I think on paper this is clearly the most talented group. Two McD AA and 5 top 100 players is pretty loaded compared to prior years. Holllis Price was typically ranked between 75-100 when he came out of high school. He was the star of his team and OU had a solid back court then. Willis and Pledger have similar rankings coming out of high school. TMG, Crocker (Crocker was typically in the 50-75 area) and Warren (especially TMG and Warren) were all ranked significantly higher.
I would probably say the last final four team was the most talented group of backcourt players at OU ever. I would probably give Grace, Blaylock and Seiger the nod over White, Price and Ere as starters (not by much) but I think Selvy and Dietrik were better than Mullins and Jones (I think Jones was the other backup that played in 1988), therefore, I think up until this year Sampson's team had the best group. On paper this current group is clearly better than either final four team and I think their play will demonstrate that.