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OU football: Eight different schedule models under consideration

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:11:05 -0600

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, thaney@opubco.com

The release date is coming, and it might be this week. A variety of details still must be finalized.

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OU football: A possible version of the Sooners' 2012 schedule

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:11:04 -0600

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, thaney@opubco.com

Here is one model of the 2012 Oklahoma football schedule. This is not gospel.

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Wayman Tisdale Award a vehicle for nonprofit venture Access Sports

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:00:10 -0600

BY JOHN HELSLEY, Staff Writer, jhelsley@opubco.com

Scott Hill, Gary Vick and Bill Webb were looking for a way to enhance funding for Access Sports, so they came up with the idea of the Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award to stir interest in fundraising.

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College basketball: Wayman Tisdale Award was almost the Michael Jordan Award

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:00:06 -0600

BY JOHN HELSLEY, Staff Writer, jhelsley@opubco.com

When the Wayman Tisdale Award organizers first approached the USBWA about a partnership for their plans, they didn't know they faced tough competition for the name of the Freshman of the Year Award: Michael Jordan.

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OU wrestling: Sooners fall short in comeback, lost 21-18 to Illinois

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:16:03 -0600

FROM STAFF REPORTS

ITHACA, N.Y. — No. 12-ranked Oklahoma failed to make the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals regional finals Sunday, losing 21-18 to No.

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OU women's basketball: Sherri Coale wants Sooners to focus on themselves, not Connecticut

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:43:12 -0600

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, thaney@opubco.com

Coach Sherri Coale says the Sooners know what they're getting with UConn — the Huskies will be well prepared, and they will play hard.

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Oklahoma scene: Allee Allen stars at the plate, hits first home run during OU win

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:42:06 -0600

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Reserve pitcher has been working on hitting during the offseason. It pays off during the Sportco Kick-Off Classic in Las Vegas.

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OU basketball notebook: How could Calvin Newell have helped the Sooners?

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:43:11 -0600

BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, mbaldwin@opubco.com

It's uncertain how the season might've turned out if sophomore guard Calvin Newell hadn't transferred after five games, but since his departure, the Sooners have lacked a long-range complement to Steven Pledger.

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OU basketball: Lon Kruger played with intensity, now he's trying to instill that in Sooners

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:43:09 -0600

BY MIKE BALDWIN

Former Kansas State teammate Bob Chipman swears Lon Kruger is so intense that one day he could see smoke coming out of Kruger's nose one day in practice.

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OU basketball notebook: Sooners offense scores season-low 47 points

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:17:06 -0600

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Oklahoma had its worst offensive outing of the season in a 65-47 loss to Texas Tech Saturday night at United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas.

The 47 points was a season low.

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Oklahoma basketball: Texas Tech notches first Big 12 win with 65-47 victory over OU

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:02:05 -0600

BY BETSY BLANEY, The Associated Press

OU BASKETBALL — Any hopes the OU men's basketball team had for postseason play took a major hit Saturday with a loss to last-place Texas Tech.

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Oklahoma wrestling coach Mark Cody to face former team, American University

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:08:04 -0600

BY ED GODFREY, Staff Writer, egodfrey@opubco.com

Oklahoma head coach Mark Cody admits he has mixed feelings about facing his former school, American University, when the two squads meet Sunday in the National Wrestling Duals regional at Cornell.

“I know them all very well and they are a great bunch of guys,” Cody said of his former team.

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OSU basketball notebook: Tale of two halves, perspectives for Cowboys

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:18:21 -0600

BY JOHN HELSLEY, Staff Writer, jhelsley@opubco.com

While the Cowboys produced a second half they could feel good about, the KU vantage point wasn't nearly as pleasant.

The Jayhawks, after rolling to a 51-24 halftime lead, were outscored 42-30 by OSU over the final 20 minutes, when they also committed 11 of their 14 turnovers.

“It was half real bad and half real good,” said KU coach Bill Self.

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OU women's basketball notebook: 2002 Sooners get standing ovation

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:32:09 -0600

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, thaney@opubco.com

The 2002 Oklahoma women's team was welcomed back at halftime Saturday. Three members of Rosalind Ross' family attended to represent Ross, who was killed in 2010.

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OU women's basketball: Sooners hold off Missouri

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:59:11 -0600

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, thaney@opubco.com

Despite struggling on the offensive end, the Sooners got three key defensive stops to defeat Missouri 64-60 at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman on Saturday.

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Big Ten exploring 4-team playoff

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:45:52 -0600

The Big Ten, which helped squash the notion of a four-team playoff to crown a national champion in college football several years ago, is taking another look.

BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock said Tuesday night that's good news.

"Our process is working perfectly," Hancock said.

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