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OU Basketball: Jennie Baranczyk, Oklahoma Land a Big 12 Championship

In just her second year at the helm, the Sooners coach tied Texas atop the Big 12 standings and celebrates the program's first regular-season title in 14 years.
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OU Basketball: Jennie Baranczyk, Oklahoma Land a Big 12 Championship
OU Basketball: Jennie Baranczyk, Oklahoma Land a Big 12 Championship

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In just two years, Jennie Baranczyk has restored Oklahoma pride and restocked the trophy case.

The Sooners on Saturday concluded Baranczyk’s second regular season at the helm by beating Oklahoma State in Stillwater, then cutting down the nets in Norman, a celebration of the Sooners’ first regular-season conference championship since 2009.

The Sooners rallied in the second half to beat Oklahoma State 80-71 and clinch a share of the Big 12 title.

OU (24-5) finishes tied with Texas atop the Big 12 regular season standings at 14-4. The Longhorns swept the season series over OU and are the No. 1 seed at next week’s Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City, but both teams pick up a trophy.

OU trailed at halftime at Gallagher-Iba Arena but opened the third quarter on an 11-2 run and outscored the Cowgirls 24-10 in the period to seize the lead heading into the final quarter.

Taylor Robertson led OU with 15 points, including three 3-pointers, and also handed out six assists. Skylar Vann had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and freshman Beatrice Culliton scored 11.

After returning home, the team reconvened inside Lloyd Noble, where they were greeted by Sooner Nation, touching off a championship celebration that culminated with the ceremonial cutting of the nets.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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