Bob Stoops and Jennie Baranczyk on OU’s path to a Big 12 championship

Bob Stoops and Jennie Baranczyk on OU’s path to a Big 12 championship

Conversations with Coach: Stoops and Baranczyk talk about their common Iowa and Kansas State roots and OU's Big 12 championship.

Sellout Crowd Network

By Sellout Crowd Network

| Mar 7, 2024, 12:00pm CST

Sellout Crowd Network

By Sellout Crowd Network

Mar 7, 2024, 12:00pm CST

Jennie Baranczyk’s OU women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 Conference — and that was before losing starter Liz Scott to a season-ending injury.

On this episode of “Conversations with Coach,” Bob Stoops talks to Baranczyk’s path to Norman, her team’s conference championship that earned her Big 12 Coach of the Year and their common Iowa roots.

Episode highlights:

1:27: The growth of Big 12 Co-Player of the Year Skylar Vann. 

2:29: What makes Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Payton Verhulst special

3:50 How OU rallied after being picked fifth in the Big 12 preseason even before losing starter Liz Scott to injury

6:39 Why coaches “give themselves a talking to” before they attempt to inspire their players.

11:28: Stoops and Baranczyk’s Iowa roots.

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