Softball: Three OU players drafted
The Oklahoma softball team had three players taken in the 2008 National Pro Fastpitch Senior Draft on Monday. Seniors Savannah Long, Susan Ogden and Lauren Eckermann were three of the 24 senior softball players taken in the draft.
The Sooners tied Georgia Tech with the most selections by one team as each school had three players taken in the draft. OU also led all Big 12 schools with the most selections as Texas A&M’s Megan Gibson was the only other Big 12 player selected.
Golf: OU women 11th
The University of Oklahoma women’s golf team tied for 11th place with SMU in its spring season opener at the Central District Invitational in Parrish, Fla. The Sooners shot a final-round 310 Tuesday at the 6,099-yard, par-72 River Wilderness Golf and Country Club. Host Michigan State won the tournament with a three-round score of 892.
Wrestling: Looking ahead to Bedlam
The second installment of Bedlam hits the Howard McCasland Field House in Norman this Thursday, Feb. 21, when the No. 17 Sooners host the No. 3 Oklahoma State Cowboys in final Big 12 dual for both squads. The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 5:30.
Golf: OU men finish third
The University of Oklahoma men’s golf jumped to third to close out the 13th annual UTSA Intercollegiate at Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday.
Men’s hoops: A little more from Glockner
By Scott Wright
My interview with ESPN.com’s Andy Glockner for today’s story was fairly interesting, so I figured I should share some more of it with you. Here’s what else the “Bubble Watch” master had to say:
“Given their injury troubles, especially with Longar Longar and losing three straight, I thought that might be the breaking point for Oklahoma. But they’re a team that’s better than a lot of people realize. The fact that Longar came back will help them with the committee. The question is, can you validate your profile with everyone you have available for the NCAA Tournament? So Oklahoma will get some credit for those losses when Longar was out.”
