OU’s weekly notes
Straight from the source, here’s OU athletic notes for the week.
MEN’S BASKETBALL (13-5, 1-2)
Last Week: The Sooners split their two games, losing 85-55 at No. 3 Kansas on Monday before regrouping to beat Texas Tech 63-61 at home on Saturday. Longar Longar scored a team-high 21 points against Kansas and shared team-high honors with Taylor Griffin by netting 16 points versus Texas Tech. Against the Red Raiders, Longar added nine rebounds and three blocks while Griffin grabbed 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the year.
Women’s basketball: Sherri is ‘most fun to watch’
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its winners for the 2008 WBCA Superlatives – an OU coach Sherri coach has been named the “Most Fun to Watch.”
Here are the other winners.
Most Inspirational:Kay Yow (NC State)
Most Likely to get a Technical Foul: Geno Auriemma (Connecticut)
Best Pep Band: Tennessee
Rising Star: Coquese Washington (Penn State)
Best Coaching Combo: Pat Summitt/Holly Warlick (Tennessee)
Most Fun to Watch (Coach or School): Sherri Coale (Oklahoma)
Best Community Support: Tennessee
Best Tradition: Tennessee
Best Host School: Tennessee
Most Competitive Coach: Pat Summitt
Links: Adrian up, OU women down
Working the late shift tonight, so here’s a second set of links about OU. – Mike Koehler
* Adrian Peterson is one of the NFL running backs that did right in the 2007 season.
* More draft brainiacs in action. Here’s a composite rankings for WR.
* Observations on the OU women’s troubles.
OU podcast for Monday, Jan. 21
Here’s today’s OU podcast with Jake Trotter, Blake Jackson, Scott Wright and John Helsley talking Taylor Griffin, OU’s new juco commits and the struggling women’s basketball team.
Women’s basketball: OU gets ready for Baylor
Here are the game notes for the OU women’s game against Baylor on Sunday. A must win? – Mike Koehler
Oklahoma vs. Baylor
No. 11 Oklahoma (11-3, 2-1 Big 12) hosts No. 6 Baylor (15-1, 3-0) in the second tilt of OU’s five-game January home stretch. Sunday is “Cheer Like a Champion” Day as 12,000 limited edition white T-shirts distributed for fans in attendance will brighten the Lloyd Noble Center. A capacity crowd is expected. Approximately 10,400 tickets have been sold.
The game airs on ESPN2 with Pam Ward and Kara Lawson on the call.
Tip-off is 2:02 p.m. Central.
Record Watch
Courtney Paris is 27 rebounds shy of former Baylor star Sophia Young’s Big 12 career rebounds record. Young totaled 1,316 between 2002-06.
