National Spotlight Hits Griffin, OU

Jan. 30, 2008

NORMAN, Okla. - Fans and media in Oklahoma know it. So do the ones residing in other areas of the Big 12 region.

Blake Griffin is having one heck of a freshman season for the OU men's basketball team.

Now the rest of the nation is beginning to take notice.

Griffin, the 6-10, 243-pound forward earned his second Big 12 Player of the Week honor on Monday following his surprise return from injury against Baylor. All Griffin did was register 17 points, 15 rebounds and three assists in 22 minutes of action in an 77-71 road win over the 25th-ranked Bears on Saturday.

ESPN's Andy Katz named Griffin his national player of the week. That was before Griffin teamed with his older brother, Taylor, to catapult the Sooners to a 64-61 win over rival Oklahoma State on Monday.

Now, in his Wednesday article, FoxSports.com national college basketball writer Jeff Goodman features Griffin, his quicker-than-expected return from a knee sprain and his impact on a blossoming OU team.

Griffin's fighting through pain for Sooners
by FoxSports.com's Jeff Goodman

When Blake Griffin stepped onto the court on Friday to test his knee, it was obvious he wasn't ready.

"You could see his shoulders slump -- like he knew he couldn't do it," Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel said. "He was really down."

Griffin had suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his knee 11 days earlier... click here for the entire article

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