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Article: Coach's special play lifts Sooners: Oklahoma basketball.
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- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Article date:
- February 11, 2007
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Byline: Scott Wright
Feb. 11--WACO, Texas -- Jeff Capel named the play after his alma mater -- for no particular reason. "We needed a name for the play," the Oklahoma coach said. "We ran out of VCUs." The play, "Duke," is designed for center Longar Longar to screen for a guard at the top of the key, then cut hard toward the basket. If executed properly, Longar will be open for an easy basket. That's precisely how it worked when Capel called "Duke" on Saturday and the result sparked the Sooners to a 68-64 win over Baylor at the Ferrell Center. With the Sooners down two and building momentum, Longar and Michael Neal executed the play exactly as it was ...