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Blake Griffin may go, but this could be start of something big for OU

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: March 30, 2009    Comment on this article Leave a comment


MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A player for the ages has passed before our eyes.

photo - OU’s Blake Griffin sits in the locker room after the 72-60 loss to North Carolina in Sunday’s Elite Eight game in Memphis, Tenn. PHOTO BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER, THE OKLAHOMAN
OU’s Blake Griffin sits in the locker room after the 72-60 loss to North Carolina in Sunday’s Elite Eight game in Memphis, Tenn. PHOTO BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER, THE OKLAHOMAN

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Don’t believe it? North Carolina coach Roy Williams, whose fabulous team beat Oklahoma 72-60 on Sunday in the South Regional championship game but was dented by Griffin for 23 points and 16 rebounds, likened Griffin to LeBron James. That’s an upgrade from even Superman.

"Such a package of strength, explosiveness, touch, power,” said Williams, who has coached against a fair number of big-time ballplayers. "You know, it’s hard to match that.”

Said OU coach Jeff Capel, "There will never be another Blake Griffin.”

True enough. But that doesn’t mean there will never be another Oklahoma run this deep — or deeper — into the NCAA Tournament.

Wayman Tisdale, the man many finger as the greatest player in OU history, reached this far and no further. In 1985, Tisdale’s Sooners were denied a Final Four berth by Memphis State, and Mr. T soon thereafter left school early for the NBA, as Griffin surely will do, too.

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