Wednesday’s OU Hoops News
April 6, 2011 by OUHoops
Filed under Featured, Latest News, Men's Basketball
See below for notes and links recapping Tuesday’s news following Lon Kruger’s second official day on the job in Norman.
* The Tulsa World’s Guerin Emig writes about the hiring of UNLV assistants Steve Henson and Lew Hill, and also recaps Tuesday’s workout. Here’s an excerpt:
Kruger revealed that UNLV assistants Steve Henson and Lew Hill had joined him at OU, and that he was in no hurry to hire a third.
“I have no idea who that will be,” Kruger said. “There’s a lot of interest in the position from talking to a lot of people. … I would imagine in 10 days or two weeks we should be able to wrap it up.”
Click here to read the article.
* Emig also writes about Kruger’s lunch date with Bob Stoops, and Kruger’s thoughts on how the football program will help basketball. Here’s an excerpt:
“I love football, to start with. I’m a huge fan,” Kruger said after being introduced at Oklahoma Monday. “I love Saturday afternoons. In Florida it was a huge strength for our program. We only brought recruits in on football Saturdays because it was such a huge atmosphere and festival, much like it is here. We’ll ride those coattails anytime we possibly can.”
Click here to read the complete article.
* The Oklahoman’s Jake Trotter has an article on OU’s first workout with Kruger, which includes quotes from Kruger and Romero Osby.
“First day with coach Kruger was real good,” said forward Romero Osby, who sat out last season after transferring from Mississippi State. “Some coaches scream and yell and that’s how they get to that player … He’s been around so many players, been around so long, he’s so mellowed out.
“I really like that.”
Click here to read the complete article.
* SoonerSports.com has posted video and photo gallery of Tuesday’s workout. Click here to watch the video, and here to view the photos.
* The Norman Transcript’s has an article on the first workout, as well as more quotes on the search for the final assistant coach. Heres an excerpt:
“It was kind of get-to-know-you, but we got into everything pretty fast. We went hard as soon as he came out,” guard Carl Blair said. “He got us running. I think that’s the style we’re going to play, run and gun, get up and down, get after people on offense on defense. We got to know each other, but we got after it pretty fast.”
Click here to read the complete article.
* Click here to watch a one-on-one video interview of Kruger by new OU play-by-play man Toby Rowland.
* Reports hit the rumor mill Tuesday that former OU coach Jeff Capel could be headed to Missouri to be an assistant under new head coach Frank Haith. Click here to read more details on that situation from The Oklahoman.
* Kruger threw out the first pitch for Oklahoma’s Bedlam baseball game Tuesday night in Norman, which OU won 8-3. During the game, Kruger was on the Sooner broadcast. Click here to read some notes from his interview.
* The Tulsa World’s Guerin Emig tweeted Tuesday morning that Rivals.com recruiting expert Jerry Meyer said that OU was “likely” to offer Edmond, Okla. guard Josh Richardson.
Richardson, a 6-foot-5 athletic guard from Sante Fe High School, has taken visits to Georgia Tech, TCU and Missouri State. He is currently ranked as the No. 1 player in Oklahoma by OUHoops.com, and 121st nationally by Rivals.com.
Click here for more details on Richardson.
* During his press conference Monday, Kruger announced to fans that practice would be open to the public and invited everyone to attend the team’s workout on Tuesday. However, OU announced that the practices would be closed until October due to NCAA rules. Click here for more details on that.
* The Tulsa World’s John Klein writes about the comments from Joe Castiglione and Lon Kruger’s comments about the fans. Click here to read the article.
