LLOYD NOBLE CENTER HISTORY HOME COURT ADVANTAGE It’s known as the house Alvan Adams built and Wayman Tisdale filled. It’s also where Billy Tubbs resurrected Oklahoma basketball, where Kelvin Sampson kept it flying high and where Blake Griffin put together arguably the best season in school history. Now, first-year OU head coach Lon Kruger calls Lloyd Noble Center home and looks to continue a remarkable run of Sooner success inside the building. Under Tubbs, Oklahoma amassed a stellar 195-28 (.874) record inside Lloyd Noble Center. During a seven-year stretch from the 1983-84 through 1989-90 seasons, the Sooners went a combined 108-2 (.982) inside the building with five undefeated campaigns. The home court advantage has continued, as evidenced by the fact that the Sooners have won 368 of their last 422 home encounters, good for a remarkable .872 winning percentage. Included in the stretch was a school-record 51-game winning streak (ended in 1990-91). The Sooners also recorded a Big 12 Conference record 37-game home court winning streak (ended in 2003) and enters the 2011-12 campaign as winners in 85 of their last 87 home non-conference games. Since its dedication in 1975, nearly five million fans have passed through the Lloyd Noble doors expecting an Oklahoma victory.
OU’S LARGEST VICTORY MARGINS AT LLOYD NOBLE CENTER Margin 95 81 72 70 68 68 68 63 63 63 60 59 59 56 54 53 52 51 51 50 50 50
160
Score 146-51 146-65 173-101 94-24 130-62 132-64 152-84 99-36 144-81 162-99 172-112 104-45 109-50 107-51 103-49 112-59 134-82 102-51 113-62 121-71 123-73 126-76
Opponent Northeastern Illinois Florida A&M U.S. International Arkansas-Pine Bluff Angelo State Southern Utah State Centenary Norfolk State Morgan State Angelo State Loyola Marymount Florida A&M Eastern Illinois Nicholls State Coppin State Idaho State Arkansas-Little Rock Western Carolina Colorado West Texas State Loyola-Chicago Southwestern (Texas)
2011-12 OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL
Date 12/2/89 1/27/93 11/29/89 12/2/03 12/4/89 12/20/88 12/12/87 11/10/06 12/21/91 12/1/90 12/15/90 12/30/04 12/18/01 1/14/84 12/16/00 1/8/92 1/9/90 11/27/98 1/18/75 1/8/93 12/5/87 12/10/84
Oklahoma’s Lloyd Noble Center winning percentage (463-81) since the building opened in 1975.
51
.851
LNC winning streaks assembled by the Sooners in the late 1980s (51) and early 2000s (37).
The number of times Oklahoma has won in its last 87 home non-conference games. The Sooners have won 27 straight home non-league games at Lloyd Noble Center.
144
37
85
The number of victories for the Sooners in their last 166 games at Lloyd Noble Center, good for a .867 winning percentage.