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Maryland Eastern Shore At #6 Oklahoma Men’s Basketball Game Thread

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Tip Time: 7:07 pm (CST)

Location: Lloyd Noble Center

TV: Fox Sports

Radio: KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City, KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa

 Maryland Eastern Shore's Projected Starters
Pos.
No.
  Name
Ht.
Wt.
Year
  2008-09 Stats
F
1
  Keishawn Mayes
6-7
235
Fr.
  10.7 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 36.8 3FG%
F
34
  Neal Pitt
6-6
230
Jr.
  16.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 68 FTA's
C
32
  Tyler Hines
6-6
230
Fr.
  5.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 58.6 FG%
G
3
  Marc Davis
5-10
175
So.
  5.2 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.7 apg
G
25
  Jamie Boyer
6-1
175
Fr.
  1.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg

 Oklahoma's Projected Starters
Pos.
No.
  Name
Ht.
Wt.
Year
  2008-09 Stats
F
23
  Blake Griffin
6-10
251
So.
  22.2 ppg, 13.9 rpg, 66.3 FG%
F
32
  Taylor Griffin
6-7
238
Sr.
  9.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 51.2 FG%
G
5
  Tony Crocker
6-6
206
Jr.
  10.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 35.4 3FG%
G
13
  Willie Warren
6-4
207
Fr.
  16.3 ppg, 3.0 apg, 50.6 FG%
G
20
  Austin Johnson
6-3
176
Sr.
  6.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 4.3 apg 

Jeff Capel won’t be on the sideline for the Sooners tonight but it may not matter for this game. Here’s to hoping that he’s healthy and ready to go when the Sooners begin conference play Saturday at Kansas State.

 

The Texas/Ohio State game thread will be located in the Fan Posts section and then moved to the main page after the basketball game. My son has a basketball game tonight a 7:00 as well so I’ll be on as soon as possible.

 

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Sooners Drop To #6 In AP

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After dropping their first game of the season at Arkansas last week the Oklahoma men’s basketball team dropped to #6 in this week’s AP and Coaches Polls. Texas checks in at #7 and Baylor is #23.

AP Top 25

RankTeamRecordPtsLast Week
1. 14-0 1798 3
2. 12-1 1660 5
3. 13-1 1651 1
4. 13-0 1553 6
5. 12-1 1474 2
6. 13-1 1358 4
7. 11-2 1348 8
8. 11-2 1269 10
9. 10-2 1208 11
10. 12-2 1162 12
11. 14-1 1113 13
12. 14-0 968 20
13. 10-3 802 7
14. 11-3 774 9
15. 9-3 533 14
16. 11-2 483 22
17. 13-2 453 NR
18. 12-2 436 15
18. 13-2 436 NR
20. 12-2 374 17
21. 12-1 341 25
22. 13-1 290 21
23. 9-3 289 18
23. 12-2 289 19
25. 11-2 230 NR
  • Dropped Out:
  • No. 16 Gonzaga,
  • No. 23 Michigan,
  • No. 24 Ohio St.
  • Others Receiving Votes:
  • Michigan 153,
  • California 122,
  • Arkansas 109,
  • Illinois 108,
  • Wisconsin 86,
  • Gonzaga 86,
  • Memphis 67,
  • Davidson 56,
  • St. Mary's 50,
  • UNLV 43,
  • Illinois St. 39,
  • Kansas 37,
  • Ohio St. 28,
  • Texas A&M 27,
  • Maryland 25,
  • Dayton 22,
  • Florida St. 13,
  • Florida 13,
  • BYU 12,
  • Miami (FL) 8,
  • Missouri 4

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Talkin` Gators, Part III: Final Thoughts From A Florida Fan

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We hooked up one more time with our man Gatorpilot from Orange and Blue Hue, an outstanding Florida fansite, to get his final thoughts on the national championship game Thursday night. You can head over there later this week to find my thoughts for the Gator fans but for now let’s see what Gatorpilot has to say.

CC Machine: What match-up concerns you most in this game?

GP: Bradford vs. Florida's secondary.  Our hope is that the UF defensive backfield is the best that Oklahoma has seen this year and that Bradford will have a tougher time getting the balls to his playmakers.  This concern has more to do with Bradford's amazing ability and less to do with any fear that our secondary isn't up to par.

CC Machine: Where do you have the most confidence?

GP: Tebow.  First, last, and always.

CC Machine: Oklahoma has to play the Gators in the state of Florida. Does that provide UF a little extra advantage and motivation to win a championship in their home state?

GP: We're hoping it will be a home game atmosphere.  The weak economy might keep the ratio a little more evenly-distributed than it would be in better years, but the general thinking is that this should be a home-field advantage for the Gators.  Most fans who live in Florida can drive to Miami -- the cost of tickets is another matter.

CC Machine: Keys to the game. What must Florida do to win this game?

GP: In our view, Murray's absence hurts Oklahoma most in terms of field position; the other disadvantage comes on third down, where we've found Murray to be one of Bradford's favorite targets, particularly on flare-outs and screens, and/or checkdowns when his primary targets are covered downfield.  The question is, can Mossis Madu fill in that role?

So if Florida can get the short field on kickoff, and keep Oklahoma near their 20 when kicking to the Sooners, there's a built-in advantage for the Gators' offense.

During the game, if Florida is able to put Bradford in 3rd-and-long consistently, Florida wins this game.  So it comes down to Florida's defense.  If they play to their ability we believe the Gators' chances to win the game are reasonably good.

CC Machine: Give us your score prediction.

GP: Florida 42, Oklahoma 34.

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Coppin State At #4 Oklahoma Men’s Basketball Game Thread

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Tip Time: 12:37

Location: Lloyd Noble Center

TV: Fox Sports

Radio: KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City, KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa

Series History: 12-0, OU

Coppin State's Projected Starters
Pos.
No.
  Name
Ht.
Wt.
Year
  2008-09 Stats
F
31
  Eddie Hayden
6-6
240
So.
  2.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 75.0 FT%
C
50
  Ceslovas Kucinskas
6-8
245
So.
  2.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg
G
5
  Michael Harper
6-3
195
Fr.
  4.0 ppg, 2.1 rpg
G
12
  Chuka Iloegbu
6-3
195
Sr.
  6.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg
G
22
  Tywain McKee
6-2
182
Sr.
  19.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 3.2 apg

 Oklahoma's Projected Starters
Pos.
No.
  Name
Ht.
Wt.
Year
  2008-09 Stats
F
23
  Blake Griffin
6-10
251
So.
  22.8 ppg, 14.0 rpg, 66.9 FG%
F
32
  Taylor Griffin
6-7
238
Sr.
  9.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 51.3 FG%
G
5
  Tony Crocker
6-6
206
Jr.
  9.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 78.3 FT%
G
13
  Willie Warren
6-4
207
Fr.
  16.5 ppg, 2.7 apg, 50.0 FG%
G
20
  Austin Johnson
6-3
176
Sr.
  7.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 4.4 apg

The Sooners dropped an egg in Arkansas but are back home today for a chance to set things straight against Coppin State. Hopefully they’ll get it cranking back up with a renewed passion and intensity.

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Beware Of The Denver Broncos

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Bob Stoops hit a big payday when the clock struck Midnight on Thursday morning. The end of 2008 officially ended Coach Stoops’ tenth year at Oklahoma. Because of that he received a $3 million “stay bonus” from the university. Now a new era begins for Stoops as OU fans are more than willing to embrace him for another decade and beyond but if he’s bored of winning Big 12 championships then the Denver Broncos could be ready for him to win some AFC West titles.

 

The Rocky Mountain News is reporting that they have two sources who state that the Broncos have already reached out to Stoops in hopes of filling their vacant coaching position. They had better bring a lot of money to the table though because after you put the “stay bonus” and incentives for winning the Big 12 championship, being named the Coach of the Year for the conference and reaching the BCS championship game on top of Stoops’ annual salary, Bob Stoops is already guaranteed to make $6.11 million this year with the possibility of more to come should the Sooners beat the Gators.

 

I don’t think that if Stoops leaves though it would be for money. Instead should he bolt Norman it would be for the challenge of resurrecting a once proud NFL franchise. With the track record that successful college coaches have had in the NFL it would certainly be a challenge. College coaches (including Stoops’ buddy Steve Spurrier) are failing in the NFL at an alarming rate because the game is so different. There really hasn’t been a coach to jump from the ranks of college football to success in the NFL since Jimmy Johnson. Before you jump on me shouting that, “Barry Switzer did it!” keep in mind that he didn’t jump from the college ranks to the NFL he jumped from retirement to the NFL and built on the success that Johnson had already established.

 

Football coaches seek and thrive on security and the NFL doesn’t necessarily offer that. Former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan provides a perfect example of that. After bringing the first two world championships ever to Denver he was fired after not getting the job done the last few years even though he entered the final week of the season with a shot at winning the AFC West title. Stoops has it made in Norman! He has the money and security that NFL coaches would sacrifice a franchise quarterback for. So what would he leave to go to the NFL for?  

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Cotton Bowl Game Thread

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The north carried their weight in their bowl games this season by going 3-0. Shocking! On the other hand the south has lost its only opportunity to this point. Stepping up to the plate next (another baseball reference in a football post) are the Texas Tech Red Raiders who not only are representing the conference but also playing against the SEC in the epic, “Our conference is better than yours – nanny, nanny, boo-boo!” battle.


We also get to see how a team that Oklahoma beat stacks up against a team that beat Florida. It isn’t logical to compare scoreboards but it sure is fun! The crystal ball predicts a Texas Tech victory but only has a 2-2 record through the first four Big 12 bowl games. Hopefully 3-2 is on the way!

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Gator Bowl Game Thread

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Kansas proved that the crystal ball isn’t going to be 100% correct by knocking off Minnesota 42-21 and improving the Big 12’s bowl record to 2-1. So, far the North is batting a thousand (I know, baseball analogies don’t belong in a football post) and Nebraska is up next to take on Clemson. Go Big Red!

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Insight Bowl Game Thread

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The Big 12 is 1-1 this bowl season after last night’s loss by Oklahoma State in the Holiday Bowl. Now the north gets another chance with the Kansas Jayhawks taking on Minnesota in the Insight Bowl.

 

Unlike the previous two games there should be no issues among Sooner fans when it comes to pulling for the Jayhawks. We all pretty much love and respect Mark Mangino and I’ve stated more than once that Todd Reesing was my favorite Big 12 quarterback not named Sam Bradford.

 

The thing that scares me is that the crystal ball is 2-0 in predicting the Big 12 bowl games and it says that this one is going to the Gophers. Here’s to hoping that it is wrong. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

 

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Give Arkansas Credit And Then Blame Yourselves

Mattsite__2__tiny by ccmachine on in Basketball


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Warren's play was the only bright spot of the first half.

Let’s see, you lose a game by 8 points but left 11 points at the free throw line. It shouldn’t be very hard to figure out what went wrong for Oklahoma Tuesday night resulting in their 96-88 loss at Arkansas. The Sooners were humbled in Fayetteville by getting beat at their own game. The Razorbacks forced their way to the free throw line 43 times and why they weren’t the best from the charity stripe converting just over 69% of those attempts gave the Hogs a 30 point boost. Arkansas also won the battle of the boards 42-29 and relied on their big man to lead the team by collecting a double-double while getting support from the guards.

 

Oklahoma’s problems went well beyond poor free throw shooting though. How about the inability to get a rebound for starters? Blake Griffin had a game high 13 boards but no other player on the team recorded more than five while Arkansas had five players with 5 or more rebounds.

 

Then there was the issue of turnovers. For all that he’s been to this team Blake Griffin simply cannot afford to turn the ball over 4 times a game, especially when his teammates are going to add another 7. If you figure that the Sooners score just two points on half of those trips down the floor that resulted in turnovers then you’ll find an additional 10 points to put on the score board.

 

Finally, OU got off to a start that was so poor you couldn’t help but wonder if they had even hit the gym at all over the Christmas break. Willie Warren was the only player who really showed up in the first half and as marvelous as he was he couldn’t carry the team by himself. He showed again that he’ll be a star for this team but 20 first half points barely dented the 53 put up by the Hogs.

 

The basketball season is long and tedious and this surely won’t be the only loss of the season for Oklahoma but what they have to do is gain experience, learn and move on from here. Shooting 50% from the free throw line isn’t going to cut it on most nights in the Big 12 especially when you are getting killed on the boards. Its time for the Sooners to live and learn, up next is Coppin State on Saturday. I would expect for them to release a lot of aggression and frustration.

 

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#4 Oklahoma at Arkansas Men’s Basketball Game Thread

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Tip Time: 7:07 pm (CST)

Location: Fayetteville, Ark. | Bud Walton Arena 

TV: KAUT Ch. 43/Cox 16 in Oklahoma City, KQCW Ch. 19/Cox 12 in Tulsa

Radio: KRXO FM 107.7 in Oklahoma City, KMOD FM 97.5 in Tulsa

Series: 12-10, Arkansas

Arkansas' Projected Starters
Pos.
No.
  Name
Ht.
Wt.
Year
  2008-09 Stats
F
00
  Michael Washington
6-9
239
Jr.
  15.1 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 54.5 FG%
F
31
  Michael Sanchez
6-8
236
Fr.
  7.0 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 77.8 FT%
G
4
  Courtney Fortson
5-11
180
Fr.
  15.9 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 6.8 apg
G
14
  Stefan Welsh
6-3
185
Jr.
  12.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.5 apg
G
15
  Rotnei Clarke
6-0
184
Fr.
  12.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 41.5 3FG%

 Oklahoma's Projected Starters
Pos.
No.
  Name
Ht.
Wt.
Year
  2008-09 Stats
F
23
  Blake Griffin
6-10
251
So.
  23.0 ppg, 14.1 rpg, 68.3 FG%
F
32
  Taylor Griffin
6-7
238
Sr.
  9.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 51.4 FG%
G
5
  Tony Crocker
6-6
206
Jr.
  8.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 78.3 FT%
G
13
  Willie Warren
6-4
207
Fr.
  14.9 ppg, 2.6 apg, 1.6 spg
G
20
  Austin Johnson
6-3
176
Sr.
  7.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 4.3 apg

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