OU’s Lon Kruger isn’t just recruiting players — he’s recruiting fans

 
BY MIKE BALDWIN Staff Writer | Published: May 1, 2011   

NORMAN — New Oklahoma men’s basketball coach Lon Kruger has been busy recruiting.

Players and students.

Kruger has signed three players. But in his first month on the job, Kruger also has made it a priority to improve attendance, which declined during Jeff Capel’s final two seasons.

photo - Sarah Rainey, Kappa Alpha Theta Junior from Edmond and Nick Coffey, Beta Theta Pi president and Oklahoma City sophomore, talk with University of Oklahoma (OU) head college basketball coach Lon Kruger at a lunch with fraternity and sorority members on Thursday, April 28, 2011, in Norman, Okla. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD
Sarah Rainey, Kappa Alpha Theta Junior from Edmond and Nick Coffey, Beta Theta Pi president and Oklahoma City sophomore, talk with University of Oklahoma (OU) head college basketball coach Lon Kruger at a lunch with fraternity and sorority members on Thursday, April 28, 2011, in Norman, Okla. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

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“We’ve heard over and over since we’ve been here the student interest hasn’t been what we need it to be,” Kruger said. “So we set out with that being our No. 1 priority. Our No....
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