<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Oklahoma will name Virginia Commonwealth coach Jeff Capel as its next men's basketball coach, multiple sources told ESPN.com on Monday night. VCU confirmed Capel's move in a statement from president Eugene Trani and athletic director Richard Sander. The Sooners have scheduled news conference Tuesday afternoon to introduce their new coach. AP Photo/Scott K. Brown Jeff Capel led Virginia Commonwealth to the CAA title and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2004. Capel met with Rams players early Tuesday morning in Richmond, Va. He was not in his office later in the morning. "We are both sad and happy with Jeff's announcement that he is going to Oklahoma," Sander said. "He did a great job here, and we know he will do a great job there." Capel was the stealth candidate Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione had been working the past 10 days. Earlier Monday, Wichita State's Mark Turgeon and Miami's Frank Haith, thought to be front-runners for the position, both made it clear they were staying at their respective schools. Regardless, Capel was a target of Castiglione's since Kelvin Sampson announced he was leaving for Indiana two weeks ago. Capel, 31, led the Rams to the NCAA Tournament in 2004 and the NIT in 2005. The fourth-year VCU coach is considered a rising star in the business and was selected last summer to be an assistant coach with Manhattan's Bobby Gonzalez on the USA World University Games staff led by Villanova's Jay Wright. The United States won the gold medal in Turkey. VCU finished 19-10, 11-7 in the Colonial Athletic Association this past season. After the season, Capel agreed to a two-year contract extension that gave him six years on his VCU deal. His record at the school was was 79-41. Multiple sources told ESPN.com that Capel rated very high when Castiglione and other Oklahoma officials checked him out with high-profile basketball-related people. Oklahoma was looking for a person to lead the Sooners' program long term and was willing to think "out of the box" with Sampson's successor. </div> Source I think this could be a good pick, Jeff Capel finally can get some big name recruits to buy into his system
