Tennis: OU wins at Wichita
The University of Oklahoma men’s tennis team dominated play Saturday at the 2007-08 Shocker Invitational.
Oklahoma opened with three doubles matches wins against Wichita State.
Track: OU sprinters dominate at Tech
LUBBOCK, Texas — Latoya Greaves and Marcus Pugh both picked up titles as four of the five University of Oklahoma sprinters who competed at the Texas Tech Invitational finished in top five in their respective events Saturday.
Gymnastics: OU women win
Sweeping all four event titles for the third consecutive meet, the No. 9 OU women’s gymnastics squad coasted to a 196.45-192.8 victory over Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas, on Saturday night. Senior All-American Kiara Redmond-Sturms won her third all-around title of the season in front of the second-largest crowd in TWU history as the Sooners posted season high’s on bars (49.2) and floor (49.275).
Basketball: Sooners beat Tech; season stats
Gutsy win by the OU men today, considering all they are lacking in the middle. It looks like the O.G. (Original Griffin) can play, too. If OU can survive until Blake Griffin gets back then maybe, just maybe, they could get to .500 in the conference and make the NCAA tournament.
Here’s this year’s season stats – oustats.pdf
Look for a recap of the game on the NewsOK mothership.
- Mike Koehler
Links: Is Stoops the new Carr?
Some links for today.
* The Sooners have already fallen in SI.com’s pre-pre-preseason poll.
* One web blogger tries to answer the question: Is Stoops the new Lloyd Carr?
* Now that they have a head coach, Husker fans wonder if he’s getting paid enough.
* The Vikings have Adrian Peterson, but now need to build around him.
* Another take on the Sooners’ NFL defections.
* A Sooner blogger breaks down the 2008 football schedule.
- Mike Koehler
Basketball: Longar’s journey
In case you missed it, here are three great video interviews by Scott Wright and Brandon Chatmon with OU’s Longar Longar – Mike Koehler.
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Football: Scouts dig Patrick
From an ESPN Insider’s East/West Shrine Game reporter:
“Oklahoma’s Allen Patrick is the highest-rated running back on the West squad. He shows good vision to find the open crease and very few backs in the country hit the hole harder. Patrick displays very good straight-line burst and always seems to be falling forward at the end of runs. However, the more we study Patrick from a big-picture perspective the more concerns we have regarding his NFL potential. For starters, he is a powerful runner but has only decent size, which begs the question of how long his body can hold up under a regular workload at the next level. Secondly, he shows limited elusiveness which limits his potential both as a runner and receiver. Finally, while Patrick has yet to drop a pass in practice he clearly fights the ball and struggles to snatch it seamlessly on the run. Patrick should make for a fine change-of-pace back who excels on special teams in the NFL, but at the end of the day that résumé won’t be enticing enough for a team to risk a pick any higher than the fourth round.”
The game will be televised tonight at 6 p.m. on ESPN. The other three Sooners in the game are Joe Jon Finley, Garrett Hartley and Marcus Walker.
