Toolsview all


Believe it: OU Sooners have a good team

 
By John Rohde | Published: January 13, 2009    Comment on this article Leave a comment

NORMAN — There’s a reason Oklahoma men’s basketball is off to its best start in 23 years.

photo - Jeff Capel's Sooners took it to Texas on Monday night and came out with a 78-63 win. Now Capel thinks it's time OU gets a little respect. PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN/NEWSOK.COM
Jeff Capel's Sooners took it to Texas on Monday night and came out with a 78-63 win. Now Capel thinks it's time OU gets a little respect. PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN/NEWSOK.COM

Multimedia

Videoview all videos

OU Basketball with John Helsley thumbnail

OU Basketball with John Helsley

Jan 12The Red River Rivalry continues.

Related content

Links

NewsOK Related Articles

The No. 6-ranked Sooners are 16-1 because they’re good.

At times, they’re extremely good.

Further proof came with a 78-63 victory over No. 11-ranked Texas on Big Monday before a sellout crowd of 12,423 at Lloyd Noble Center.

Texas coach Rick Barnes threw a revolving door of players at OU, but to no avail as the Sooners snapped their six-game losing streak against the Longhorns.

There’s no debating forward Blake Griffin was the best player on the floor, collecting a nation-leading 14th double-double this season and finishing with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

But the Sooners appear to have a full complement of players in the starting lineup.

Page 1 of 2

Toolsview all



Related Topics: Basketball, Sports, College Basketball, College Athletics



Leave a Comment

Thank you for joining our conversation on NewsOK.com. We encourage your discussion but ask that you stay within the bounds of our commenting and posting policy. Please help by flagging comments that violate these guidelines. Posts that contain obscene or vulgar language will be immediately flagged and not posted.

If you prefer your thoughts to appear in The Oklahoman, we encourage you to submit a letter to the editor.

Would you like to leave a comment?

Log in or sign up (it's free).

comments powered by Disqus

Ads by Yahoo!

Woman is 53 But Looks 24
Mom reveals simple wrinkle secret that has angered doctors...
ConsumerLifestyles.org
5 Foods you must not eat
Cut down a bit of stomach fat every day by never eating these 5 foods
Beyonddiet.com

Sports Photo Galleriesview all