Oklahoma Sooners NCAA Basketball News

Oklahoma found out how difficult it will be playing without Blake Griffin. After losing to nearly drop out of the Top 25, the No.

LAS CRUCES, N.M., Nov. 22 -- Oklahoma Panhandle State University issued the following news release: The Oklahoma Panhandle State men's basketball team took on New Mexico State in Las Cruces on Saturday afternoon.

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.

Seven years ago, Virginia Commonwealth athletic director Richard Sander dropped by a study hall and changed the course of two basketball programs.

Freshman John Wall had 21 points and 11 assists as No. 4 Kentucky dominated visiting Rider 92-63 on Saturday in the Cancun Challenge.

RICHMOND, Va. a ' Jay Gavin scored 20 points, Larry Sanders 17 and Virginia Commonwealth never trailed in an 82-69 upset of No.

The ULM men's basketball team will play its third game in five nights when it travels to Oklahoma on Tuesday night to take on the 17th-ranked Sooners.

The 17th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners close out a brief two-game homestand to begin the 2009-10 season, as they welcome the UL- Monroe Warhawks to Norman for a matchup at the Lloyd Noble Center this evening.

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.

Opponents still treat one Oklahoma basketball player like he's by himself on the court.

Steven Pledger scored 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting and No. 17 Oklahoma's much-heralded freshman class lifted the Sooners to a 95-71 victory over Mount St.

Two teams with high expectations clash in Norman today, as the 17th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners host the Mount St.

There is a sense that when Blake Griffin left Oklahoma, he took the Sooners' entire frontcourt with him.

Basketball preview Big 12 A hotbed of hoops will again turn to the old reliables - Kansas men, Baylor women - to seek national prominence by By Jeffrey Martin, Houston Chronicle , The Houston Chronicle the Men Team on the rise: The starting backcourt returns, as does 82 percent of 's scoring from last year's 22-12 club.

Rick Barnes has coached great individuals during his 11 previous seasons at Texas.

"You can put me at any position - one through five - if you want to," Page said, "as long as I'm out there on the court, I'm happy." The five? "I don't know how that would work," said the 5-foot-9 Page, "but being on the court, that's the main thing." We may soon find out how Page works out at the one, the point guard spot, as he's quickly becoming ...

Four players with state ties are among 50 players on the Naismith Trophy preseason watch list.

We're not going with a typical, run-of-the-mill Top 25 rundown each day. Instead, we'll cut to the chase and tell you who will be left standing at the end of the year in the Elite Eight.

Coach: Jeff Capela '69-33 at Oklahoma, 148-74 overall. '08-09 Record: 30-6 overall; 13-3 Big 12 .

Willie Warren scored 23 points and freshman Steven Pledger added 14 points and No.