Jeff Capel fired as Oklahoma men’s basketball coach
What do you think of the Sooners firing men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel? A source told The Oklahoman’s Berry Tramel: “We just felt we couldn’t afford to sit here and wait another season.” Do you agree?
Who would you like to see Oklahoma go after to replace Capel? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
Robinson, Ellenberg All-Big 12
Oklahoma senior point guard Danielle Robinson was named first team All-Big 12 by coaches and Aaryn Ellenberg was named to the All-Freshman team.
It’s the third straight season Robinson has been All-Big 12. She also was a unanimous selection on the All-Defensive team. Robinson was named to the all-defense team all four seasons.
Robinson was the league’s fourth leading scorer, averaging 18.4 points. She was also among the league’s top five in field goal percentage, assists and steals.
With 2,047 career points, Robinson enters postseason as the ninth-leading scorer in Big 12 history. The San Jose, native also is seventh all-time in assists and sixth in steals.
Ellenberg was a unanimous selection to All-Freshman team and an honorable mention to the All-Big 12 Team.
The Las Vegas native was the conference’s leading freshmen scorer, averaging 16.9 points, the top free throw shooter and fifth leading-rebounder among first-year players.
Davis Player of the Week
OU senior guard Cade Davis was named the Big 12 Player of the Week after averaging 21.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists against Texas Tech and Oklahoma State.
The 6-foot-5 Elk City product shot 51.7 percent from the field in the two games, including a win over OSU that helped the Sooners end an eight-game losing streak.
Last Wednesday at Texas Tech, Davis scored a game-high 21 points on 9-for-17 shooting. In the 64-61 win over OSU, Davis scored a game-high 22 points grabbed a team-high six rebounds and dished out three assists. He was 6-for-12 from the field and 10-for-13 from the free throw line while playing all 40 minutes.
Davis has scored in double figures in six straight games and has led the Sooners in scoring in each of the last five. During the five-game stretch, he is averaging 20.8 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 52.3 percent from the field and .722 from the foul line (26-for-36). Thirty-three percent of his free throw attempts on the year have come over the last five outings.
OU’s lone senior ranks fifth in school history with 176 3-point field goals. He needs 26 points to become the 37th Sooner to reach 1,000 career points.
Ellenberg honored again
Guard Aaryn Ellenberg earned the season’s final Big 12 Freshman of the Week honor, the fourth time this season the Las Vegas product has won the award.
Ellenberg paced OU in both games last week, scoring 23 points in a victory over Oklahoma State and 16 in loss at Texas Tech.
Ellenberg shot 50 percent from the field against the Cowgirls, hitting 8-of-16 shots, including 5-of-10 on 3-pointers. She added three assists and a steal as OU defeated its in-state rival for the eighth straight time and 24th in the last 25 meetings.
Against Texas Tech, Ellenberg kept OU in the game. She also matched a personal best with seven rebounds to go with two assists to just one turnover in 40 minutes on the court.
The freshman is just three 3-pointers shy of matching OU’s single-season record of 88 made by Erin Higgins in the 2005-06 season.
Robinson named Academic All-American
Oklahoma senior point guard Danielle Robinson was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Women’s Basketball Team announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Robinson, who maintains a 3.50 GPA in sociology, was named to the second team and is the seventh OU women’s basketball player to earn the distinction of Academic All-American.
The senior from San Jose, Calif., leads the Sooners with 18.7 points and 4.8 assists per game. Robinson is also a Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award finalist and candidate for national player of the year honors, including the Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, Wooden Award and Nancy Lieberman Award given to the nation’s top point guard.
UConn’s Maya Moore led the first team as Academic All-American of the Year. Moore was joined by Erin Anthony (Army), Kathleen Berry (Columbia), Amanda Johnson (Oregon) and Liz Repella (West Virginia).
Robinson was joined on the second team by Angie Bjorklund (Tennessee), Jacqui Kalin (Northern Iowa), Kaihla Szunko (Central Michigan) and Jasmine Thomas (Duke).
The third team consisted of Jenna Barsokas (Lipscomb), Amanda Best (New Mexico), Rachel Clancy (Cal Poly SLO), Alyessa Karel (Wisconsin) and Kayla Tetschlag (Wisconsin-Green Bay).
