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1 OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL EXHIBITION 1: OKLAHOMA vs. OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE Wednesday, Nov. 5 7 p.m. CST Norman, Okla. Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) SCHEDULE/RESULTS N5 OKLA. PANHANDLE STATE (Ex) 7 p.m. N8 CAMERON (Ex.) Noon N14 AMERICAN 7 p.m. SSN N17 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE # 8 p.m. ESPNU N18 DAVIDSON OR J. MADISON # TBD ESPN2 N22 GARDNER-WEBB TBD N26 at NIT Season Tip-Off ^ 6 or 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 N28 at NIT Season Tip-Off ^ 12:30 or 3 p.m. ESPN2 D4 USC % 6 p.m. ESPN2 D7 at Tulsa (BOK Center) 3 p.m. CBSCSN D10 MAINE 7 p.m. SSN D13 UTAH 3 p.m. ESPN2 D20 vs. VCU & 9 p.m. ESPN2 D22 at Rice 7 p.m. SSN D30 at Arkansas 7 p.m. SSN J3 COPPIN STATE 12:30 p.m. SSN J5 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE 7 p.m. SSN J10 at Kansas State 12:30 p.m. Big 12 J12 TEXAS 8 p.m. ESPN J17 at Texas A&M 1 p.m. ESPN J21 NEBRASKA 8 p.m. ESPNU J24 BAYLOR 3 p.m. ESPNU J26 at Oklahoma State 8 p.m. ESPN J31 at Iowa State 12:30 p.m. Big 12 F4 TEXAS A&M 8 p.m. Big 12 F7 COLORADO 12:30 p.m. Big 12 F11 at Baylor 8 p.m. ESPN2 F14 TEXAS TECH 12:30 p.m. Big 12 F21 at Texas 8 p.m. ESPN F23 KANSAS 8 p.m. ESPN F28 at Texas Tech 2:30 p.m. ABC M4 at Missouri 8 p.m. Big 12 M7 OKLAHOMA STATE 2:30 p.m. ABC M11-14 Big 12 Championship * TBA ESPN/B12 M19-22 NCAA First/Second Rounds TBA CBS M26-29 NCAA Regionals TBA CBS A4&6 NCAA Final Four TBA CBS # Dick s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (Norman) ^ New York, N.Y. % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series & O Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City) * Oklahoma City SSN is Sooner Sports Network CBSCSN is CBS College Sports Network Big 12 is Big 12 regional television All times Central and subject to change OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Men s Basketball Contact: Mike Houck Office: (405) Cell: (405) mhouck@ou.edu GAME INFORMATION Date... Wednesday, Nov. 5 Tip... 7:08 p.m. CST Internet Video...SoonerSports.com Radio...Sooner Radio Network Flagship...KOKC 1520 AM (OKC); (Bob Barry Sr., Mike Houck) TV...None Series... First meeting PROJECTED OKLAHOMA STARTERS BLAKE GRIFFIN F So. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma Christian School TAYLOR GRIFFIN F Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma Christian School TONY CROCKER G Jr. San Antonio, Texas The Patterson School (N.C.) WILLIE WARREN G Fr. Fort Worth, Texas North Crowley High School AUSTIN JOHNSON G Sr. Amarillo, Texas Palo Duro High School OKLAHOMA SOONERS Record Big 12 Record Head Coach...Jeff Capel Alma Mater...Duke 97 Career Record (7th year) At Oklahoma (3rd year) SID... Mike Houck ...mhouck@ou.edu Web Site... OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE Record Heartland Conference Record Head Coach...Jerry Olson Alma Mater... Montana State 90 Career Record (9th year) At OPSU (2nd year) SID...Scott Puryear ...scottp@opsu.edu Web Site... NOTES: An AP preseason first-team All-American (OU s first since Ryan Minor in ) and the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year... Led team with 14.7 points and 9.1 rebounds a game last year while shooting.568 from field... Posted 10 double-doubles (last seven versus NCAA Tournament teams)... OU s first freshman first-team all-conference pick since Wayman Tisdale in NOTES: Started 20 of 35 games last year (including 14 of the last 18)... Averaged 6.5 points and 4.9 rebounds... Shot a team-best.768 from the free throw line (at least 2.0 makes per game) and ranked third with 25 blocks... His 54 blocks over the past two seasons are the most ever over a two-year period by a Sooner standing under A two-time second-team Academic All-Big 12 pick. NOTES: OU s third-leading scorer last season (11.3 ppg) and leader in 3-pointers (64) and 3-point FG percentage (.424)... Made a team-high 34 starts and has started 59 of 66 career games... Drained at least three treys on 11 different occasions (shot.646 from behind the arc in those contests)... Scored at least 20 points in five games (team was 5-0)... Needs 338 points for 1,000. NOTES: Unanimous choice for Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year by league head coaches... The only McDonald s All-American among 2008 Big 12 recruiting classes... Led McDonald s Game with 23 points in 22 minutes last March... Averaged 24.9 points last year to lead North Crowley High School to a 38-1 record, Class 5A Texas state title and No. 3 final national ranking (Rivals.com). NOTES: Started 33 of 35 games last year and has made 69 starts in 90 career outings... Boasts better than a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio over the past two seasons... Team is 21-4 over the last two seasons when he scores in double figures (14-1 last year)... Ranked second on team with 49 treys last year (1.4 per game)... A twotime second-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree. PROJECTED OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE STARTERS No. Name Position Height Weight Class Points Rebounds Assists Minutes 40 Luke Ogden F Sr Marques Loftis F Sr Mark Bultman C Jr Aaron Jackson G Sr. 21 Kevin Geofroy G Fr. OU vs. OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE 1

2 HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL Jeff Capel was named the 13th men s basketball head coach at Oklahoma on April 11, Capel, 33, is in his third year at OU and led the Sooners to a record and second-round NCAA Tournament appearance last year. Capel compiled a (.658) record over four years as head coach at Virginia Commonwealth prior to arriving in Norman. His VCU squads posted a (.694) record in Colonial Athletic Association play and 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 the fourth-seeded Demon Deacons, Capel s squad, which finished 19-13, competed in the National Invitation Tournament, marking just the third time in program history that VCU made consecutive postseason appearances. The Rams won at least 18 games each of Capel s four seasons in Richmond 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. In the summer of 2005, Capel served as an assistant coach on the gold-medal-winning USA Men s World University Games Team that finished 8-0 in Turkey in August. Villanova s Jay Wright was the head coach while Seton Hall s Bobby Gonzalez served as the other assistant. 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 and started in the 1994 national title game against Arkansas. 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, who graduated from Duke with a bachelor of arts degree in history, and his wife, Kanika, wed in They have a daughter, Cameron, who was born in April CAPEL YEAR BY YEAR Year School Record Pct Virginia Commonwealth * Virginia Commonwealth ^ Virginia Commonwealth Virginia Commonwealth Oklahoma * Oklahoma Totals * NCAA Tournament ^ National Invitation Tournament GAME PREVIEW Third-year Oklahoma head coach Jeff Capel will watch his team play outside competition for the first time since last year s NCAA Tournament when the Sooners host Division II Oklahoma Panhandle State in an exhibition game Wednesday night at Lloyd Noble Center. The contest is scheduled to tip at 7:08 p.m. CST and will air on the Sooner Radio Network (flagship KOKC AM-1520 in Oklahoma City; KTBZ AM-1430 in Tulsa) with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck announcing. A free, live webcast of the game will be available fo viewing on OU s official athletics site, SoonerSports.com. TICKET INFORMATION OU students who present a valid school I.D. will be admitted to Wednesday s game free of charge (north entrance). Upper-level reserved seats are available for $10 (north and south) and $15 (east and west) at the OU Athletics Ticket Office. Lloyd Noble Center ticket windows will open at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. PREVIEWING OKLAHOMA Ranked nationally for the first time since the end of the season, Oklahoma is No. 12 in the preseason AP poll and No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. OU was also picked No. 1 in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll for the first time in the 13-year history of the league. The Sooners are coming off a season that saw them finish 9-7 in the Big 12 (fourth place tie) and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. OU returns seven letterwinners from that squad, including four players who started at least 20 games. The Sooners also welcome back 69 percent of their scoring, 68 percent of their rebounding, 72 percent of their assists and 74 percent of their 3-point field goals. Leading the Oklahoma charge in will be preseason consensus All-American and Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Blake Griffin. The sophomore forward averaged 14.7 points and 9.1 rebounds last year while shooting.568 from the field, all team highs. Other returnees joining him are junior guard Tony Crocker (11.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg), senior guard Austin Johnson (8.6 ppg, 2.9 apg), senior forward Taylor Griffin (6.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg), senior guard Omar Leary (3.9 ppg), sophomore guard Cade Davis (3.7 ppg) and junior forward Beau Gerber. Junior forward Ryan Wright is a transfer from UCLA who practiced with the Sooners last year and is eligible for game competition this season. Headlining Oklahoma s heralded recruiting class is McDonald s High School All-American Willie Warren. The freshman guard was the McDonald s game s leading scorer last spring (23 points in 22 minutes) and is the most highly touted high school guard signee in OU history. He is joined by junior forward Juan Pattillo, a top-five junior college transfer, sophomore juco transfers Orlando Allen and Kyle Cannon, and freshman guard Ray Willis. T.J. Franklin is a walk-on guard who teamed with Warren to deliver North Crowley High School in Fort Worth, Texas, a Class 5A state title last March. PREVIEWING OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE Oklahoma Panhandle State is located in Goodwell, Okla., and competes in NCAA Division II for men s basketball as a member of the Heartland Conference. OPSU is coming off a season and a 2-10 performance in league play. The Aggies return just five players from last year s squad. Senior forward Luke Ogden is the team s leading returning scorer and rebounder. Ogden started 14 of 27 games and averaged 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds in 29.3 minutes per outing while shooting.520 from the field. Junior guard Chuck Salisbury averaged 4.9 points and a team-high 3.8 assists in 26.5 minutes a game. Also back are senior forward Marques Loftis (3.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg), junior center Mark Bultman (2.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg) and sophomore guard Aaron Ruiz (2.8 ppg). OPSU is coached by Jerry Olson. A 1990 Montana State grad, Olson spent seven seasons as OPSU s women s head coach and compiled an record before taking over the men s program last year. He is assisted by Victor Esparza and LaChawn Anderson. OU-OPSU SERIES HISTORY Oklahoma and Oklahoma Panhandle State have never met in men s basketball. NOTE WORTHY Oklahoma is 39-2 (.951) in exhibition games over the past 20 seasons. Half of Oklahoma s 14 players did not play for the Sooners last year. Six players are in their first year at OU while Ryan Wright (a transfer from UCLA) practiced with the team last season but did not play in games. Out of its 31 regular season games this year, OU will play at least 19 against teams that made the 2008 postseason (13 against NCAA Tournament teams, four against NIT squads and two against CBI teams). It could play three more NCAA Tournament teams beyond the first round of the NIT Season Tip-Off (Davidson, Arizona and Purdue). Oklahoma has recorded 27 consecutive winning seasons, second nationally to Syracuse (38). Big 12 programs Kansas (25) and Oklahoma State (20) also boast lengthy streaks. OU s 34-member 1,000-point club could have two new inductees by season s end in junior Tony Crocker and sophomore Blake Griffin. Crocker needs 338 points to reach 1,000 (he scored 394 last year) while Griffin needs 516 (he totaled 484 last season while missing two games and all but five minutes of another). The Sooners Nov. 22 game against Gardner-Webb will mark their 500th at Lloyd Noble Center (they are for a.855 mark). 2 OU vs. OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE

3 FINAL BIG 12 STANDINGS (In Order of Big 12 Championship Seed) Big 12 Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Texas Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Baylor Texas A&M Nebraska Texas Tech Oklahoma State Missouri Iowa State Colorado OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS Official Name: University of Oklahoma Location: Norman, Okla. Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 29,721 Nickname: Sooners Colors: Crimson and Cream President: David L. Boren Athletics Director: Joe Castiglione Arena: Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) First Year of Basketball: NCAA Tournament Appearances: 25 NIT Appearances: 7 All-Time Record: 1, (.611) Regular Season Conference Championships: 14 (1928, 1929, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 2005) Conference Tournament Championships: 7 (1979, 1985, 1988, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003) Head Coach: Jeff Capel (Duke 97) Career Record: (seventh year) Oklahoma Record: (third year) Postseason Appearances: 3 (2004, 2008 NCAA, 2005 NIT) Assistant Coaches: Ben Betts (Roanoke College 90), Mark Cline (Wake Forest 88), Oronde Taliaferro (Wayne State 94) Director of Operations: Bryan Goodman (Barat College 96) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Darby Rich Video Coordinator: Dionne Phelps Graduate Assistants: Yanni Hufnagel, Kellen Sampson Athletics Trainer: Alex Brown Team Physician: Dr. Brock Schnebel Official Web Site: SoonerSports.com Tickets: (800) or (405) SOONERS NO. 1 ACCORDING TO BIG 12 COACHES For the first time in the 13-year history of the Big 12 Conference, the Sooners have been picked to win the league in a vote of head coaches. OU received three first-place votes and a total of 109 points in the conference s annual preseason poll to edge second-place Texas. The Longhorns captured four first-place votes and 107 total points. Baylor and Kansas tied for third place with 103 points. The complete poll can be found on page 4 of these game notes. GRIFFIN NAMED AP PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN Sophomore Blake Griffin, became the first Sooner in 13 years to be named an AP preseason first-team All-American on Monday. The last OU player to receive the honor was forward Ryan Minor prior to the season. Griffin was joined on the five-man team by North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough (reigning national player of the year), Davidson guard Stephen Curry, Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody and UCLA guard Darren Collison. Griffin and Curry could meet in a second-round NIT Season Tip-Off contest Nov. 18 in Norman. UNANIMOUS PICKS STATS COMPARISON CATEGORY Overall Record Conference Record Points Per Game Opp. Points Per Game Rebounds Per Game Opp. Rebounds Per Game Field Goal Pct Opp. Field Goal Pct Point Pct Opp. 3-Point Pct Free Throw Pct Personal Fouls Per Game Assists Per Game Turnovers Per Game Blocked Shots Per Game Steals Per Game Blake Griffin and Willie Warren were unanimous selections as Big 12 Preseason Player and Freshman of the Year, respectively, the conference office announced Oct. 14. The players were selected by the league s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for members of their own teams. Griffin is OU s third Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year (Hollis Price in and Taj Gray in were the others), while Warren is the second OU player to be named Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year (Drew Lavender was recognized prior to the season). COMBO NO. 1 Head coach Jeff Capel has signed McDonald s All-Americans in back-to-back years in sophomore forward Blake Griffin and freshman guard Willie Warren. This season marks the first in history that multiple McDonald s All-Americans appear on the Oklahoma roster. Last March, Warren became the seventh OU signee to play in the McDonald s All-American Game. Others were Wayman Tisdale (1982), Jeff Webster (1989), Ryan Humphrey (1997), Drew Lavender (2003), Scottie Reynolds (2006) and Griffin (2007). CAPTAINS NAMED In a September team vote, senior Taylor Griffin, junior Tony Crocker and sophomore Blake Griffin were named captains for the season. This marks the first year that any of the three have served as an OU team captain. EXHIBITING SUCCESS The Sooners have compiled an impressive 39-2 exhibition record over the last 20 years. Last season, OU beat Rockhurst College, 93-58, and Fayetteville State, 91-50, in Norman. OKLAHOMA NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Position Height Weight Class Hometown (Last School) 1 Ryan Wright F Jr. Mississauga, Ontario (UCLA) 3 T.J. Franklin G Fr. Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 5 Tony Crocker** G Jr. San Antonio, Texas (The Patterson School [N.C.]) 11 Omar Leary* G Sr. Portland, Ore. (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) 12 Juan Pattillo F Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. (College of Southern Idaho) 13 Willie Warren G Fr. Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 20 Austin Johnson*** G Sr. Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS) 21 Orlando Allen C So. Cincinnati, Ohio (Paris [TX] JC) 23 Blake Griffin* F So. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 31 Kyle Cannon F So. Baltimore, Md. (San Jacinto [TX] JC) 32 Taylor Griffin*** F Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 34 Cade Davis* G So. Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 41 Ray Willis G Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake HS) 45 Beau Gerber** F Jr. Winfield, Kan. (Winfield HS) * Denotes letters earned at Oklahoma OU vs. OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE 3

4 AP TOP 25 POLL Preseason (Oct. 31) School Record 1. North Carolina (72) Connecticut Louisville UCLA Pittsburgh Michigan State Texas Duke Notre Dame Gonzaga Purdue Oklahoma Memphis Tennessee Arizona State Marquette Miami (Fla.) Southern California Florida Davidson Wake Forest Georgetown Villanova Kansas Wisconsin 0-0 ESPN/USA TODAY TOP 25 POLL Preseason (Oct. 30) School Record 1. North Carolina (31) Connecticut Louisville UCLA Duke Pittsburgh Michigan State Texas Notre Dame Purdue Gonzaga Memphis Tennessee Oklahoma Arizona State Miami (Fla.) Marquette Georgetown Florida Davidson Southern California 0-0 Wisconsin Kansas Wake Forest Villanova 0-0 OU opponents and potential opponents in bold NIT SEASON TIP-OFF ON THE HORIZON OU is the No. 2 seed in the 16-team 2008 Dick s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off and will host the four-team South Regional Nov The Sooners will play No. 16 seed Mississippi Valley State in first-round action Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. CST on ESPNU. An NCAA Tournament team last year, Mississippi Valley State finished and went 12-6 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. If OU beats the Delta Devils, it will play the winner of the Nov. 17 game between No. 5 seed Davidson and No. 12 seed James Madison on Nov. 18 on ESPN2. Davidson, which lost to eventual national champion Kansas by two points in last year s NCAA Elite Eight, posted a 29-7 overall record in and went 20-0 in Southern Conference play. The Wildcats return preseason first-team All-American Stephen Curry. James Madison finished with a record last season. If the Sooners win the South Regional, they ll advance to New York City for games during the week of Thanksgiving (Nov. 26 and Nov. 28) on ESPN2. Those contests will be played at Madison Square Garden. Other NIT Season Tip-Off regional hosts are No. 1 seed Purdue, No. 3 seed Arizona and No. 4 seed Boston College REVISITED After a season in that saw Oklahoma s streak of 25 consecutive NCAA Tournament or NIT appearances come to an end, the Sooners rebounded with a campaign and earned a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament East Regional. OU, which finished tied for fourth place in the Big 12 Conference with a 9-7 record and advanced to the semifinals of the league tourney, beat Saint Joseph s in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before losing to No. 3 seed Louisville. Following is a list of notes and accomplishments from the season: Oklahoma posted its 27th consecutive winning season, good for the longest streak among Big 12 schools (Kansas ranks second with 25, Oklahoma State ranks third with 20 and Texas is fourth with 10). OU advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time in the last 14 years and for the 21st time in the last 26 seasons. Only Arizona (24), Duke (24), Kansas (24), North Carolina (24), Indiana (23) and Kentucky (22) have participated in more NCAA Tournaments over the last 26 years. The team s NCAA Tournament win over Saint Joseph s was the first in the career of head coach Jeff Capel. The Sooners 23 wins gave the program at least 20 victories for the 10th time in the last 11 campaigns. OU has averaged 24 wins over the last 11 years. After starting 3-5 in Big 12 Conference play, Oklahoma won six of its final eight league BIG 12 PRESEASON COACHES POLL (First-place votes in parentheses) Team Points 1. Oklahoma (3) Texas (4) Baylor (2) Kansas (3) Texas A&M Oklahoma State Missouri Kansas State Nebraska Texas Tech Iowa State Colorado 13 Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year Blake Griffin, Oklahoma Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Mario Little, Kansas Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year Willie Warren, Oklahoma Preseason All-Big 12 Team Blake Griffin, Oklahoma Curtis Jerrells, Baylor Sherron Collins, Kansas A.J. Abrams, Texas Damion James, Texas Honorable Mention DeMarre Carroll, Missouri Leo Lyons, Missouri James Anderson, Okla. State Byron Eaton, Okla. State Connor Atchley, Texas Josh Carter, Texas A&M Bryan Davis, Texas A&M games and finished in a tie for fourth place at 9-7. OU won the tie-breaker with Baylor (regular season sweep) and earned a firstround bye in the Big 12 Championship. It marked the ninth bye for OU in the 12-year history of the event. OU BASKETBALL TRADITION This is the 102nd season of Oklahoma varsity basketball (the program s first game was Nov. 26, 1907). OU owns a 1, (.611) all-time record, ranking it 30th in NCAA Division I in wins and 39th in winning percentage. Oklahoma has participated in four NCAA Final Fours (1939, 1947, 1988 and 2002) and in two NCAA championship games (it lost to Holy Cross in 1947 and to Kansas in 1988). OU has made 25 NCAA Tournament appearances and seven postseason NIT showings. Its 21 NCAA Tournament appearances over the last 26 years rank as the seventh most in the nation. No team in the country has made more postseason appearances over the last 26 years than Oklahoma s 25. The Sooners have won 14 regular season conference championships (most recently in 2005) and seven conference tournament titles (including the 2001, 2002 and 2003 crowns). The Sooners posted the eighth best NCAA Division I winning percentage (.731) in the 1980s and enter this season with the 12th best winning percentage (.726) since Nineteen different Sooners have earned All-America honors a total of 29 times. They have earned consensus first-team All- America acclaim eight times and consensus second-team honors on four occasions. Wayman Tisdale was a three-time consensus first-team All-American during his three seasons at OU ( ). Oklahoma players have earned first-team all-conference accolades a total of 72 times. The Sooners own a winning record against 10 of the other 11 members of the Big 12 Conference (Kansas is the only league program with a series lead against OU). OU has played its home games in four different venues: the OU Gymnasium ( ), the R.O.T.C. Armory ( ), the OU Field House ( ) and Lloyd Noble Center (1975-present). 4 OU vs. OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE

5 SEASON STATISTICS (23-12) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Griffin, Blake Longar, Longar Crocker, Tony Johnson, Austin Godbold, David Griffin, Taylor Clark, Keith Leary, Omar Davis, Cade Neysmith, Tony Gerber, Beau Jok, Dau TEAM Total Opponents BIG 12 STATISTICS (9-7) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Griffin, Blake Crocker, Tony Longar, Longar Johnson, Austin Godbold, David Griffin, Taylor Davis, Cade Leary, Omar Neysmith, Tony Gerber, Beau TEAM Total Opponents OU vs. OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE 5

6 SEASON RESULTS Date Opponent Score W/L Attend. Points Leader Rebounds Leader Assists Leader 11/8 San Francisco # W 8,219 B. Griffin...18 B. Griffin Johnson /9 Denver # W 8, 266 B. Griffin...15 Longar... 8 T. Griffin /12 Alcorn State W 9,246 Longar...20 B. Griffin Godbold /15 vs. Memphis (3) $ L 7,308 Longar...13 B. Griffin... 8 Godbold, Longar /16 vs. Gardner Webb $ W 8,895 B. Griffin...17 Longar Godbold /21 Morehead State W 9,732 B. Griffin...16 B. Griffin Crocker /29 at USC (22) % L 9,288 Clark, Johnson...13 B. Griffin... 9 Johnson /2 at TCU W 3,858 Crocker...24 Longar Leary /5 Tulsa W 9,203 Crocker...22 B. Griffin... 7 Crocker /8 Stephen F. Austin L 9,598 Longar...19 Longar... 8 Longar /15 Arkansas W 12,077 Johnson, Longar...17 T. Griffin... 8 Godbold /20 vs. Gonzaga (18) ^ W 13,135 Longar...16 B. Griffin Godbold, Longar /29 at West Virginia (23) & W (2OT) 12,380 Longar...22 B. Griffin Johnson /5 Rice W 10,630 B. Griffin...18 B. Griffin... 9 Crocker /7 Mount St. Mary s W 8,958 B. Griffin...26 B. Griffin... 7 B. Griffin, Johnson /12 Kansas State L 11,858 B. Griffin...27 B. Griffin Crocker, Johnson /14 at Kansas (3) L 16,300 Longar...21 T. Griffin... 8 T. Griffin, Longar /19 Texas Tech W 11,246 T. Griffin, Longar...16 T. Griffin Godbold, Leary /26 at Baylor (25) W 10,393 B. Griffin...17 B. Griffin Longar /28 Oklahoma State W 11,141 T. Griffin...20 T. Griffin... 6 B. Griffin /2 at Texas A&M (23) L 13, 158 Godbold...22 B. Griffin... 8 Johnson /6 Texas (12) L 10,371 B. Griffin...19 T. Griffin B. Griffin /9 at Colorado L 5,206 B. Griffin...25 T. Griffin... 6 B. Griffin /13 Iowa State W 9,339 Crocker...22 Crocker... 9 Johnson /16 at Texas Tech W 8,788 Johnson...20 B. Griffin Crocker /19 Baylor W (OT) 11,005 B. Griffin...29 B. Griffin Johnson /23 at Texas (7) L 16,056 B. Griffin...16 B. Griffin B. Griffin /27 at Nebraska L 11,107 B. Griffin...17 B. Griffin... 8 B. Griffin, Johnson /1 Texas A&M W 12,202 Longar...14 B. Griffin, Longar... 8 Leary /5 at Oklahoma State W 13,910 Crocker...25 T. Griffin Longar /8 Missouri W 12,305 Johnson...18 Longar... 9 Longar /14 vs. Colorado * W 18,897 Crocker...12 B. Griffin, Longar... 9 Davis, Godbold, Leary /15 vs. Texas (6) * L 18,897 B. Griffin...20 B. Griffin Johnson /21 vs. Saint Joseph s! W 14,315 Godbold...25 T. Griffin... 7 Johnson /23 vs. Louisville! L 14,606 Godbold...15 B. Griffin... 7 Godbold, Johnson... 3 Associated Press rankings in parentheses # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Regional Rounds (Norman, Okla.) $ 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Championship Rounds (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ^ O Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) & Charleston, W.Va. (considered by the NCAA as a true road game for OU) * Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.)! NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds (Birmingham, Ala.) Record Summary Overall Home Away Neutral All Games Big 12 Games Non-Conference Games Attendance Summary Totals Avg./Game Home 175,396 10,317 Away 120,444 10,949 Neutral 96,053 13,722 Total 391,893 11,197 6 OU vs. OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE

7 POINTS, REBOUNDS, ASSISTS Date Opponent CLARK NEYSMITH JOK CROCKER LEARY GODBOLD JOHNSON B. GRIFFIN LONGAR T. GRIFFIN DAVIS GERBER 11/8 San Francisco # /9 Denver # /12 Alcorn State DNP 11/15 vs. Memphis (3) $ DNP DNP DNP DNP 11/16 vs. Gardner Webb $ DNP DNP 11/21 Morehead State /29 at USC (22) % DNP DNP 12/2 at TCU /5 Tulsa DNP /8 Stephen F. Austin DNP DNP DNP DNP 12/15 Arkansas DNP DNP DNP 12/20 vs. Gonzaga (18) ^ DNP DNP DNP DNP 12/29 at West Virginia (23) & DNP DNP DNP 1/5 Rice DNP DNP DNP 1/7 Mount St. Mary s DNP /12 Kansas State DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1/14 at Kansas (3) DNP DNP /19 Texas Tech DNP DNP DNP DNP /26 at Baylor (25) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1/28 Oklahoma State DNP DNP DNP DNP 2/2 at Texas A&M (23) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2/6 Texas (12) DNP DNP DNP DNP /9 at Colorado DNP DNP DNP DNP /13 Iowa State DNP DNP DNP 2/16 at Texas Tech DNP DNP DNP 2/19 Baylor DNP DNP DNP 2/23 at Texas (7) DNP DNP /27 at Nebraska DNP DNP /1 Texas A&M DNP DNP /5 at Oklahoma State DNP DNP DNP DNP /8 Missouri DNP DNP DNP 3/14 vs. Colorado * DNP DNP DNP 3/15 vs. Texas (6) * DNP DNP DNP 3/21 vs. Saint Joseph s! DNP DNP DNP 3/23 vs. Louisville! DNP DNP Starters underlined Associated Press rankings in parentheses # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Regional Rounds (Norman, Okla.) $ 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Championship Rounds (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ^ O Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) & Charleston, W.Va. (considered by the NCAA as a true road game for OU) * Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.)! NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds (Birmingham, Ala.) Note: Keith Clark was ruled academically ineligible after the fall semester and was not enrolled at OU for the spring semester. OU vs. OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE 7

8 ROSTERS NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School) 1 Ryan Wright F Jr Mississauga, Ontario (UCLA) 3 T.J. Franklin G Fr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 5 Tony Crocker** G Jr San Antonio, Texas (The Patterson School [N.C.]) 11 Omar Leary* G Sr Portland, Ore. (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) 12 Juan Pattillo F Jr Las Vegas, Nev. (College of Southern Idaho) 13 Willie Warren G Fr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 20 Austin Johnson*** G Sr Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS) 21 Orlando Allen C So Cincinnati, Ohio (Paris [TX] JC) 23 Blake Griffin* F So Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 31 Kyle Cannon F So Baltimore, Md. (San Jacinto [TX] JC) 32 Taylor Griffin*** F Sr Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 34 Cade Davis* G So Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 41 Ray Willis G Fr Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake HS) 45 Beau Gerber** F Jr Winfield, Kan. (Winfield HS) ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School) 21 Orlando Allen C So Cincinnati, Ohio (Paris [TX] JC) 31 Kyle Cannon F So Baltimore, Md. (San Jacinto [TX] JC) 5 Tony Crocker** G Jr San Antonio, Texas (The Patterson School [N.C.]) 34 Cade Davis* G So Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 3 T.J. Franklin G Fr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 45 Beau Gerber** F Jr Winfield, Kan. (Winfield HS) 23 Blake Griffin* F So Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 32 Taylor Griffin*** F Sr Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 20 Austin Johnson*** G Sr Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS) 11 Omar Leary* G Sr Portland, Ore. (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) 12 Juan Pattillo F Jr Las Vegas, Nev. (College of Southern Idaho) 13 Willie Warren G Fr Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) 41 Ray Willis G Fr Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake HS) 1 Ryan Wright F Jr Mississauga, Ontario (UCLA) * Letters earned at Oklahoma STAFF Head Coach: Jeff Capel (Duke 97); third season at OU Assistant Coaches: Ben Betts (Roanoke College 90); third season at OU Mark Cline (Wake Forest 88); third season at OU Oronde Taliaferro (Wayne State 94); second season at OU Director of Basketball Operations: Bryan Goodman (Barat College 96); third season at OU Video Coordinator: Dionne Phelps (Texas Lutheran 89); third season at OU Strength and Conditioning Coach: Darby Rich (Alabama 92); fifth season at OU Trainer: Alex Brown (Appalachian State); 22nd season at OU Team Physician: Dr. Brock Schnebel (Northwestern Oklahoma State); 13th season at OU Graduate Assistant Managers: Yanni Hufnagel, Kellen Sampson PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Juan Pattillo: puh-till-o Oronde Taliaferro: o-ron-day tal-uh-fair-o 8 OU vs. OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE