Brittney Griner leads top-ranked Baylor past OU

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:03 AM PST

Whitney Hand had some nerve, hoisting a 3-pointer near Brittney Griner's outstretched tree branch of an arm. But then, Hand played Thursday's game with as much nerve as anyone on the Lloyd Noble Center ...

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John Klein: OU women's basketball team no match for No. 1 Baylor

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:34 AM PST

The disappointment of last year appears to be the fuel for Baylor's unbeaten women's team this season.

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Bob Stoops' first OU recruiting class was better than advertised

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:28 AM PST

IT'S STILL pretty amazing to think how Bob Stoops pulled it off.

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OU women's basketball update

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:10 AM PST

Catching up: The Sooners did what was expected, beating Texas and losing to No. 1 Baylor. OU defeated the Longhorns 73-67 last Saturday despite 23 turnovers. Morgan Hook had 17 points, Nicole Griffin ...

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Sooners unafraid, but unequipped to handle top-ranked Lady Bears

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

The Oklahoma women did not come out scared nor intimidated against No. 1 Baylor on Thursday night. Of all the ways to get yourself embarrassed against a very good team, the Sooners embodied none of them. It didn’t matter....

Home meet is opportunity for Sooner gymnasts to get back into rhythm

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

Less than a month into the season, the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team has experienced a few irregularities. From the three-straight road meets to losing in the regular season for the first time in two years, it has not been business as ...

Wrestler gets his chance to flash

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:46 PM PST

Levi Cooper, the No. 9-ranked heavyweight in the nation, had every reason to feel cocky heading into his match against OU redshirt freshman Kyle Colling. He was on a roll and had just beat the No. 1 heavyweight in the nation a week prior. Colling was about to get a signature win of his own, though.

OU to run at invitational

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:22 PM PST

Oklahoma’s track and field teams will travel to Fayetteville this weekend for the Razorback Invitational. The Sooners will face off against a bevy of highly ranked teams, including host school Arkansas’ top-ranked men’s and third-ranked women’s teams.

Freshmen ready for Norman debut

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:21 PM PST

Freshmen Erica Brewer and Rebecca Clark are opposites in their approaches to gymnastics. Brewer is powerful and aggressive, and Clark is graceful and exact in all her movements, OU coach KJ Kindler said. But opposites seem to attract in their case.

Sooners to battle St. Mary’s at USTA/ITA competition

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:21 PM PST

he No. 25-ranked OU women’s tennis team will face its first road test this weekend when it competes for a spot at the 2012 USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships starting at noon Friday at UCLA Tennis Center in Los Angeles. The Sooners will be facing off against St. Mary’sand either Utah or...

No. 1 Bears destroy OU

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:10 PM PST

One of the biggest questions for OU women’s hoops going into the highly-touted match-up against No. 1 Baylor was could the Sooner centers stop All-American Brittney Griner. Limited to just five points in the first half, OU’s defense looked like it had an answer for the 6-foot-8 shooting...

OU women's basketball team falls to No. 1 Baylor

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:14 PM PST

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, thaney@opubco.comOKLAHOMA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL -- Whitney Hand led the Sooners with 19 points as OU kept Brittney Griner mostly in check, but it wasn't enough against the No. Read more on NewsOK.com

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No. 1 Baylor rolls past OU women

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:06 PM PST

Bob Stoops: Oklahoma Sooners Head Coach Under Pressure for 2012

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:12 PM PST

2012 will be a pivotal year for Oklahoma Sooners coach Bob Stoops for multiple reasons. The underwhelming performance of his team last season and the fact that he rehired his own brother to coach the Sooner defense will brighten the spotlight on the head coach. College football coaches, like...

OU football: New linebackers coach Tim Kish says 'I'm tireless at what I do'

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:37 PM PST

COMPILED BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, thaney@opubco.comOKLAHOMA FOOTBALL — The Sooners' new linebackers coach talks about being a good recruiter, working for Mike Stoops, and his experience after taking over the Arizona team. Read more on NewsOK.com

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From NT: Transferring OU TE speaks

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:10 PM PST

CAMPUS CORNER — Some good stuff in this story about Austin Haywood from the Norman Transcript. Of particular interest to me, though you had to read a ways to find it, was Haywood accepting blame for how things turned out at OU. “The main reason was I wasn’t doing what I was supposed to do,”...

Big 12: Don't blame Missouri for scheduling dilemma

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:28 PM PST

(by Berry Tramel) Big 12 interim commissioner Chuck Neinas told the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette on Wednesday that he expects West Virginia to be in the Big 12 this summer and expects to release the 2012 Big 12 football schedule by Feb. 1....

Trey Metoyer cleared to play at Oklahoma

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:14 PM PST

(by Jake Trotter/ESPN) Wide receiver Trey Metoyer has been cleared by the NCAA clearinghouse and is expected to join the Sooners any day now, SoonerNation has learned....

Power Lunch Chat with Mike Baldwin

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:10 PM PST

Power Lunch Chat with OU writer Mike Baldwin

Big 12 And Big East Expansion ... Louisville Targeted, When Will It End?

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:59 PM PST

(by oaklandzoo12/Cardiac Hill) The answer to that question is, of course, never. But just a day after Navy gave up their 130+ years of independence to join the Big East, the Big 12 decided that....

Big 12 boss blasts Mizzou, Big East

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:52 PM PST

(by David Ubben/ESPN) Big 12 interim commissioner Chuck Neinas told the Charleston Gazette that he's been assured West Virginia will be able to enter the Big 12 for the 2012 season....

Baseball No. 15 in Coaches' Preseason Poll

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:25 PM PST

For the second time this week, the University of Oklahoma baseball team appeared in one of the main top 25 collegiate baseball polls. The Sooners earned their highest preseason ranking so far on Thursday, coming in at No. 15 as announced by the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' poll.

Neinas, in a telephone interview from the Big 12 offices in Dallas, said it's "for West Virginia to...

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:25 PM PST

Neinas, in a telephone interview from the Big 12 offices in Dallas, said it's "for West Virginia to comment" specifically on the lawsuits. "But our conference fully expects West Virginia to participate in the Big 12, beginning July 1, 2012," Neinas said. "We've had continual assurances from [WVU]...

Brownster's Millions

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:01 PM PST

Brownster's Millions If you're an OU fan, like bad 80's movies that frequently re-run on cable at 2am, you'll definitely appreciate this from Wide Right & Natty Light.

Five star wide receiver Trey Metoyer is finally a Sooner

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 11:42 AM PST

[UPDATE]: FWIW, a source we would never question, Jake Trotter, is also confirming the news. Or at least according to his father via David Smoak. For those not familiar, Smoak is a very well known name in TX high school recruiting, so this is definitely a legit source and not just some random...

In this scenario, Sooners lose Stoops' one national title

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 11:14 AM PST

Momentum, at long last, appears to be carrying us toward a four-team playoff. NCAA and conference decision-makers are at least open to the possibility, perhaps as soon as the 2015 season (if you can call ......

Off-Season Equals Conference Realignment Chatter

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:00 AM PST

Of course it does, conference realignment wants to rear it’s ugly head again now that we are quietly sitting in the college football off-season. Navy kicked off the chatter with announcing Tuesday that they will be joining the Big East for football starting in 2015. The Big XII, not wanting...

New Sooners coach Tim Kish wastes little time hitting the recruiting trail with Davonte Neal in-home visit

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:26 AM PST

Well, Oklahoma's latest coaching staff addition wasted literally no time in hitting the recruiting trail. On the same day he was officially announced as a member of the Sooner staff, the former Arizona DC was in the home of stud wide receiver Davonte Neal. His film, uh wow! Whatever he may lack...

Oklahoma Football: The 6 Best Freshman Campaigns in School History

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:59 PM PST

As Bob Stoops and the Oklahoma Sooners wrap up another excellent recruiting class that includes multiple players that could make immediate contributions to the program, it's time to look back at amazing debuts by some of the all-time Sooner greats. If talents like Trey Metoyer, Durron Neal...