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Jay C. Upchurch
2/14/2006, 10:58 PM
OU vs. CU GAME INFORMATION
Ranked No. 19 in this week’s AP and ESPN/USA Today polls, third-place Oklahoma (16-5, 7-3) travels to play at fourth-place Colorado (16-5, 6-4) on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. CST inside the Coors Events Center. The game will air on the Sooner Radio Network (flagship KRXO 107.7 FM in Oklahoma City) with Bob Barry Sr. (play-by-play) and Mike Houck (analyst) calling the action. The contest will be televised nationally by ESPN2 with Dave Pasch (play-by-play) and Stephen Bardo (analyst) announcing.

NOTEWORTHY
OU has won 16 of its last 18 against Colorado and 42 of its last 46 ... Michael Neal is 27 for his last 49 (.551) from 3-point range ... Terrell Everett averages 14.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists in Big 12 action ... Oklahoma leads the nation in rebounding margin (+11.6 rpg) ... The Sooners’ three league losses have come by four combined points.

OKLAHOMA PROJECTED STARTERS
F 21 Taj Gray (6-9, 238, Sr., 14.3 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.4 bpg)
F 34 Kevin Bookout (6-8, 270, Sr., 11.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 0.7 spg)
G 3 Terrell Everett (6-4, 188, Sr., 12.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 6.4 apg)
G 15 David Godbold (6-5, 217, Jr., 5.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.4 apg)
G 20 Austin Johnson (6-3, 168, Fr., 3.4 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.8 apg)

COLORADO PROJECTED STARTERS
F 4 Andy Osburn (6-9, 225, Sr.. 8.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 apg)
F 15 Chris Copeland (6-8, 235, Sr.. 12.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.1 apg)
F 33 Julius Ashby (6-9, 235, Sr., 4.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.3 bpg)
G 21 Marcus Hall (6-1, 180, Jr., 9.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 4.0 apg)
G 23 Richard Roby (6-6, 195, So., 18.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.6 apg)

OKLAHOMA UPDATE
The Sooners won a pair of games last week (73-65 at Oklahoma State and 80-52 over Baylor) and have now taken seven of their last eight (the lone defeat during the stretch was a one-point loss at Kansas). In Saturday’s 28-point win over the visiting Bears, Michael Neal scored a career-high 18 points on 6-for-11 3-point shooting and Terrell Everett registered a career-high 15 assists. It was the most assists by a Sooner in eight seasons. Oklahoma, which shot .846 from the free throw line (22-for-26), held Baylor to an opponent-season-low .265 field goal figure, including a .190 (4-for-21) mark in the first half. OU also outrebounded the Bears, 43-33.

Taj Gray, who netted 10 points and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds versus Baylor, leads Oklahoma in both scoring and rebounding this year with his 14.3 and 7.9 averages. The senior forward is shooting .571 from the field to rank third in the Big 12 and has shot .500 or better from the field in 17 of the team’s 21 games this year. Kevin Bookout, another senior forward, has played the last six games with a fractured navicular bone in his left wrist (he sustained the injury Jan. 21 against Texas Tech) and has averaged 11.0 points and 5.8 boards during the stretch. Bookout ranks third on the squad in scoring and second in rebounding with his 11.8 and 7.2 season averages. OU’s career leader in field goal percentage (.579), he is shooting .581 this year. Bookout was also named an ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-District selection last week and is eligible for Academic All-America acclaim.

Everett, who scored in double figures in OU’s first nine Big 12 games, ranks second on the team in scoring (12.2 ppg) and third in rebounds (4.4 rpg), and first in the conference in assists (6.4 apg). In league play, the senior guard is averaging a team-high 14.3 points, 5.3 boards, 6.6 assists and 1.7 steals. He has led OU in assists in 18 of 21 games this season.

OU’s hot-shooting sixth man, Neal is averaging 14.4 points over the last seven games on 27-for-52 (.519) 3-point shooting. He has made at least four treys in five of the last seven outings (4-for-7 against Texas Tech, 5-for-7 at Baylor, 4-for-8 against Texas, 4-for-9 against A&M and 6-for-11 versus Baylor). The junior, who missed OU’s first two league games with a strained groin, is averaging 11.7 points on the year and leads the team with 58 treys and a .408 3-point percentage.

SATURDAY’S LEFTOVERS
• OU won for the 24th straight time against Baylor and improved to 22-0 against the Bears under Kelvin Sampson.
• Terrell Everett’s 15 assists were the most by a Sooner since Michael Johnson handed out a school-record-tying 18 against North Texas on Dec. 22, 1997.
• One game after scoring a career-high 10 points and grabbing six boards at Oklahoma State, freshman forward Taylor Griffin finished with 12 points and four rebounds against the Bears. He was 6-for-6 at the foul line Saturday.
• Sophomore center Longar Longar matched a season high with five points and tied a career high with seven rebounds. He was 5-for-6 at the free throw line (he entered the game 3-for-12 on the season).
• OU’s bench scored 47 of the team’s 80 points (59 percent).
• The Sooners held Aaron Bruce, Baylor’s leading scorer entering the game, to two points on 0-for-5 field goal shooting. In two games against OU this year, Bruce has gone 2-for-18 (.111) from the field.

ABOUT COLORADO
Colorado stands alone in fourth place in the Big 12 with a 6-4 record, a game behind Oklahoma. The Buffaloes, who have 10 seniors on their roster, have lost two of their last three and are coming off a 66-64 home win over Texas Tech on Saturday. Before losing at Iowa State (Feb. 5) and at Texas A&M (Feb. 8), the Buffs won five consecutive league games. They are 11-1 at home this year with the lone defeat coming at the hands of Kansas (75-63) on Jan. 11. Colorado leads the Big 12 in scoring (80.4 ppg), 3-point makes per game (9.0) and blocked shots (6.2 bpg).

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birddog
2/14/2006, 11:02 PM
We'll be in for a tough one up there. Those fans are idiots.

High Lonesome
2/15/2006, 04:41 PM
this is my first post but i am thinking about putting some money on this game and wanted to know if ya'll had anythoughts on this


Oklahoma could be without starting point guard Austin Johnson on Wednesday after he went to the locker room late in the first half Saturday with an ankle injury and did not return. Johnson missed four games earlier this season with a sprained ankle.

"I just know he didn't need to go back in," coach Kelvin Sampson said. "His ankle is really tender. It doesn't take much to get that thing tweaked."


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stoopified
2/15/2006, 05:02 PM
I say OU by 8-10.We are playing our best right now AND we are better than CU.