SOONERS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 PREVIEW SEASON
General Information....................................................... 2 Schedule ........................................................................ 3 Photo Roster .................................................................. 4 Rosters ........................................................................... 5 Season Outlook .............................................................. 6 Preseason Notebook..................................................... 11 Player Poll .................................................................... 12
13 SOONER! BOOMER
Accomplished History................................................... 14 The OU Experience ....................................................... 16 Lloyd Noble Center ....................................................... 18 Sooner Success ............................................................. 22 Final Four History ......................................................... 23 Sooner Spirit ................................................................ 24 Strength and Conditioning ........................................... 26 Community Involvement.............................................. 27 The University .............................................................. 28
31 PLAYERS THE
Cade Davis .................................................................... 32 T.J. Franklin................................................................... 34 Barry Honoré................................................................ 36 Romero Osby ................................................................ 37 Nick Thompson............................................................. 38 C.J. Washington ............................................................ 39 Andrew Fitzgerald........................................................ 40 Kyle Hardrick ................................................................ 42 Steven Pledger ............................................................. 44 Carl Blair Jr. .................................................................. 46 Ryan Randolph ............................................................. 47 Abdul Ahmed ............................................................... 48 Cameron Clark .............................................................. 49 Tyler Neal ..................................................................... 50 Calvin Newell Jr. ........................................................... 51 T.J. Taylor ...................................................................... 52
53 STAFF THE
Jeff Capel...................................................................... 54 Ben Betts ..................................................................... 58 Bryan Goodman ........................................................... 59 Dionne Phelps .............................................................. 60 Deren Boyd .................................................................. 61 Jozsef Szendrei ............................................................. 62 Basketball Support Staff............................................... 63 David L. Boren .............................................................. 67 Joe Castiglione ............................................................. 68 Athletics Administration/Head Coaches ....................... 70
71 77 OPPONENTS THE
Coppin State/North Carolina Central............................. 72 Texas Southern/Maui Invitational ................................ 73 Kentucky/Virginia ........................................................ 74 Washington/Arkansas .................................................. 75 Arizona/Gardner-Webb ................................................ 76 Oral Roberts/Cincinnati ................................................ 77 Sacramento State/Central Arkansas ............................. 78 Maryland Eastern Shore/Texas A&M............................. 79 Baylor/Texas................................................................. 80 Texas Tech/Colorado ..................................................... 81 Iowa State/Oklahoma State ......................................... 82 Missouri/Nebraska ....................................................... 83 Kansas State/Kansas .................................................... 84 Non-Conference Opponent History............................... 85 Big 12 Opponent History .............................................. 86 All-Time Series Records ................................................ 92
93 REVIEW THE
2009-10 Recap ............................................................. 94 Season Results ............................................................. 96 Overall Statistics........................................................... 97 Points, Rebounds, Assists .............................................. 98 Game-by-Game Totals .................................................. 99 Individual Highs ......................................................... 100 Team Highs and Lows................................................. 101 Big 12 In Review ........................................................ 102 Big 12 Leaders............................................................ 103 Game Recaps.............................................................. 107
117 RECORDS THE
Individual Records ...................................................... 118 Team Records ............................................................. 119 Lloyd Noble Center Records ........................................ 120 Career Leaders............................................................ 121 Single-Season Leaders ............................................... 123 Year-by-Year Leaders.................................................. 125 Year-by-Year Team Statistics....................................... 128 Freshman Category Leaders ....................................... 130 Big 12 Championship ................................................. 131 Postseason Results ..................................................... 134 Postseason Single-Game Records ............................... 135 Postseason Individual Highs....................................... 136 OU Postseason Team Highs ......................................... 137 Opponent Postseason Team Highs.............................. 138 NCAA Tournament Category Leaders .......................... 139 1,000-Point Scorers .................................................... 140 Single-Game Scoring Highs ........................................ 147 Single-Game Rebounding and Assist Highs................ 149 100-Point Games ....................................................... 150 Double/Triple-Doubles ............................................... 152
153 HISTORY THE
Sooner Coaches .......................................................... 154 Individual Honors ....................................................... 156 Sooners in the NBA..................................................... 158 Honored Jerseys ......................................................... 159 Letterwinners ............................................................ 160 Year-by-Year Records ................................................. 162 Regular Season Events ............................................... 164 Sooners in the AP Poll ................................................ 166 Year-by-Year Rosters .................................................. 167 Year-by-Year Results .................................................. 173
189 INFORMATION MEDIA
Athletics Communications.......................................... 190 Athletics Directory...................................................... 191 Coverage Guidelines ................................................... 192 Media Outlets............................................................. 193 Radio Coverage .......................................................... 194 Television Coverage .................................................... 195 Big 12 Conference ...................................................... 196 Big 12 Composite Schedule ........................................ 197 Big 12 Championship Bracket..................................... 199 Maps and Directions................................................... 200
MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS The 2010-11 University of Oklahoma men’s basketball media guide was designed and produced in-house by the OU Athletics Department in Norman, Okla., using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. The guide was printed by OU Printing Services of Norman and distributed at no cost to the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. (October 2010) WRITER, EDITOR & DESIGNER Mike Houck COVER DESIGN Scott Matthews EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Ben Coldagelli, Clark Wilson, Jennifer Van Tuyl, Debbie Copp PHOTOGRAPHY Ty Russell, Lisa Hall, Jerry Laizure, Rich Clarkson, Simon Hurst, ICON Sports Media, Thom Kendall/ Schwartzman Sports, NBAE, Jennifer Pottheiser, Mickey Sehorn, Larry W. Smith, Shevaun Williams, John Williamson, J.P. Wilson, Fayetteville NewsObserver, OU Athletics Media Relations Archives, OU Western History Collections, USA Basketball, US PRESSWIRE
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