Stories tagged with "blake griffin"

Thanks Blake!

by ccmachine on Apr 7, 2009 5:50 PM MDT on Crimson And Cream Machine

You’ve been a joy to watch the last two seasons. Thanks for you tenacity, your skill and your class. Good luck in the NBA!

Blake Griffin Wins the 2009 Naismith

by dishingoutdimes on Apr 5, 2009 7:27 PM MDT on Crimson And Cream Machine

Not surprisingly, Blake Griffin was announced as the 2009 Naismith Award winner today. That pretty much makes it a clean sweep of the postseason hardware for Blake, which is something just about everyone could have predicted right around the turn of the New Year. Also, this makes history as OU is...

April 4th Sooner Sports Notebook - Meet Me In St. Louis Edition

by dishingoutdimes on Apr 4, 2009 4:38 PM MDT on Crimson And Cream Machine

The women's basketball team is in St. Louis right now, preparing for their big game against Louisville tomorrow at about 6 PM. In a previous notebook, we provided a lot of preview links, so see that if you're interested. Also, Mechelle Voepel wrote a real nice article on Whitney Hand for...

Blake Griffin Wins AP Player of the Year

by dishingoutdimes on Apr 4, 2009 4:07 PM MDT on Crimson And Cream Machine

66 of the 71 AP voters made Blake Griffin the AP Player of the Year. 2 votes went to Hansbrough and 2 votes went to DeJuan Blair. I'm not quite sure who the other vote went to. Bill Self took home the Coach of the Year award, so congrats to the Jayhawk faithful on that one. Also, just wanted to...

March 30th Sooner Sports Notebook

by dishingoutdimes on Mar 30, 2009 8:48 PM MDT on Crimson And Cream Machine

It's time for another Sooner Sports Notebook, and I decided to debut a sleeker, nicer looking header than the old, grainy one I was using. Before anything else, let's congratulate our women's basketball team on reaching the Elite Eight by soundly defeating Pittsburgh (the 4-seed in their...

Roy Williams Compares Blake Griffin To LeBron James

by dishingoutdimes on Mar 29, 2009 9:56 PM MDT on Crimson And Cream Machine

Here's a snippet of what Roy Williams said: "He's a load," Williams said. "Please don't make this to be a comparison -- [but] he is LeBron James-like. He's got such a package of strength, explosiveness, touch, power. You know, it's hard to match that. In person when you're sitting on that...

March 11th Sooner Sports Notebook

by dishingoutdimes on Mar 11, 2009 5:45 PM MDT on Crimson And Cream Machine

March Madness is starting! Can you feel it? I, for one, am going absolutely crazy. No matter how well my teams do in their respective tournaments, I love absorbing the atmosphere, watching all the upsets and buzzer beaters - there's no other time of the year like it. The lead story in...

March 8th Sooner Sports Notebook

by dishingoutdimes on Mar 8, 2009 9:29 PM MDT on Crimson And Cream Machine

Basketball There's a FanShot right below about this, but since the notebook is being posted tonight, I figured why not. The All Big 12 teams have been announced for men's basketball. Blake Griffin, Willie Warren and Austin Johnson were honored. I'm sure by now everyone knows that our Men won...

So Blake, Are You Crazy?

by dishingoutdimes on Mar 1, 2009 7:39 PM MST on Crimson And Cream Machine

"I am a little bit, I guess," he [Blake Griffin] said. Well at least he admits it. When he jumped over the scorers table, I think everyone's heart stopped. You judge for yourself whether Blake is crazy: Personally I thought it was absolutely crazy. I wasn't worried about him...

Texas Tech Saturday Morning Notes - The Same Without Him Edition

by Seth C on Feb 28, 2009 5:28 AM MST on Double-T Nation

Griffin to Play Against Texas Tech Texas Tech catches all the breaks. Blake Griffin has been cleared to play and per LAJ's Jeff Walker, the Red Raiders were expecting Griffin to suit up tonight. Here's assistant coach Bubba Jennings: "You really don’t do anything different because we...