Oklahoma vs. Kansas College Basketball Picks & Predictions
Ratings are down, fan attendance is down, but games like this keep you strapped to your seat, with beer and chips all over the floor.
When Kansas forward Landen Lucas went over the back vying for an offensive rebound in the final seconds of regulation, Oklahoma’s Khadeem Lattin went to the foul line with 2.1 seconds to go in a tie game.
You know, the fact that as the game hit the second overtime both teams looked gassed. The Jayhawks wisely started to go to him nearly exclusively in the second half and overtime and he delivered, finishing with 27 points and 13 rebounds.
Kansas (12-1) received 44 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday while Oklahoma (12-0) got the other 21.
Jordan Woodard hit a three-pointer to give the Sooners a 106-104 lead with under a minute to play. Ryan Spangler finished with 14 points and 18 rebounds.
It went triple overtime with some players putting in almost all 55 minutes.
Hield was so good that he churned through three different defenders, getting Selden and Graham into foul trouble and forcing Mason onto him for the balance of the game. Then-number 11 Iowa gave the Sooners a run for their money but ultimate fell 87-83.
I mentioned in the preview that Kansas did a fantastic job on Buddy Hield past year and if they did that again, Kansas would win no problem.
Carrington Love scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half as Green Bay erased a 10-point deficit.
Instead, Ellis perfectly described how the Jayhawks pulled it out: “Just heart”.
Tonight’s Oklahoma Sooners vs Kansas Jayhawks college basketball game on ESPN sports TV and live streaming via Watch ESPN3 isn’t any other game. But Lattin hit the back of the rim on the front end of a one-and-one, and the game headed to OT. Mason slammed the ball down in frustration and Bill Self got nose-to-nose with the nearest referee, resulting in a technical foul that allowed Oklahoma to extend its lead to four going into the break. Behind a strong performance by big man Perry Ellis, the Jayhawks jumped out to a big lead, but Buddy Hield and the Sooners weren’t going to be denied. With a loss by Michigan State last week clearing the path for a new team atop the rankings, the top-ranked Sooners will get their chance to show why they belong there Monday when they eye their first victory in Allen Fieldhouse since 1993 against the second-ranked Jayhawks.
There will be at least one rematch between OU and the Kansas. “It’s a must to split that one if we want to win the league”. (21 points) was fouled on a three-point try that busted a 94-94 tie.
Texas Tech is vastly improved, and Baylor should be an NCAA tourney team. Two of the nine were in the Big Eight Conference less than one month apart – March 10, 1990 in the Big Eight Tournament semifinals (No. 1 Oklahoma 95, No. 2 Kansas 77) and February 13, 1990 (No. 2 Missouri 77, No. 1 Kansas 71). Hield stayed behind after a heartbreaking loss to do a SportsCenter interview, and when he wrapped up, he received a standing ovation from those who remained at Allen Fieldhouse.