Women's Basketball

University of Oklahoma

Lloyd Noble Center, 2900 S. Jenkins - Norman, OK - 73019
Team Office: Tel: (405) 325-8322 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 Sherri Coale enters her 12th season at Oklahoma in 2007-08. Since taking over a stagnant program in the mid-90s, Coale had to endure two poor seasons before things got on track. Since 1990, Coale has made seven NCAA appearances and finished first in conference play five times. In 2005-06 she was undefeated in league play. Not surprisingly, attendance has soared and Oklahoma's women's program is consistently ranked among the top 20 teams in attendance. Coale, a graduate/player from Oklahoma Christian, got her first head coaching job at Norman HS where she coached seven seasons before being asked to take over the Sooner program in 1996-97. Coming off a 31-5 record in 2005-06, the Sooners went 28-5 in 2006-07 and advanced to the Sweet 16 before falling to Mississippi.

Team Name	Sooners
Colors	Crimson and Cream
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	556-412 (.574)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	28-5	31-5	17-13	128-40 (.762)
Conference	13-3	16-0	8-8	60-20 (.750)
Conf. Finish	1	1	7	6, 5, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	Swt 16	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	#9	#7	NR	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Sherri Coale
	Birthday: 1965-01-19
Started at Oklahoma	1996-97
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	232-118 (.662)
Record at Oklahoma	232-118 (.662)
Coaching Awards	Nat'l COTY Runner-up (00), Big 12 COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Stacy Hansmeyer, Jan Ross, Chad Thrailkill

Recruiting Coordinator

Jan Ross, (405) 325-8322, jross@ou.edu

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 is comprised of 12 teams from seven different states in two divisions. Oklahoma plays in the south division. The Sooners plays 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 or Sunday 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:

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Oklahoma was ranked #9 in offense, averaging 76.3 ppg. In 2006-07, they were also ranked 9th at 76.6.