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ESPN.com Story Features Capel, OU

ESPN.com Story Features Capel, OU

July 11, 2006 | Men's Basketball

By: Athletics Communications

INDIANAPOLIS (courtesy ESPN.com) -- It feels like you should be checking his birth certificate or some other form of documentation to confirm that Jeff Capel is telling the truth about his age.

Surely, he can't be only 31. And he's been a Division I head coach for only four years?

If one thing became clear while spending Thursday morning and afternoon with Capel at the Nike Camp here, it's that Capel is mature enough to handle the immense responsibility given to him by Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione when the former Duke guard was surprisingly plucked from Virginia Commonwealth to replace Kelvin Sampson...

Full July 11 ESPN.com story by Andy Katz

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