Readers tell us who they'd like to be

The Kings of Leon told us which athlete they'd want to be, and here are your selections of sports stars you said you'd want to be if you could "Be Somebody."

...the Tar Heels 72-60 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in the final of the south region of...

...Bozeman argues a foul called while playing the Oklahoma Sooners during the first half of the first round...

Midnight madness: College hoops time in Texas

All the talk may focus on the Texas-Oklahoma football game, but college basketball teams around the...freshman since Tim McCalister in 1983-84. The Sooners will need him to be one of the...

Baylor tops Big 12 women's basketball poll

...109 points 2. Kansas (3): 106 2. Texas (3): 106 4. Texas A&M (1): 87 5. Oklahoma: 86 6. Nebraska: 80 7. Iowa State: 59 8. Kansas State: 44 9. Oklahoma State: 41 10...

Big 12 preseason hoops poll 1-2: Kansas, UT

...full list (first-place votes in parenthesis): 1. Kansas (11): 121 points 2. Texas (1): 111 3. Oklahoma: 95 4. Kansas State: 92 5. Texas A&M: 74 6. Oklahoma State: 69 7. Missouri: 66...

NCAA BASKETBALL: FEB 13 Iowa State v Oklahoma 13 February 2008: Iowa State forward Wesley Johnson (4) during the University of Oklahoma Sooners 76-64 win over the Iowa State University...

Big 12 preseason basketball accolades

...scored 19.1 points per game with 4.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.6 steals. * Oklahoma's Wille Warren, sophomore guard from Fort Worth's North Crowley, made the all-Big 12 preseason...

Team preview: Oklahoma

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

...45) pulls down a rebound in front of Oklahoma Sooners forward Taylor Griffin (32) during the first half...

Need a coach? Get to know these guys

Beyond the ivy-covered walls of major American colleges sit powerful men who often know long before anyone else does when the team's coach will be fired (or a new one will be hired). Chances are they had something to do with it.

Story | Conversation | September 15, 2009

Lingering in shadows isn't always bad

At certain schools -- particularly in the Midwest and South -- basketball often seems like merely a filler until the spring football game. It can be a challenge for the hoops coach, but some have made it work.

...Wildcats 61-58 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, OK. 04 March 2009: Kansas' Cole Aldrich...March 19 2009: Willie Warren of the Oklahoma Sooners brings the ball down court during the first...

Big 12 ShootAround: High expectations for a league that retained its star power

...the NBA for an extra year. The same theory holds for the Big 12 this season. When Oklahoma's Willie Warren and Iowa State's Craig Brackins joined the Kansas inside-out combo in deciding...

Griffin is face of 'NCAA Basketball 10'

Expected top NBA Draft pick to grace EA game cover