Sunday, December 16, 2007
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Big 12 Top 20 (Dec 17)
Big 12 top 20 (Dec 17)
1. D.J. Augustine – Texas
2. Aleks Maric – Nebraska
3. Michael Beasley - Kansas State
4. A.J. Abrams – Texas
5. Mario Chalmers – Kansas
6. James Anderson – OSU down
7. Brandon Rush – Kansas
8. Martin Zeno – Texas Tech down
9. Josh Carter – Texas A&M
10. Darrell Arthur – Kansas
11. Richard Roby – Colorado UP
12. Joseph Jones – Texas A&M
13. Sherron Collins – Kansas (injury)
14. Stefhon Hannah – Missouri
15. Curtis Jerrells – Baylor
16. Longar Longar – OU UP
17. Demare Carroll – Missouri
18. Blake Griffin – OU
19. Darnell Jackson – Kansas
20. Tony Crocker – OU
Honorable Mention
1. Connor Atchley – Texas UP
2. Kevin Rogers – Baylor
3. Craig Brackins – Iowa State
4. Damian James - Texas
5. Ryan Anderson – Nebraska UP

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Monday, December 10, 2007
BIg 12 Top 20 (Dec 10)
Big 12 top 20 (Dec 10)
1. D.J. Augustine – Texas UP
2. Michael Beasley - Kansas State
3. Aleks Maric – Nebraska
4. Martin Zeno – Texas Tech
5. A.J. Abrams – Texas UP
6. James Anderson – OSU UP
7. Mario Chalmers – Kansas
8. Brandon Rush – Kansas down
9. Josh Carter – Texas A&M
10. Joseph Jones – Texas A&M
11. Darrell Arthur – Kansas
12. Sherron Collins – Kansas (injury)
13. Stefhon Hannah – Missouri
14. Richard Roby – Colorado DOWN
15. Demare Carroll – Missouri
16. Curtis Jerrells – Baylor
17. Blake Griffin – Oklahoma
18. Marcus Hall – Colorado
19. Darnell Jackson – Kansas
20. Tony Crocker – Oklahoma
Honorable Mention
1. Damian James – Texas UP
2. Longar Longar – OU UP
3. Kevin Rogers – Baylor UP
4. Craig Brackins – Iowa State down
5. Bill Walker – Kansas St.

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1998 Narrative
This is for your enjoyment. (School is cancelled today due to ice.)

It was the winter of 1998. I was a freshman at OU and had just finished my pledgeship to the Beta fraternity as well as completing my first set of finals in college. INOJ was the popular artist at the time and "The Norm Show" was taking Television by storm with it's creative story lines and the fine acting of Norm McDonald. The Oklahoma football team had just ended their season with a 5-6 record and the basketball team had just come off a season ending in a first round loss at the hands of none other than Indiana and coach Bob Knight. The 1998 season was 4 games underway and the Sooners were coming off a 68-64 loss at home to lowly Murray State. They were unranked and taking on the #19 team in the nation, the Arkansas Razorbacks at the Lloyd Noble Center. The Razorbacks had recently been involved in two National Title games and after losing key players like Corliss Williamson to the NBA they had reloaded with young talented players such as McDonalds All-American, Kareem Reid (who would later go on to play stints for the Harlem Globetrotters and New Orleans Hornets), three point specialist Pat Bradley, McDonalds All-American Derek Hood (who would go on to play for the Charlotte Hornets) and the high-flying freshman, Brandon Dean. Standing only 6 feet 1 inch, Dean wowed the crowd with his dunks during warm-ups, going between the legs and displaying his 40+ inch vertical leap.

Once the game started though, it would be all Sooners. In a game that featured Sooners who played below the rim, the Sooners would take apart the Hogs one three-pointer at a time. Sophomore guard Tim Hesket would hit 5 of his 10 three-point attempts and senior forward Eric Martin would connect on 5 three-pointers as well. After draining another from downtown, Martin would high-five the referee on his way back in a symbol of pure joy.

It would go down as my favorite OU basketball game during my college years!

Hopefully this Saturday history will repeat itself, and the Sooners will erase the memory of a 66-62 loss to the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks by knocking off the 2007 version of the Arkansas Razorbacks!

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Random OU picture




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a stat you don't often see
• OU's top five scorers (Blake Griffin, Tony Crocker, Longar Longar, Omar Leary and Austin Johnson) are all shooting over .500 from the field. They own a combined .536 field goal mark on the year.

Oklahoma Projected Starters
Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Year Stats / Notes
F 23 Blake Griffin 6-10 243 Fr. 13.6 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 57.7 FG%
C 30 Longar Longar 6-7 230 Jr. 10.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 50.8 FG%
G 5 Tony Crocker 6-6 193 So. 11.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 54.8 3FG%
G 11 Omar Leary 5-10 163 Jr. 8.5 ppg, 2.3 apg, 52.2 FG%
G 20 Austin Johnson 6-3 165 Jr. 7.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 51.1 FG%

Here are some other notable college basketball players along with their FG%

87% - Joey Dorsey MEMPHIS
48% - Jai Lucas FLORIDA
46% - Chase Budinger ARIZONA
46% - Jeremy Pargo GONZAGA
45 % - O.J Mayo USC
45 % - Donte Green SYRACUSE
40% - Drew Lavender XAVIER
39% - Scottie Reynolds VILLANOVA
38% - Obi Muonelo OKLAHOMA STATE
36% - Chris Lofton TENNESSEE

The only two teams I could find that have 5 starters shooting 50% was North Carolina and Texas.

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Labels: basketball, OU, starters


Big 12 top 20
This week's list was hard to make. Players 3-30 are all about the same. The honorable mention could include about 5-10 other guys easily. There's just a bunch of average players in the big 12 this year so far since Durant, Jackson, Boggan/Curry, Acie Law, etc left.

1.Michael Beasley - Kansas State
2.D.J. Augustine – Texas
3.Aleks Maric – Nebraska
4.Brandon Rush – Kansas down
5.Richard Roby – Colorado
6.Joseph Jones – Texas A&M
7.Mario Chalmers – Kansas up
8.A.J. Abrams – Texas DOWN
9.Martin Zeno – Texas Tech
10.Josh Carter – Texas A&M
11.Stefhon Hannah – Missouri UP
12.Sherron Collins – Kansas (injury)
13.James Anderson – OSU UP
14.Darrell Arthur – Kansas
15.Demare Carroll – Missouri
16.Blake Griffin – Oklahoma
17.Curtis Jerrells - Baylor
18.Craig Brackins – Iowa State
19.Marcus Hall – Colorado UP
20.Darnell Jackson – Kansas

Honorable Mention

1.Wesley Johnson – Iowa State
2.LaceDarius Dunn – Baylor
3.Damian James - Texas
4.Alan Voskuil – Texas Tech
5.Tony Crocker - Oklahoma