Gymnastics: One more time, Horton honored
For the third time this season, Oklahoma’s Jonathan Horton has been named Gymnast of the Week by the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The senior from Houston, Texas, was also honored by the conference on Feb. 11 and Feb. 25.
Wrestling: OU gets ready for NCAAs
Five Sooner wrestlers will set their sights on the podium at the NCAA Championships beginning this Thursday, March 20, in St. Louis, Mo. The action starts at 11 a.m., and will run through Saturday, March 22.
NFL: Malcolm Kelly will work out in Norman April 9
Malcolm Kelly will work on in Norman on April 9, according to a press released sent out by his agents on Tuesday.
Kelly also has workout visits set up with several teams interested in him. He is projected to be one of the first wide receivers to be drafted.
Kelly worked out for Buffalo on Tuesday. He will work out for Minnesota on April 10, Pittsburgh April 10-11, Dallas April 17-18 and Washington April 15-16.
Golf: OU women’s round suspended
After morning play was suspended due to heavy rain and standing water on the greens, Tuesday’s second round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at the University of Texas Golf Club was cancelled at 1:45 p.m. CT. The cause for cancellation was multiple lightning strikes in the area.
Men’s hoops: Tourney talk in Philly
By Scott Wright
Here are some stories out of Philadelphia, to give you an idea of what they’re saying up there about the Oklahoma-St. Joseph’s first-round NCAA Tournament game.
St. Joseph’s, Oklahoma ready for first meeting: from the Philly Inquirer.
And Philly Daily News columnist Dick Jerardi, a long-time college basketball writer, touches on the fact that three Philadelphia teams made the Tournament.
Men’s hoops: Recruiting tidbit
By Scott Wright
Oklahoma is still in the running for Lilburn, Ga., wing Wesley Witherspoon. The 6-foot-8, 185-pound high school senior is still looking at about eight different schools, including Oklahoma, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, Arizona and Texas.
Witherspoon has two official visits remaining, but his mother, Carolyn, said Monday that the family has made unofficial visits to virtually all of the nearby schools recruiting her son and he will use at least one of his official visits to go somewhere farther away.
She said the family will decide whether to use the visit for a trip to Arizona, Oklahoma or Colorado. But not getting a visit doesn’t mean the school is out of the picture. Carolyn said the OU coaches have been keeping up with Wesley since last summer and he gets along with them well.
Men’s hoops: Sooner ‘dogs
By Scott Wright
OU is a 4 1/2 point underdog today against Texas. Not bad, considering they’ve lost to the Horns twice by an average of 13 1/2 points.
Maybe the bookmakers feel the Sooners are playing well, though they must have missed the disaster that was OU’s 54-49 win over Colorado Friday. Still, the Longhorns haven’t been terribly impressive lately, so the Sooners should feel like they’ve got a good chance.
In bracketology news, OU is still holding strong as a No. 7 seed. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has them as a 7 going to Birmingham, where they’re paired up with Miami, then the No. 2 seed Georgetown.
CollegeHoops.net, the Sporting News and Yahoo! have the Sooners at a 7, while Fox Sports, Sports Illustrated and Bracketography have OU at an 8 seed.
Jerry Palm has the Sooners at 7 against South Alabama, though not everyone else is as high on South Alabama. But Palm has OU going to Raleigh and paired with the No. 2 seed Duke. That’s not desirable on many levels.
Men’s hoops: Halftime blog
By Scott Wright
Longar Longar is wearing black shoes.
That’s about the most exciting thing that has taken place in the first 20 minutes of basketball between Oklahoma and Colorado in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals here at Sprint Center.
The Sooners are up 26-21 and Longar’s black shoes have him on pace for a triple-double — a rather dubious one. Seven rebounds, six points and five turnovers
Gymnastics: Horton up for top award
Senior Jonathan Horton has been named one of seven finalists for the Nissen-Emery Award, given annually to the nation’s top senior men’s gymnast. Considered the Heisman Trophy of collegiate gymnastics, the Nissen-Emery Award will be presented at the 2008 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships banquet on Wednesday, April 16, in Stanford, Calif.
Track: Six Sooners at NCAAs
The Oklahoma indoor track team returns to Fayetteville, Ark., for the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The event, hosted by the University of Arkansas, will consist of two days of competition on today and Saturday.
