Oklahoma

Official Name: 
University of Oklahoma
Nickname: 
Sooners
Mailing Address: 

180 West Brooks Street
Room 2525
Norman, OK 73019

Telephone: 
(405) 325-8231
Fax: 
(405) 325-7623
Enrollment: 
28,955
Arena: 

Lloyd Noble Center
Capacity: 11,100
Year Opened: 1975

School Colors: 
Crimson and Cream
Conference: 

Big 12 (since 1997)
Former Member of Missouri Valley (1920-28) and Big Eight (1929-96)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(8) 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, and 2009

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(26) 1939, 1943, 1947, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009
35-26 record (.574)
Reached Final Four in 1939 (3rd), 1947 (2nd), 1988 (2nd) and 2002 (T3rd)

NIT Appearances: 

(7) 1970, 1971, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1994, and 2004
10-7 record (.588)
Finished in tie for 3rd in 1982 and 2nd in 1991

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Billy Tubbs (14 years from 1981-94, 333-132 record, .716)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Wayman Tisdale (2,661 points from 1983-85)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Wayman Tisdale (1,048 from 1983-85)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Wayman Tisdale (61 points as sophomore vs. Texas-San Antonio on 12/28/83 in All-College Tournament semifinals at Oklahoma City)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(9) Thomas Churchill (1929), Omar Bud Browning (1935), Allie Paine (1944), Gerry Tucker (1947), Wayman Tisdale (1983, 1984 and 1985), Stacey King (1989), Blake Griffin (2009)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Wayman Tisdale (61 vs. Texas-San Antonio in All-College Tournament semifinals at Oklahoma City)
December 28, 1983 (sophomore/27 ppg)

1

2

Total

Oklahoma

54

58

112

Texas-San Antonio

40

32

72

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Kennedy

1-5

0-2

2

Pierce

3-9

8-9

14

Wa. Tisdale

24-34

13-18

61

Pannell

3-6

0-0

6

McCalister

7-12

0-0

14

Clark

2-6

2-2

6

Wi. Tisdale

1-4

0-0

2

Johnson

1-2

0-0

2

Tubbs

0-0

3-4

3

Watson

1-2

0-0

2

Wade

0-0

0-0

0

Sieger

0-3

0-0

0

Dillingham

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

43-83

26-35

112

Percentages

.518

.742

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Thornton

1-6

0-0

2

Gervin

8-22

3-4

19

Gabrish

3-8

2-2

8

Cunningham

2-6

0-0

4

Wallace

8-11

0-0

16

Doyle

3-11

1-2

7

Kubiszyn

0-0

0-0

0

McKoin

0-0

0-0

0

Payne

1-3

2-2

4

Wren

4-6

2-3

10

Morris

1-2

0-0

2

Haynes

0-5

0-1

0

Wainwright

0-2

0-0

0

Totals

31-82

10-14

72

Percentages

.378

.714

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

David C. Hall

1

1908

4-3

.571

1908

4-3

Bennie Owen

13

1909-21

113-49

.697

1919

12-0

Hugh McDermott

17

1922-38

185-106

.636

1928

18-0

Bruce Drake

17

1939-55

203-180

.530

1947

24-7

Doyle Parrack

7

1956-62

71-98

.420

1959

15-11

Bob Stevens

5

1963-67

46-79

.389

1963

12-13

John MacLeod

6

1968-73

90-69

.566

1971

19-8

Joe Ramsey

2

1974-75

31-21

.596

1974

18-8

Dave Bliss

5

1976-80

77-62

.554

1979

21-10

Billy Tubbs

14

1981-94

333-132

.716

1988

35-4

Kelvin Sampson

12

1995-2006

279-109

.719

2002

31-5

Jeff Capel III

5

2007-11

96-69

.582

2009

30-6

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,526-977 (.610) from 1908 through 2011.