I was told by a reliable source close to the OU basketball program that during the search for a new men's basketball coach, several officials at Duke were quizzed about Jeff Capel, including Coach Krzyzewski.
OU was told if Coach K was to leave his post as head basketball coach at Duke tomorrow, the top two candidates to replace him would be Johnny Dawkins and OU's own Jeff Capel.
That is how much respect Capel has earned from his alma mater and the folks who have seen him mature into a Division-I coach.