Team preview: Oklahoma
Blue Ribbon Illustrated previews the 2005-06 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.
Updated: October 19, 2005, 4:39 PM ET
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Kelvin Sampson doesn't mind the pressure. He knows it's more than plausible that he'll one day look back at his coaching career and the 2005-06 Sooners will represent his greatest team. And this is a guy that has coached Oklahoma to a Final Four, an Elite Eight and a 31-win season.
(Information in this team report is as of October 1.)
COACH AND PROGRAM
Kelvin Sampson doesn't mind the pressure. He knows it's more than plausible that he'll one day look back at his coaching career and the 2005-06 Sooners will represent his greatest team. And this is a guy that has coached Oklahoma to a Final Four, an Elite Eight and a 31-win season.
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