fifth year as an Oklahoma assistant coach. An assistant under Capel at VCU during the season when the Rams went overall and 12-6 in the Colonial Athletic Association, Betts, 41, guided his three South Carolina State teams to a combined (.567) overall record and a (.667) Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference mark. Betts, whose three SCSU squads all made conference tournament semifinals appearances, coached his first team to an record and the 2004 MEAC regular season title. The Bulldogs posted a record in and notched a 20-point win over Big Ten member Penn State and a 10-point victory over the ACC s Miami (Fla.). They finished in Prior to his one-year stint at VCU, Betts spent five seasons ( ) as an assistant coach at College of Charleston under John Kresse where he helped the Cougars to a (.793) record and a (.800) conference mark. College of Charleston made NCAA Tournament appearances in 1998 and 1999 and won conference or division crowns each of his five years there. A win over third-ranked North Carolina highlighted a campaign that saw the Cougars go 28-3 overall and 16-0 in the Southern Conference. They finished the year ranked No. 16 in the AP poll. Before his College of Charleston term, Betts spent seven seasons ( ) as an assistant at South Carolina State under longtime head coach Cy Alexander. Included was a stint as interim head coach from February to October in Bryan Goodman, who served four years as OU s director of basketball operations, was promoted to assistant coach in June Goodman, 37, has 10 years of experience as a collegiate assistant coach, six of them at the Division I level at Bucknell University. He helped the Bison to a (.580) overall record during his tenure, including a (.634) Patriot League mark. Bucknell posted combined (.769) overall and 24-4 (.857) conference records in his final two years, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament each season. In 2005, No. 14 seed Bucknell downed No. 3 seed Kansas, 64-63, inside Oklahoma City s Ford Center. In March 2006, the ninth-seeded Bison eliminated eighth-seeded Arkansas, 59-55, in Dallas. They finished the campaign with a 27-5 record and went 14-0 in Patriot League play. Goodman began his coaching career in the season at Barat College, his alma mater, in Lake Forest, Ill. After two seasons, he went to Susquehanna (Pa.) University where he logged two more years as an assistant coach ( and ). Goodman graduated from Barat College in 1996 with a degree in interdisciplinary social science and earned a master s degree in history from DePaul University in He lettered three times as a point guard at Barat and served as a team captain his final two seasons. He was an academic All-American as a senior. Born in Ankara, Turkey, and raised in Choctaw, Okla., Goodman and his wife, Amy, have three children Grace, Reece and Clark all born in January During his initial tenure at SCSU, the Bulldogs posted five winning seasons, including a 22-8 record in when the squad tied for the MEAC regular season title, won the conference tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Betts, a Madison Heights, Va., native, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in physical education from Roanoke College in As a player, he was a four-year letterwinner at Roanoke and led the Maroons to the NCAA Division III playoffs in the season. Betts earned a master s degree in rehabilitation counseling from South Carolina State in 1997.

24 DIONNE PHELPS Assistant Coach Fifth Year at Oklahoma DEREN BOYD Director of Basketball Operations First Year at Oklahoma After serving four seasons as Oklahoma s video coordinator, Dionne Phelps was promoted to assistant coach in June No stranger to the role, the 44-year-old Phelps has 16 years of collegiate coaching experience on his résumé, all in the state of Texas. His most recent coaching stint occurred at Texas-San Antonio, where he worked with frontcourt players from the through campaigns. He helped UTSA to 2004 Southland Conference regular season and tournament titles, as well as an NCAA Tournament berth. He served as associate head coach his final year with the Roadrunners before joining the OU staff. Prior to working at UTSA, Phelps spent four seasons as an assistant at Texas State ( through ), one at Baylor ( ) and eight at his alma mater, Texas Lutheran ( through and through ). At Texas Lutheran, Phelps helped the Bulldogs to a pair of Heartland Conference regular season championships. Phelps played collegiately at Texas Lutheran and was inducted into the Bulldog Athletic Hall of Honors in 2002 following a career that saw him earn 1988 Big State All-Conference and all-district accolades, as well as 1989 Heart of Texas All-Conference recognition. He graduated in 1989 with a bachelor of arts degree in physical education. A San Antonio native who is a 1985 graduate of Judson High School in Converse, Texas, Phelps also earned a master s degree in education from Texas State in He and his wife, Lisa, have daughter, Aaliyah, and a son, Garrison. Deren Boyd, formerly an OU athletics administrator, returned to the athletics department as director of basketball operations in June after spending the last two years as project/asset manager for Oklahoma City oil and gas producer Raven Resources. Responsible for a wide array of administrative tasks, Boyd is the basketball program s chief liaison to the athletics department s compliance, development, licensing, marketing and promotions offices. He also monitors the academic progress of the team, organizes team travel and oversees the budget and summer camps. Boyd s most recent OU position had been assistant athletics director of development during the and academic years. Among his duties were the coordination and oversight of the annual giving campaign and priority seating program, major gift identification and solicitation, the Varsity O Association, Sooner Caravans and individual sport booster clubs. He also held titles of director of athletics development ( ) and assistant director of athletics development ( ). Boyd s first experience with the department was with the women s basketball program. He worked under head coach Sherri Coale as the program s administrative assistant ( ) and also served as interim assistant coach ( ) and director of operations ( ). The Sooners advanced to the national championship game his final year with the program before he left to become director of marketing for Global Sports Marketing in Cary, N.C., for a year. A holder of two OU degrees, Boyd, 35, earned a bachelor s in health and sport science in 1998 and a master s in adult and higher education in 2006.

25 REVIEW NOTES Oklahoma recorded a season in , its first losing record since the campaign. The Sooners finished 4-12 in the Big 12 Conference to tie for ninth place with Texas Tech and Iowa State and were the No. 10 seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (they lost in the first round to No. 7 seed Oklahoma State, 81-67). They did not qualify for postseason play. Here are more notes from the season: Oklahoma started the year 13-9 before losing its final nine contests. It started Big 12 play with a 4-4 mark before losing its last eight league games. Preseason first-team All-Big 12 pick Willie Warren played in just 21 of the team s 31 games and in just half of its league outings primarily due to an ankle injury. OU s leading SEASON AT A GLANCE Overall Record: Big 12 Record: 4-12 (Ninth Place Tie) Big 12 Championship: First Round: Oklahoma State 81, OU 67 Postseason: None Home Record: 11-4 (4-4 Big 12) Road Record: 1-9 (0-8 Big 12) Record vs. AP Top-25 Teams: 1-4 scorer (16.3 ppg), he had surgery March 3 and missed the season s final six contests. Freshman Tommy Mason-Griffin was a third-team All-Big 12 selection after averaging 14.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and a team-high 5.0 assists. He ranked fourth in the Big 12 in assists, third in 3-point field goal percentage (.424) and sixth in 3-pointers per game (2.3). In conference play, he averaged team highs of 16.9 points, 4.6 assists and 2.9 treys while shooting a team-best.430 from long range. He led the Sooners in scoring 10 times over the last 14 games. A member of the Big 12 All-Rookie Team, Mason-Griffin set OU freshman records for assists (154), assists per game (5.0), 3-point field goal percentage (.424) and minutes per game (35.7). His 38 points versus Iowa State on Jan. 27 were the most by a league player on the year and the most by a freshman guard in school history. Warren earned honorable mention All-Big 12 acclaim after averaging 16.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.0 steal a game. Senior guard Tony Crocker finished his career ranked fifth in games played (132), 15th in points (1,351), fourth in 3-point field goals (198) and tied for third in 3-point attempts (540). He and Ryan Minor are the only players in school history to amass at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and pointers. On the season, Crocker led all Big 12 guards in both rebounding (6.2) and double-doubles (seven). Four of OU s top seven scorers were freshmen. The freshmen accounted for 47 percent percent of the team s scoring on the year, the most of any Big 12 team (Texas and Nebraska ranked second at 39 percent). The Sooners backcourt accounted for 74 percent of the team s points. OU s top three scorers and five of its top six were guards. Oklahoma averaged point field goals per game, the second highest figure in program history (the squad averaged 8.6). The Sooners ranked second in the Big 12 with their.744 free throw percentage. The mark was the program s best in eight years and the fifth best in school history. Oklahoma used nine different starting lineups in its 16 conference games. OU s.457 field goal percentage defense was its highest in 16 seasons. Its point field goal percentage defense was its highest in 22 seasons and second highest ever. The Sooners were also outrebounded for just the second time in the last 16 years. CROCKER CONCLUDES OUTSTANDING CAREER With a solid senior season, guard Tony Crocker finished his OU career ranked fifth in games played (132), 15th in points (1,351), fourth in 3-point field goals (198) and tied for third in 3-point attempts (540). He and Ryan Minor ( ) are the only players in school history to amass at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and pointers. The 6-6, 209-pounder from San Antonio, Texas, started 125 career games (five shy of the OU record), including his last 96. On the season, Crocker averaged career highs of 11.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.1 steals per contest. He led all Big 12 guards in both rebounding and double-doubles (seven). Crocker set a Big 12 record for points in a half when he netted 29 in the first 20 minutes against Centenary on Dec. 9. He hit seven 3-pointers in the opening period, tying a league record for treys in a half. He finished with a career-high 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the win. MASON-GRIFFIN NAMED THIRD-TEAM ALL-BIG 12 Point guard Tommy Mason-Griffin earned third-team All-Big 12 honors and was named to the league s allrookie team. Despite the fact he was the only league freshman named to the first-, second- or third-team all-conference squads, he was not named Big 12 Freshman of the Year (that honor went to Colorado s Alec Burks). In Big 12 play, the 5-11, 203-pounder from Houston, Texas, led all league newcomers in assists (4.6 apg), 3-point percentage (.430) and 3-pointers per game (2.9). He also ranked second among conference newcomers in scoring (16.9) and free throw percentage (.831). Here are more notes: On the year, Mason-Griffin averaged 14.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 5.0 assists while shooting.424 from 3-point range and.813 from the free throw line. He ranked fourth in the Big 12 in assists, third in 3-point percentage and sixth in 3-pointers per game (2.3). Mason-Griffin set OU freshman records for assists (154), 3-pointers (70), 3-point percentage and minutes per game (35.7). Mason-Griffin made at least one trey in 29 of 31 games, at least two in 20 games, at least three in 11 outings and at least four seven times. Mason-Griffin led OU in scoring in 10 of the last 14 games after not doing it in any of the season s first 17 contests. Over those 14 outings, he averaged 18.9 points and 5.2 assists while shooting.424 from 3-point range (39 makes) and.871 from the free throw line (54 makes) in an average of 38.9 minutes. In OU s 16 league contests, Mason-Griffin shot.430 from 3-point range (46-for-107). The rest of the team shot.287 (73-for-254). Mason-Griffin played at least 37 minutes in 15 of the last 16 games. He logged 40 or more minutes eight times in those 16 outings. WARREN EARNS HONORABLE MENTION ALL-LEAGUE ACCLAIM Sophomore guard Willie Warren, who underwent season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle March 3, was one of nine players who picked up honorable mention All-Big 12 acclaim. Warren averaged a team-high 16.3 points per game on the year and added 3.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists an outing. The 6-4, 203-pounder from Fort Worth, Texas, who missed half of the conference season due to injury or illness, scored at least 20 points seven times in his 21 games on the year. The unanimous choice as Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Warren made 27 more free throws this season than the next closest teammate (despite missing nine total games). DAVIS MAKES MOST OF INCREASED PLAYING TIME Over his freshman and sophomore seasons, guard Cade Davis averaged 4.2 points and 1.6 rebounds over 14.0 minutes per contest. Last season, Davis saw his minutes and production increase sharply. As a junior, Davis started OU s final 27 games and averaged 31.8 minutes. His scoring and rebounding averages jumped to 9.9 and 3.9, respectively, and he led the Sooners and ranked ninth in the Big 12 with his 1.5 steals per contest. Davis canned 58 treys (one less than his first two seasons combined) and shot.347 from long range. In conference play, he averaged 11.5 points and 4.7 boards while shooting.361 from behind the arc (2.2 treys per game). PICK YOUR POISON Five different Sooners each made at least 30 treys on the season. Texas, with four, was the only other Big 12 team with more than three players with at least 30 3-point makes each. Tommy Mason-Griffin led Oklahoma with 70 makes (2.3 per game) and was followed by Cade Davis with 58 (1.9 per outing), Steven Pledger with 44 (1.5 per contest), Tony Crocker with 40 (1.3 per game) and Willie Warren with 30 (1.4 per game). The Sooners ranked second in the Big 12 with their 8.1 treys per outing (their second most ever).

26 REVIEW NOTES GUARDS SHOULDER THE LOAD Five of OU s top six scorers, including its top four, were guards. The Sooners backcourt accounted for 1,653 of the team s 2,235 points, or 74 percent. Willie Warren led the guard charge by averaging 16.3 points per outing and was followed by Tommy Mason Griffin (14.1), Tony Crocker (11.4), Cade Davis (9.9) and Steven Pledger (6.2). All five of those players surpassed the 20-point mark at least twice on the year (Warren and Mason-Griffin did it seven times each, Crocker and Davis three times each and Pledger twice). Mason-Griffin (three times), Crocker and Davis all scored at least 20 points in a half. By comparison, guards accounted for 52 percent of OU s points in YOUTH MOVEMENT The freshman foursome of Tommy Mason-Griffin (13.8 ppg), Tiny Gallon (10.6), Steven Pledger (5.7) and Andrew Fitzgerald (4.8) combined to score 1,060 of the team s 2,235 points on the year, or 47 percent. The percentage of scoring output by OU s freshmen was higher than that of any other Big 12 team. Freshmen accounted for 39 percent of Texas points, 39 percent of Nebraska s, 27 percent of Colorado s, 23 percent of Kansas, 15 percent of Texas A&M s, 13 percent of Kansas State s, 13 percent of Oklahoma State s, 11 percent of Missouri s, nine percent of Baylor s, five percent of Iowa State s and two percent of Texas Tech s. In addition to his scoring, Mason-Griffin ranked fourth in the Big 12 with his 5.0 assists per game and third with his point field goal percentage. Gallon, who shot a team-high.547 from the field, ranked eighth in the Big 12 in rebounds per game (7.9) and sixth with seven doubledoubles (he missed out on two others by one rebound each). Pledger knocked down 44 treys in 30 contests and had three games of at least 18 points. Fitzgerald made 11 starts and shot.511 from the field. MASON-GRIFFIN S STELLAR NIGHT On Jan. 27, freshman Tommy Mason-Griffin propelled the Sooners to an home win over Iowa State. On a night in which OU played without Willie Warren and Tony Crocker due to ankle injuries (the pair entered the game averaging a combined 30 points), Mason-Griffin finished with 38 points and six assists while playing all 40 minutes (he battled leg cramps the final 3:45). The point guard was 13-for-21 from the field, 5-for-10 from 3-point range and 7-for-7 from the free throw line. Mason-Griffin s 38 points against the Cyclones were: Four more than any other Big 12 player scored on the year. The most scored by an OU freshman since Wayman Tisdale in The most scored by a freshman guard in school history. Tied for the most scored by a point guard in school history (Mookie Blaylock also scored 38 against Iowa State in ). Tied for the fifth most by a freshman in Big 12 history (only Kansas State s Michael Beasley scored more). GERBER, WRIGHT EARN ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ACCOLADES Seniors Beau Gerber and Ryan Wright were named to the Academic All-Big 12 squad, with Gerber earning first-team honors and Wright second-team accolades. It was the first academic all-league award for Gerber and the third for Wright (two at OU and one at UCLA). Gerber is a mechanical engineering major and an electrical engineering minor. Wright is pursuing a master s degree in human relations. TISDALE INDUCTED INTO COLLEGIATE HOOPS HALL Wayman Tisdale, OU s all-time leading scorer and rebounder, was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Nov. 22 in Kansas City, Mo. Tisdale starred at Oklahoma for three seasons in the mid-1980s and was named a first-team consensus All-American and Big Eight Conference Player of the Year each year. Tisdale, who was the leading rebounder on the 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medal team and was the No. 2 overall pick of the 1985 NBA Draft, passed away last May from cancer at the age of 44. His widow, Regina Tisdale, was on hand to accept the honor on Tisdale s behalf. Among the others in this year s eight-person class were Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Leading returning scorer Cade Davis was the only Sooner to start all 16 conference games last year. He averaged 11.5 points and 4.7 rebounds while shooting.361 from 3-point range (35-for-97) in Big 12 play.