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Men's Hoops Goes For Second Straight Big 12 Tourney Title
March 05, 2002 | Men's Basketball
March 5, 2002
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TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Ranked fourth in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls, Oklahoma (24-4 overall, 13-3 Big 12) recorded its best-ever league record and is the No. 2 seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament to be played at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Oklahoma State are the top four seeds, respectively, and will not play Thursday. The Sooners will begin defense of their 2001 conference tournament crown Friday at 6 p.m. CST against the winner of Thursday's Kansas State (No. 7 seed) versus Baylor (No. 10 seed) contest. If OU wins on Friday, it will play a semifinal contest Saturday at approximately 3:20 p.m. Sunday's championship game will start at 2 p.m. CST.
All of OU's Big 12 Tournament games will air live on the Sooner Basketball Radio Network (flagship KOMA 1520 AM in Oklahoma City) with Bob Barry, Sr. (play-by-play) and Mike Houck (analyst) calling the action. The Sooners' Friday contest will be televised by ESPN Plus (KOCB Channel 34 in Oklahoma City and KJRH Channel 2 in Tulsa). Saturday's semifinal contests will also be televised by ESPN Plus. Sunday's title contest will be shown nationally by ESPN. Ron Franklin (play-by-play) and Jon Sundvold (analyst) will announce.
OKLAHOMA UPDATE
Oklahoma, which has won nine of its last 10 games, assembled its best regular season record (24-4) under eighth-year head coach Kelvin Sampson with the help of a 16-0 home mark. The Sooners went 7-4 on the road and won its lone neutral site contest. OU is hopeful of securing a No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed when the bracket is announced on Sunday. It would be OU's first No. 1 seed in the Big Dance since the 1989-90 campaign when the Sooners entered the Big Eight and NCAA tournaments ranked No. 1 in the nation.
Junior guard Hollis Price has been the team's catalyst virtually all season and is coming off a week in which he averaged 23.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 4.0 steals in wins over Iowa State and Colorado. He leads the team in scoring with his 16.9 points per contest and recently became OU's 32nd player to score 1,000 career points (he now ranks 27th with 1,087). Price also averages 3.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.7 steals on the season. He has drained a team-high 63 treys (2.3 per game) and is shooting .480 from the field, .389 from long range and .853 from the foul line. Over the weekend, Price was named CollegeInsider.com's Big 12 season MVP.
Senior forward Aaron McGhee capped a stellar February with 26 points and 10 rebounds against Iowa State on Feb. 26. McGhee averaged 21.3 points and 9.3 rebounds during the month and has recorded seven double-doubles in OU's last 10 games. He has posted six 20-point efforts in the last eight games. The lefty has led the team in scoring in six of the last eight outings and in rebounding in nine of the last 11. In Big 12 play, McGhee ranked sixth in scoring (17.4 ppg) and fifth in rebounding (8.1 rpg).
Ebi Ere, the Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year and three-time league rookie of the week, has come off the bench four of the last five outings after starting the first 23 and averages 14.5 points per game. He scored a game-high 23 points Feb. 23 against Texas, 21 in the second half, and registered five assists. The junior guard ranks third on the squad with 5.6 rebounds and with 1.7 assists on the year.
Point guard Quannas White, another junior, has led the team in assists in 12 of the last 13 games and averages 4.6 handouts per contest. He has tallied 45 assists and just 13 turnovers (3.5-to-1 ratio) over the last eight games. White also averages 8.2 points per outing and shoots .435 from beyond the arc (9.9 points and .459 from three-point range in Big 12 games). He had made seven of his previous eight three-point tries prior to going 0-for-3 against Colorado in the regular season finale.
SEASON AVERAGES OKLAHOMA PROJECTED STARTERS PPG RPG APG F 13 Aaron McGhee (6-8, 250, Sr.) 15.5 7.4 1.0 C 21 Jabahri Brown (6-10, 210, So.) 4.8 6.1 1.1 G 2 Ebi Ere (6-5, 215, Jr.) 14.5 5.6 1.7 G 4 Quannas White (6-1, 190, Jr.) 8.2 2.8 4.6 G 10 Hollis Price (6-1, 165, Jr.) 16.9 3.0 2.8RESERVES PPG RPG APG G 5 Jason Detrick (6-5, 210, Jr.) 10.2 3.6 1.3 F 24 Daryan Selvy (6-6, 220, Sr.) 6.8 4.3 1.2 C 42 Jozsef Szendrei (6-9, 240, Jr.) 1.7 2.9 0.1 G 12 Blake Johnston (6-1, 180, Fr-RS) 1.7 0.5 1.3 G 3 Michael Cano (6-1, 180, Sr.) 1.0 0.6 0.3 G 20 Richard Ainooson (6-3, 185, Sr.) 0.9 0.7 0.1 F 55 Michael Liggett (6-6, 190, Fr.) 0.2 0.1 0.0
SATURDAY'S COLORADO RECAP
Oklahoma notched its fifth league road win of the season and clinched its best Big 12 record (13-3) under Kelvin Sampson with an 82-71 win at Colorado on Saturday. The Sooners turned a seven-point first-half deficit into a nine-point halftime lead with the help of a 21-4 run in the latter stages of the opening 20 minutes. Two Quannas White free throws upped OU's margin to 15 at 57-42 with 13:22 left in the game before the Buffaloes got to within five on three occasions. Strong defense down the stretch helped the Sooners seal the win, though, as Hollis Price tied a career high with five steals and Daryan Selvy added four thefts. Price scored a game-high 23 points while Jason Detrick, Aaron McGhee and White all chipped in with 12. James Wright led five CU players in double digits with 16 points. Oklahoma countered a .359 first-half shooting performance with a .571 effort after halftime. OU also turned in a solid day at the free throw line by going 17-for-19 (.895). Colorado, meanwhile, shot just .611 from the foul line (22-for-36).
COLORADO GAME LEFTOVERS
OU's victory marked its 41st against Colorado in the last 44 meetings.
The Sooners posted more assists (16) than turnovers (13) for the fifth straight game. OU has also committed the same or fewer turnovers than its opponent in 22 of 28 games this year.
Aaron McGhee's 12-point, five-rebound effort marked just his third non-double-double in the last 10 games.
OKLAHOMA IN THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
The Sooners are 32-20 (.615) in conference postseason action (9-4 in five seasons of the Big 12 format). Oklahoma has participated in 10 tournament championship games, including three of the last four, and has won five crowns. OU's title last year was its first in 11 years. The Sooners also earned titles in 1979, 1985, 1988 and 1990. Head coach Kelvin Sampson is 10-6 in seven previous tournament appearances and has guided three squads to championship games (1998, 2000 and 2001). For more information on OU's Big Eight/Big 12 Tournament history, consult pages 146 and 147 of the Oklahoma media guide.
LAST YEAR IN KANSAS CITY
Oklahoma claimed its first Big 12 Tournament title last year after knocking off Missouri, Kansas and Texas on consecutive days as the No. 3 seed. The game against the Longhorns marked the Sooners' 10th conference tournament championship game appearance and fifth title (they won four crowns in the Big Eight format).
For the second straight season OU edged No. 6 seed Missouri in the quarterfinals, this time by a 67-65 count. Nolan Johnson's driving baseline lay-in with 3.2 seconds left gave the Sooners a 66-65 advantage before Aaron McGhee added a free throw with 2.9 seconds left to seal the win. Johnson made the first of two free throws with 13.2 seconds remaining to cut Missouri's lead to one, but missed the second. Fortunately for OU, the rebound squirted off the hands of a Missouri player and out of bounds to afford Johnson the game-winning shot attempt. The Sooners trailed by as many as 10 (30-20) and were behind by six at halftime, 31-25. Johnson was 8-of-11 from the field and finished with a team-high 20 points. Daryan Selvy added 11 points and a team-high 10 boards for his third double-double of the season while Aaron McGhee and Hollis Price contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively. Missouri's Kareem Rush scored a game-high 31 points on 12-of-19 shooting (5-for-7 from three-point range).
Despite shooting just .327 from the field, Oklahoma snapped a six-game losing streak to Kansas by winning 62-57 in semifinal action. Except for a 1-0 lead, the Sooners trailed the entire first half and found themselves down by as many as 10 at 15-5. For the second straight game, OU trailed by six at halftime (30-24). Kansas increased its lead to eight (44-36) midway through the second half and led by seven (46-39) with 8:45 to go. An 8-0 run gave the Sooners a 47-46 lead, however, and OU upped its margin to four with 5:05 left on a pair of Kelley Newton free throws. KU tied the game twice, but a Newton three-pointer with 1:49 to go put the Sooners up for good. Oklahoma canned five of its final six free throws to seal the win. Newton scored a game-high 17 points with the help of five treys and added six rebounds and two steals. Johnson scored 16 points and was 7-for-8 from the free throw line. Jameel Heywood's nine rebounds (five offensive) were a game high. Kirk Hinrich led Kansas with 12 points while Kenny Gregory and Jeff Boschee added 11 each. The Jayhawks' .377 field goal performance marked a season low and their 57 points were their second fewest of the season.
On championship Sunday, the Sooners scored just 14 first-half points (tying for the fewest in a half under Kelvin Sampson) and trailed by 18 (26-8) with 4:45 left in the half. OU trimmed the margin to 12 by intermission and went on to outscore the Longhorns 40-19 after the break to take home a 54-45 win. Johnson scored 15 of his game-high 18 points after halftime thanks to several clutch shots and also pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds as he earned tourney most outstanding player honors. Price, an all-tournament team member, and Selvy contributed 12 points apiece. The Sooners, who shot just .214 in the first half, recorded a .480 mark after halftime. Texas, meanwhile, shot .417 in the first half and a mere .167 after intermission. The Longhorns made just three field goals in the second half. OU was solid at the free throw line where it converted 16-of-19 attempts for an .842 mark. Texas was 15-of-24 for a .625 figure. Chris Owens was UT's only double-digit scorer with 13 points.
ACADEMIC ACCLAIM
Sooners Michael Cano, Blake Johnston and Jozsef Szendrei were all named to the Academic All-Big 12 Teams on Feb. 28. Cano, a senior, and Johnston, a redshirt freshman, are first-team selections while Szendrei, a junior, is a second-teamer. The first-team consists of student-athletes who have maintained a 3.2-or-higher grade-point average, either cumulatively or over each of the last two semesters. Second-team selections were required to maintain a 3.0 to 3.19 GPA.
ANOTHER BYE
Oklahoma has earned its fifth consecutive Big 12 tournament first-round bye by virtue of its second-place league finish and No. 2 seeding. The Sooners earned a No. 3 seed the last two years, a No. 4 seed in 1999 and a No. 3 seed in 1998. In the first Big 12 Tournament in 1997, OU was the No. 6 seed.
SOLID DOWN THE STRETCH
Since Kelvin Sampson became OU's head coach prior to the 1994-95 season, the Sooners are 51-19 (.729) in February and March regular season games. Oklahoma is 28-7 (.800) in the regular season in those two months over the last four years. This season, OU posted an 8-1 mark in February and March with its only loss coming in overtime at Oklahoma State.
PICK YOUR POISON
Junior point guard Quannas White became the fifth Sooner to score at least 20 points in a game this year with his 20-point effort against Texas Feb. 23. Aaron McGhee leads the team with nine 20-point games while Hollis Price has logged eight. Ebi Ere has scored at least 20 points six times and Jason Detrick has done it twice. A sixth Sooner, Daryan Selvy, scored 18 points twice this year.
20/20
OU's win over Kansas State Feb. 16 marked the Sooners' 20th victory of the season. This is the 20th time in school history that Oklahoma has reached the 20-win plateau. Eighteen of those 20-win seasons have come in the last 21 years. Kelvin Sampson has posted six 20-win campaigns in his eight years at OU, including five straight. The Sooners are averaging 24.2 victories over the last five seasons and 25.7 over the last three years.
PRICE CRACKS 1,000-POINT MARK
Junior guard Hollis Price became the 32nd Sooner to score 1,000 career points in OU's game at Oklahoma State on Feb. 13. Price now ranks 27th on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,087 points. He also ranks eighth on OU's career steals list with 156 and ninth in three-point attempts with 340. Price is on the verge of cracking the top 10 in three-pointers (126), as well.
PRICE ADDED TO WOODEN AWARD WATCH LIST
Junior guard Hollis Price is one of 15 players who were added to the list of midseason candidates to make the 10-player Wooden Award All-America Team and to receive the John R. Wooden Award. Thirty players were named to the original midseason list, including Big 12 standouts Maurice Baker, Nick Collison, Drew Gooden and Kareem Rush. Price was the only Big 12 player on the list of 15 additional candidates. The Wooden Award All-America Team will be announced March 26 and the Wooden Award Trophy will be awarded to the nation's "Most Outstanding Collegiate Basketball Player of the Year" April 7.
SAMPSON NAMED NAISMITH FINALIST
Kelvin Sampson is one of 25 finalists for the Naismith Award, given to the national coach of the year. Fellow Big 12 coaches accompanying Sampson on the list are Texas Tech's Bob Knight, Oklahoma State's Eddie Sutton and Kansas' Roy Williams. Sampson won AP, USBWA and Basketball Times national coach-of-the-year honors in 1995, his first year at Oklahoma, when his team went 23-9.
SOONER STREAKERS
OU's win over Baylor Feb. 19 marked its 16th straight against the Bears. The Sooners have also won eight in a row versus Missouri, seven straight against Texas and six straight against Texas A&M. Oklahoma owns three-game winning streaks against Kansas State and Nebraska, as well.
HANDLE WITH CARE
Last year the Sooners led the Big 12 by committing just 12.7 turnovers per game. Though the team ranks second in the category this season, it is actually committing fewer miscues per contest (12.3) than last year. OU had a season-low six turnovers Feb. 23 against Texas and is averaging just 9.8 over its last five games. Nebraska leads the Big 12 with just 11.4 turnovers per game while the Sooners pace the league in turnover margin at +4.1.
OU has registered more assists than turnovers in each of the last five games and boasts a 1.6 assist-to-turnover ratio during the stretch (80 assists and just 49 turnovers).
A CHARITY CASE
The Sooners, who are among the nation's best foul shooters, lead the Big 12 with a .778 season mark (they shot an amazing .798 in league games) and are on pace to shatter the school record of .755 set in 1985-86. OU boasts four of the Big 12's top seven free throw shooters in Hollis Price (3rd), Jason Detrick (5th), Aaron McGhee (6th) and Ebi Ere (7th). The quartet combines for an .833 season figure (320-for-384) and shot .843 in league contests (194-for-230). The Sooners have shot .786 or better from the line in seven of the last eight games and turned in a 28-for-30 (.933) effort against Texas Feb. 23.
Oklahoma has traditionally been a sound free throw shooting team under Kelvin Sampson as six of his first seven squads finished first or second in the league in the category. Last year, the Sooners paced the Big 12 with a .740 mark.
SAMPSON'S SUCCESS VS. STATE OF TEXAS
Oklahoma owns an impressive 62-9 (.873) record against teams from the state of Texas under Kelvin Sampson. Against Big 12 foes Baylor (14-0), Texas (14-3), Texas A&M (12-1) and Texas Tech (8-5), OU is 48-9 (.842) under Sampson. The Sooners went 8-1 against Texas schools this year.
BREAKING 80
In eight years under Kelvin Sampson, the Sooners sport a 99-10 (.908) record when scoring at least 80 points. OU is 12-0 under the circumstance this year and 38-2 over the last three years.
HOME IS WHERE THE "W" IS
Lloyd Noble Center has always been extremely kind to the Sooners over the years, and this season was no different. Oklahoma, which posted a perfect 16-0 mark at home this year, is 341-59 (.853) inside the building since it opened for the 1975-76 campaign. The Sooners are 104-16 (.867) at home under eighth-year head coach Kelvin Sampson and have won 22 straight. The 22-game home winning streak is OU's longest since winning 51 in a row in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
ROAD RULE
Oklahoma has had its share of success on the road under Kelvin Sampson with a 32-19 (.627) record in its last 51 true away contests. In Big 12 play, OU is 28-14 in its last 42 road contests for a .667 mark. The Sooners have finished 5-3 in four of the last five seasons in conference road play and went 6-2 in 1998-99. Kansas (36-12), Oklahoma (29-19) and Texas (27-21) are the only schools with a winning road record since the Big 12 was formed.
SOONERS RANK WELL IN LEAGUE GAMES, NATIONAL STATS
In Big 12 Conference games, Oklahoma led the league in free throw percentage (.798), field goal percentage defense (.412) and three-point percentage defense (.295). OU also ranked second in scoring defense (68.8), scoring margin (+9.6), steals (8.2) and turnover margin (+3.1).
In the latest NCAA statistical release (games through Feb. 25), the Sooners ranked fifth in free throw percentage (.773), eighth in scoring margin (+14.6), 18th in rebounding margin (+6.5) and 25th in scoring offense (79.2 ppg).
QUICK TIPS
PRICE IS RIGHT
Junior guard Hollis Price has shown no ill-effects from a severed triceps tendon sustained in his right (shooting) arm last March and has been stellar all year for OU. He has scored at least 23 points six times in the last 14 games and is averaging 16.9 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.7 steals on the season. Eleven times this year Price has converted at least three treys in a game. He has made six on two occasions, including a 6-for-7 performance against Texas Tech on Jan. 12. Price is having a solid shooting year with his .480 field goal, .389 three-point and .853 free throw marks.
The New Orleans, La., native spent most of the offseason rehabilitating his arm after an injury during OU's NCAA Tournament game against Indiana State last spring. He collided with ISU's Kelyn Block and had a piece of Block's tooth embedded in the arm. Price underwent three surgeries within the span of a week to irrigate the wound, remove the tooth and repair the severed tendon.
"ACE" IN THE HOLE
Aaron "Ace" McGhee enjoyed an awesome February to become a viable first-team All-Big 12 candidate. The 6-8, 250-pound senior forward has seven double-doubles in the last 10 games and 11 on the year. He has been the team's most consistent producer the last month and a half and is averaging 19.2 points and 9.0 rebounds over the last 11 games. On the season, he ranks second on the team in scoring with his 15.5 points per outing and leads the squad with his 7.4 rebounds. The lefty has posted six 20-point performances (23, 21, 27, 22, 20 and 26) in the last eight games and has led the team in rebounding in nine of the last 11 games. He also has nine blocked shots over the last nine contests. The owner of a good shooting touch for a big man, McGhee is shooting .828 from the foul line and is 29-for-31 over the last six outings. He is also shooting .400 from 3-point land over the last 12 games (10-for-25).
WHITE'S A DELIGHT
Junior point guard Quannas White, who had a career-high 20 points and five assists Feb. 23 versus Texas, has played his best basketball of the season over the last 13 games. White started the spurt by producing a then-career-high 17 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals at Kansas on Jan. 19 and has been sensational since. Over the last 13 games he is averaging 10.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists. Prior to the KU game he averaged 6.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Not usually counted upon for his scoring, White prompted Kelvin Sampson to say after the Kansas game, "Quannas is more of a table-setter, but that doesn't mean he's not able to sit down and eat, too." White averages 9.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists in Big 12 play while shooting .459 from long range.
ERE BACK IN THE SADDLE
Following the Jan. 19 Kansas affair, junior guard Ebi Ere averaged 16.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game for the Sooners. Over the next seven contests, however, Ere averaged 9.9 points and 3.7 rebounds to drop his season averages to 14.7 and 5.6. Included was a three-game string of single-digit outputs. Over the last five games, however, Ere has bounced back to average 13.6 points and 6.0 boards. The Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and three-time league rookie of the week scored a game-high 23 points against Texas Feb. 23 (21 in the second half). Ere was a second-team junior college All-American last year at Barton County (Kan.) Community College, averaging 25.5 points and 7.6 rebounds.
DETRICK STEPS UP PLAY
Junior college transfer Jason Detrick, who came off the bench in 20 of the first 23 games this year, earned a starting spot over three games late in the season and averaged 12.3 points in those contests. He registered a career-high 21 points, six rebounds and three assists with no turnovers Feb. 16 against Kansas State. Detrick, who has scored at least 11 points in six of the last nine games, is averaging 10.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 21.4 minutes per contest. He has made 38 of his last 42 free throw attempts and is shooting .835 on the year (.889 in Big 12 play). He was a first-team junior college All-American last year at Southwest Missouri State-West Plains.
SZENDREI PROVIDES SPARK
Junior post Jozsef Szendrei, who redshirted last year and played a combined 35 minutes in OU's first 10 league games this season, has totaled 76 minutes over the last six games (three as a starter). He earned 17 minutes of court time at Oklahoma State Feb. 13 and grabbed a career-high-tying 11 rebounds. The 17 minutes were by far his most since playing 20 minutes Dec. 29 against Texas Southern. His performance landed him a starting role against Kansas State last Feb. 16 and he responded with a game-high-tying eight rebounds. He only played one minute Feb. 26 against Iowa State due to illness but grabbed four boards in 12 minutes Saturday at Colorado.
SELVY STEALING AND SHOOTING
Oklahoma's top steals man, Daryan Selvy had four thefts in the regular season finale at Colorado on Saturday and is averaging 1.8 per game to rank sixth in the Big 12. Selvy is also enjoying a solid shooting season with his .472 field goal mark. Last year in conference action, Selvy shot just .275 (22-for-80) from the floor. Over the last 21 games he is shooting .504 (58-for-115). He also averages 6.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game on the year.
BROWN IS OU'S MAN IN THE MIDDLE
Is it coincidental that OU seems to be playing some of its best basketball in recent memory since Jabahri Brown became eligible 22 games ago? Maybe, but then again maybe not. Brown, OU's 6-10, 210-pound sophomore center who transferred from Rose State College in Midwest City, is averaging 4.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.2 steals for the Sooners. He also averages 5.8 altered shots per game (the stat is kept by the OU basketball staff). A native of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Brown began his playing career at Florida International in 1999-2000 and signed with OU last November while a student at Rose State. He practiced with the Sooners last spring and this past fall. The athletic Brown has helped supply a defensive presence Coach Sampson has been seeking in the middle for several years. Brown averaged 8.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots per game as a freshman at Florida International.
GILBERT DONE FOR SEASON
Sophomore forward Johnnie Gilbert played in the team's first six games (started in five) and averaged 4.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots, but injuries have forced him to the sideline. Gilbert has a rotator cuff injury in his left (shooting) shoulder and he is also battling bursitis in his right hip. He will not play the remainder of the season.
YOUTH IS SERVED
Of Oklahoma's 10 regular players who have seen action in the team's 27 games, only one has multiple years of Division I experience at OU - junior guard Hollis Price. Seniors Aaron McGhee and Daryan Selvy are in their second seasons at OU after transferring from junior college, as is true sophomore Johnnie Gilbert. Junior Jozsef Szendrei and freshman Blake Johnston redshirted last year and are in their first full season of D-I competition. Juniors Jason Detrick, Ebi Ere and Quannas White are all in their first season after spending two years at junior colleges. Sophomore Jabahri Brown is in his first year at Oklahoma after playing his freshman year at Florida International.
More than 54 percent of OU's minutes this year are from first-year players. White leads the newcomers with 29.4 minutes per game and is followed by Ere (29.1), Brown (22.3) and Detrick (21.4).
BOOK IT
Kelvin Sampson: The OU Basketball Story is now in bookstores. Written by Dallas Morning News' Steve Richardson and released in October, the book chronicles the Oklahoma head coach's journey from his childhood days in North Carolina to coaching stints at Michigan State, Montana Tech and Washington State, and to his current position at OU. The 269-page book is filled with interviews and accounts of former players, coaches and associates. Retail price is $18.95.
OU BOASTS NATION'S FOURTH-LONGEST POSTSEASON STREAK
Oklahoma has made 20 consecutive postseason appearances (16 NCAA and four NIT), the fourth-longest streak among Division I programs. Only North Carolina (35 years), Georgetown (27) and Indiana (24) own longer postseason streaks. The last time Oklahoma did not compete in the postseason was in 1980-81.
MODEL OF CONSISTENCY
Oklahoma has registered a winning record in 25 of its last 26 seasons. No other Big 12 team can boast as many winning campaigns since the 1975-76 season as the Sooners. Entering the postseason, OU had posted a 581-250 (.699) record over the past 26 years.
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