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The University of Oklahoma features 17 varsity sports teams, and they are called the Sooners, a nickname given to individuals who participated in the land rushes which initially opened the Oklahoma Indian Territory to non-native settlement. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A, in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference, and their University's current athletic director is Joe Castiglione. Oklahoma was ranked as the 3rd best college sports program in America by Sports Illustrated in 2002.
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About The Oklahoma Sooners
Their official uniform colors are crimson and cream and their mascot is Sooner Schooner. The Oklahoma Sooners basketball team represents University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Sooners, coached by Jeff Capel III currently compete in the Big 12 Conference. The men's basketball team is highly successful and rose to national prominence since the early 80’s with head coach Billy Tubbs and three time All-American power forward Wayman Tisdale. It currently plays in the Lloyd Noble Center, which came to be known as the house Alvan Adams built and Tisdale filled.
The team has never won a national championship, but it ranks second in most tournament wins without a championship behind Illinois. The team played in the 1988 national championship game but lost to Kansas, despite having beaten the Jayhawks three times earlier in the season, including the Big 8 Championship Game in Kansas City. The program has won a combined twenty regular-season and tournament conference championships. On March 29, 2006, Kelvin Sampson left the University of Oklahoma to become the head basketball coach at Indiana University. 13 days later, on April 11, 2006, Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione named Jeff Capel III the new head coach.