Men's Basketball

University of Oklahoma

Lloyd Noble Center, 2900 S. Jenkins - Norman, OK - 73019
Team Office: Tel: (405) 325-4732 Fax: (405) 325-7345
Team website: www.SoonerSports.com

Founded in 1890, the University of Oklahoma offers over 100 Bachelor and Master degree programs as well as 76 PhDs. Majors offered include Advertising, Aerospace, Meterology, Broadcast Journalism, Criminology, Dance, Film/Cinema, and Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Oklahoma #108 among national institutions.

The campus is located in Norman (pop. 95k) about 25 miles south of Oklahoma City.

School website
www.ou.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Coed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

30,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75:23-28

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$12,000
Out-of-State: ~$20,000

Most Popular Majors

Marketing - Communications - Social Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Jeff Capel completed his second season at Oklahoma in 2007-08. Capel took over from Kelvin Sampson who completed his 12th season at Oklahoma in 2005-06. Capel has big shoes to fill. Sampson guided the Sooners to nine consecutive 20 win seasons, averaging 25 wins per year and over the previous 12 years made the post season every year (11 NCAA appearances and 1 NIT). Capel, who compiled a 79-41 (.658) record over the last four years as head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University, won at least 18 games in each of his four seasons. Capel began his coaching career as an assistant at Old Dominion University in 2000 before moving to VCU as an assistant for the 2001-02 season. In 2002, he became the youngest NCAA Division I head coach at age 27. Capel was a four-year starter for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. In 2007-08, Capel's second season, the Sooners went 23-12 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourney before falling to Louisville.

Team Name	Sooners
Colors	Crimson and Cream
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1468-936 (.610)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	23-12	16-15	20-9	129-38 (.772)
Conference	9-7	6-10	11-5	57-23 (.712)
Conf. Finish	3	7	2	3, 7, 3, 2, 2
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	n/a	1st Rnd	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#24	4x

Coaches

Head Coach	Jeff Capel
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Oklahoma	2006-07
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	118-68 (.634)
Record at Oklahoma	39-27 (.590)
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	Mark Kline, Ben Betts, Oronde Tailaferro

Recruiting Coordinator

Ben Betts, (405) 325-4732, tbp

Conference and Schedule

Oklahoma plays in the Big 12 which is regarded as one of the most difficult conferences in the nation. The Big 12 (http://big12sports.ocsn.com) is comprised of 12 teams from seven different states in two divisions. Oklahoma plays in the south division and sports a 16 game schedule, playing five teams twice and the remainder once. Conference play begins in January with one game played during the week and another on Saturday afternoon. The farthest conference away game is at Colorado some 550 miles from Norman. The season concludes with the Big 12 tourney which takes all 12 teams with the top four receiving first round byes. Tournament winner receives an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

South: Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma State, and Baylor. North: Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas State, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa State.

Facilities

Lloyd Noble Center
Capacity 12,000, Average attendance: 11,500

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Oklahoma was ranked 18th in scoring defense, limiting opponents to 59.6 ppg.