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Oklahoma went to overtime Saturday to pick up its true road victory this season, outscoring Utah 11-2 over the final four minutes to win, 78-73. Willie Warren scored the last of his game-high 27 points on a long 3-pointer with 1:50 to play, putting the Sooners ahead for good, 72-71. Tony Crocker made two free throws for a 74-71 advantage with 1:31 ...

Tony Crocker is having the game of his life, and a lot of other lives as well. Oklahomaa s senior guard has 29 points, 10 rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals at halftime of tonighta s Sooners-Centenary game.

Senior night: Oklahoma played Arkansas with a four-guard lineup and got away with it because of Tony Crocker.

Oklahoma led from start to finish tonight at the Lloyd Noble Center and beat Arizona going away, 79-62. It marked the Soonersa third consecutive victory since dropping three in a row during their first road trip of the season.

Arkansas forward Marshawn Powell blamed himself for Oklahoma's 3-point shooting barrage.

A return home brought slumping Oklahoma much relief Wednesday night. The Sooners, who had dropped three of their four games away from Norman over the past 10 days, knocked off Arkansas, 67-47, for their 73rd nonconference victory at the Lloyd Noble Center over the past 75 games.

Coming off a disappointing showing the last time out, the 25th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners make an effort to bounce back versus the San Diego Toreros in the first round of the 32nd annual Great Alaska Shootout at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.

Jeff Capel's old team came back to haunt him Saturday night. The 17th-ranked Sooners traveled to Virginia Commonwealth, where Capel spent four seasons before taking over the OU program.

Jeff Capel makes his return to the campus of Virginia Commonwealth this evening, as he brings his 17th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners to Richmond, for a non-conference showdown with the VCU Rams from the Siegel Center.

Following his team's season-opening victory over Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel said: "I thought our four freshmen were tremendous for their first college basketball game.

Better later than never to be a Sooner. Sherman senior Cameron Clark had the spotlight all to himself on Saturday morning as he signed his national letter of intent to play basketball for the University of Oklahoma alongside family, friends and coaches.

1 pick, Kansas must prove the preseason cage match with the football team was only one of those college things and not a symptom of bigger problems.

AP preseason ranking : No. 16. Head coach : Jeff Capel . Last season : 30-6 overall, 13-3 Big 12 .

Starting big men Blake and Taylor Griffin moved on to the NBA. Returning frontcourt players Ryan Wright, Orlando Allen and Beau Gerber scored a total of 100 points last year.

You hear about Oklahoma freshman Tommy Mason-Griffin being a high school All-American, but then you see him with your own eyes.

New kids in town: McDonald's All-Americans Tiny Gallon and Tommy Mason-Griffin headline Oklahoma's freshman class.

Usually the loss of the national player of the year makes teams fret. Oklahoma realizes it will miss talented forward , sure.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: The inside-outside potential of F Tiny Gallon and G Tommy Mason-Griffin is partly what's stirred favorable ratings for Oklahoma in the preseason.

Rebounds still are going to fall from the backboards when the Oklahoma Sooners play this winter.

A pre-season basketball poll released Monday has both OU and OSU in its top 25. The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook released its Preseason Top 25 Presented by EA Sports.