(by OU Media Relations) NORMAN, Okla. -- Romero Osby wanted a fresh start. Rated the 57th-best player in the country by Rivals.com coming out of high school in Meridian, Miss., the 6-8, 247-pounder averaged 4.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in just 12.8 minutes per game over his freshman and sophomore seasons at Mississippi State the last two years. With an undefined role and limited opportunities to impact his team's games, Osby says he lost confidence and wanted a new home....read more from SoonerSports.com

(by GParker) The time since June 2009 has seen a lot of turnover and new faces in the OU basketball program, but one name has remained constant in his desire to play for OU, Richard “Richy” Peters. A lot has changed for Peters since his commitment; he has reclassified to the 2012 class, competed with some of the nation’s best at Brewster Academy, taken his game to the FIBA U17 World Championship in Germany and transferred to Westwind Prep in Arizona. But two things have remained consistent: his commitment to improving his game and to the University of Oklahoma....read more from OUHoops.com

(by OU Media Relations) NORMAN, Okla. -- College basketball recruiting rankings are tied heavily to players' performances during summer Amateur Athletic Union tournaments. Play really well on the AAU circuit and watch your individual ranking ascend quickly.

Because he suffered a broken ankle early in the summer of 2009, OU freshman T.J. Taylor didn't get the chance to show recruiting analysts how he stacked up against the country's elite heading into his senior year of high school....read more from SoonerSports.com

(by OU Media Relations) NORMAN, Okla. -- It's not going out on a limb to say the Oklahoma men's basketball team endured a disappointing 2009-10 season. A Sooners team ranked No. 17 in the preseason AP poll and picked by Big 12 Conference coaches to finish third in the league posted a 13-18 overall record and tied for ninth place in the Big 12.

A combination of injuries (leading scorer Willie Warren missed 10 games), a reliance on young talent (47 percent of the team's scoring came from freshmen) and a lack of strong veteran leadership all contributed to the falling short of expectations....read more from SoonerSports.com

(by Mike Aikins) Sooner Senior guard Cade Davis will be the glue that holds this year's new look sooner team together as Coach Jeff Capel looks for the leadership intangibles that will be an absolute necessity to field a competitive team. Davis is a 6'5" proto-typical shooting guard born and reared in basketball-crazed Elk City, Oklahoma. Legend has it that Davis got at least one dunk in every game back in high school and people there will never forget what he did for the game basketball in that small town....read more from the Oklahoma Sooners Basketball Examiner

(by OU Media Relations) NORMAN, Okla. -- College coaches love to mentor student-athletes who are mature, unselfish and driven. Fortunately for OU men's basketball coach Jeff Capel, those characteristics help describe newcomer C.J. Washington.

A 6-7 forward, Washington was a first-team junior college All-American last year for a Connors State squad that advanced to the eight-team national tournament....read more from SoonerSports.com

(by Art Vandelay) The University of Oklahoma is a college sports hotbed. The school's football program, baseball program, and both the men's and women's basketball programs have been among the most successful in the nation. The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team has been a leader in the Big 12 Conference, earning 27 NCAA Tournament bids and having 46 players selected in the NBA Draft. The best NBA players from the University of Oklahoma include great defensive point guard Mookie Blaylock and All-Star forward Alvan Adams....read more from Helium

(by Mike Aikens) Jeff Capel's Sooner basketball roster for the 2010-2011 season has gone through a facelift but here is your opportunity to get acquainted with the new look sooners. Cade Davis, the 6-5 Senior guard from Elk City, Oklahoma, Kyle Hardrick, a 6-8 Sophomore forward from Putnam City High in Oklahoma City, TJ. Franklin, a 5-11 Junior guard from Ft.. Worth Texas, Andrew Fitzgerald, a 6-8 Sophomore forward from Baltimore, Maryland, Steven Pledger, a 6-4 Sophomore guard from Chesapeake, Viirginia, and Ryan Randolph, a 6-4 Sophomore guard from Bishop McGuiness High in Oklahoma City all return for another season....read more from the Oklahoma Sooners Basketball Examiner

(by Mike Aikins) When the conversation comes up about the top crowd pleasers in Sooner basketball history, Blake Griffin is hands-down the consensus pick. Make a visit to any one of the sports bars in the area and introduce the topic of the number one crowd pleaser in OU's storied basketball history, one would have to look no further than the staunch basketball supporters and die-hard fans who have been following the Sooner basketball program religiously since the Davis Bliss era dating back to the 70s....read more from the Oklahoma Sooners Basketball Examiner

(by Mike Aikins) OU basketball players like transfer Carl Blair known for having the one move in their arsenal that is guaranteed to give them an open drive to the basket need to thank pioneers like Tim Hardaway former UTEP phenomenon and Deron Williams, former University of Illinois great for their contributions.

Fact is, on playgrounds or anywhere that basketball is played competitively, there is no better weapon for getting in position to score a basket than the crossover dribble....read more from the Oklahoma Sooners Basketball Examiner