Powerful UConn women too much for Oklahoma

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:46 AM PST

Oklahoma had the biggest fan in the Lloyd Noble Center Monday night, with the Thunder's Kevin Durant sitting about 20 feet from their bench.

Red River Rivalry heats up primarily for football

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:40 AM PST

Texas is playing basketball at Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Tuesday. It's kind of a big deal, but not much more than that.

Bill Haisten's Big 12 Insider

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:27 AM PST

Missouri: The Missouri machine just keeps rolling along. Since stumbling at Oklahoma State on Jan. 25, the Tigers have recorded five consecutive victories (including a three-point conquest of Kansas, ...

Cross Country: OU women's team honored

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:22 AM PST

The Oklahoma women's team was one of 205 honored - five in the Big 12 - with All-Academic status by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Golf: OU women in 13th

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:19 AM PST

The Oklahoma's women's team shot a first-round 310 (26 over) at the 15-team Northrop Grumman Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif., to finish the day tied for 13th place.

Golf: OU men grab lead, TU in 14th

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:17 AM PST

The Oklahoma men stand alone in first place after Monday's first and second rounds of the 15-team UTSA Oak Hills Invitational in San Antonio.

College Football Recruiting - How Accurate Are The Rankings?

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:44 AM PST

Here's a shock. The recruiting experts aren't always right. Two weeks ago the Oklahoma Sooners closed out the nation's 10th ranked recruiting class for 2012 according to Rivals but in 2008 they were #6 on National Signing Day. As we've already mentioned last week you can't really grade out a...

Texas Basketball - What Sooner Fans Need To Know

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:12 AM PST

The Texas Longhorns basketball program currently sits at 16-9 and 6-6 in conference. They most certainly have struggled against the top teams in the conference. However, this is a Valentine's Day rivalry game and the Sooners will play host to the young, inconsistent Longhorns. Looking at the track...

OU gearing up for Texas’ Brown

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

If Oklahoma guard Steven Pledger had his way, tonight’s meeting with Texas will come down to two players: himself and Longhorn guard J’Covan Brown....

Sooners will have a dramatically new look up and down the order, on the mound

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

The clubhouse at L. Dale Mitchell Park hasn’t changed over the last year. Just about everything else has since the 2011 baseball season ended. The locker stalls have 20 new nameplates. The coaches’ locker room has two new ones as well. ...

Despite hard fight, UConn wins big

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

By its own standards, the Connecticut team that took the floor Monday night at Lloyd Noble Center was not in the same class as its previous incarnations. But a down year for the seven-time national champions is still better than just ...

Believe it or not, OU women are progressing

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma appeared plenty willing to embarrass Oklahoma for a third time in seven games....

Willie Martinez emerges as a favorite to become Auburn assistant coach

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

(by Charles Goldberg/al.com) AUBURN, Alabama -- Willie Martinez has emerged as the prohibitive favorite to be named Auburn's newest assistant coach in a move that would reunite him with defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder....

Podcast: Sooner Recruiting With Josh McCuistion

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 09:03 PM PST

Now that the 2012 recruiting class has been sewn up, the Oklahoma Sooners are already looking ahead to 2013. SoonerScoop.com's Josh McCuistion, one of Homerism's favorite podcast regulars, joins the show to review the 2012 signees and look ahead to the class of '13. Josh and I cover: OU's strong...

OU women fall to UConn

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 08:34 PM PST

The OU women’s basketball team made a game of it but couldn’t quite get over the hump, falling to the UConn Huskies 73-55 Monday night in Norman.

LSU, USC head into 2012 as the top two teams in the country

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 08:06 PM PST

(by Dennis Dodd/CBS Sports) The NFL Draft has had its influence. Coaches have been hired. Transfers have ... transferred. It's time, then, for a somewhat settled preseason Top 25. Chew thoroughly, swallow and digest as usual but don't become settled....

Men's basketball attempts to end streak against rival Texas

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 06:59 PM PST

The OU men’s basketball team will try to end its four-game losing streak tonight when the Sooners host the Texas Longhorns.

OU football: Wife of former Sooners star Tommie Harris dies in Norman

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:30 PM PST

FROM STAFF REPORTSA cause of death has not been determined, but family friend Bill Horn said it is believed Ashley Harris died from a brain aneurysm or a stroke. Read more on NewsOK.com

Chat with Jake Trotter

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:51 PM PST

(ESPN SoonerNation) Any news about our non conference schedule? I heard some rumors about adding Fsu and UTEP. Are those true? Also it seems like tulsa is always good for a game. Why not them?....

Oklahoma football: Former Sooner Merle Dinkins dies at 87

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:28 PM PST

BY BERRY TRAMEL, Staff Writer, btramel@opubco.comMerle Dinkins, who helped America win a war and Bud Wilkinson build a football dynasty, died Sunday at the age of 87 in his Shawnee home. Read more on NewsOK.com

Conference USA, Mountain West dissolving to form new league

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:39 AM PST

(by Brett McMurphy/CBS Sports) The institutions from Conference USA and the Mountain West are dissolving both leagues to create their own conference, college football industry sources told CBSSports.com....

Little changes for OU after UT junior day

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:08 AM PST

(by Bob Przybylo/$ESPN$) Maybe the expectations were simply too high when it came to Texas’ first junior day. The Longhorns, who have had a track record of rounding up one top commit after another on the day, didn’t get a verbal commitment on Sunday....

Big 12 Football Schedule: What's Taking so Long?

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:46 AM PST

(by Randy Chambers/Bleacher Report) The college football schedules for the most part have already been released, except if your team is located in the Big 12 conference....

Bob Stoops' weekend: Better than yours

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 08:47 AM PST

(by Bob Stoops/ESPN) So, what'd you do Sunday? Bob Stoops played one of the nation's finest golf courses and finished fourth in the biggest pro-am event in golf....

Bob Stoops Beats Tiger Woods… At Golf…

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 08:42 AM PST

Bob Stoops impressed on the golf course this weekend, and it came as a surprise to many. He competed in one of the biggest golf tournaments of the year, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and was partnered with Hunter Haas. The pair shot a 62 on Sunday to finish 4th. New England Patriots...

OU Baseball Q&A With Aaron Fitt Of Baseball America

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 06:00 AM PST

The Oklahoma Sooners baseball team will kick off their 2012 season Friday, February 17th, with a three game set on the road against Pepperdine. The Sooners are still led by tenured skipper Sunny Golloway, but aside from that and a handful of returning players Oklahoma has experienced a plethora of...

Take a scheduling break, Joe C. I got this

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:27 AM PST

Joe Castiglione has a job I could never do. Or want to do, for that matter. The athletic director at the University of Oklahoma should never have to scramble to piece together a football schedule, ......

Sooners Hand Out Their First Official Offer To 2013 Quarterback

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:14 AM PST

The Sooners first 2013 offer at quarterback was expected to be to a five star prospect, but the recipient of said offer may come as a surprise to some. Max Browne (Sammamish, WA) has confirmed to multiple recruiting services that he has received an official offer from Oklahoma and at least to this...