Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel: 'Our league is the best league in college basketball this season'

Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel is high on his team, especially its backcourt. 'Because of that, we're going to lean heavily on their experience.' Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel has the challenge of starting a new season without Blake Griffin, last year's player of the year, who's moved on to the NBA. But don't feel too bad for Capel — the Sooners still have Willie Warren, SN's preseason player of the year. Capel talked with Sporting News ' Benson Taylor about this year's team, the Big 12 and recruiting. Q: How have the early practices been going? A : Practices have been going well. The guys have been receptive to learning. And, they've worked, which is what you want, especially early in the season. We have such a young team, so that's going to be important—for the guys to work and listen and come prepared every day, and for the most part we've done that. Q: Last year, every college basketball fan knew who Blake Griffin was. What are they going to learn about your team this ... (link)