GAME 15 - OKLAHOMA (11-3) @ Mississippi State (9-5) 6:00pm CST on SECNETWORK

[BoulderSooner]

NORMAN — Porter Moser's Oklahoma men's basketball team (11-3, 1-0) plays its first SEC road game of the season when it takes on Mississippi State (9-5, 1-0) on Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss. The Sooners have won five straight games and nine of their last 10, while the Bulldogs have won their last five contests after a 4-5 start.

Wednesday's game will be televised by SEC Network with Dave Neal (play-by-play) and Jon Sundvold (analyst) announcing. It will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry on the call.

Sooners at Mississippi State for First SEC Road Game - University of Oklahoma

NORMAN — Porter Moser 's Oklahoma men's basketball team (11-3, 1-0) plays its first SEC road game of the season when it takes on Mississippi State (9-5, 1-0)...

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OU +1.5 o/u 158.5

 

[WichitaSooner]

Swing game of the season IMO. We will be underdogs Saturday at A&M, and then the schedule toughens. This is a game that a serious team with serious goals finds a way to win.

 

[Boom Soon]

Swing game of the season IMO. We will be underdogs Saturday at A&M, and then the schedule toughens. This is a game that a serious team with serious goals finds a way to win.

Agreed. This is a tough but very winnable game for Oklahoma. Mississippi State is not a tournament team.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Reading more about Miss. State, this will really come down to how interested we are in defending. Sounds like they basically let Hubbard have the green light, as well as one or two other guards. Lusk expects Jadon to get a lot of action tonight since they will likely want him on Hubbard as much as possible. That makes sense. It's too bad JN has been such a flop because if he was anywhere near what he was said to be, he would give us another bigger guard with the potential to be a good defender.

 

[cvangild]

IMO, we need to go at least 2-2 in these next four games. Tonight's game will not be easy....MSU is currently a -1.5 favorite. MSU has won 5 in a row, with wins @ UT, Memphis and Utah. None of those 3 teams are great by any means, but bad teams wouldn't have beat all of those. Their most recent loss was against SF, but Hubbard only played 2 mins in that game (not sure if he got hurt or what). Hubbard is elite and can go off for 30+ on any night. We have got to guard the 3 pt line. Some of their other losses were against Iowa St, SMU, K-state. KSU isn't great, but those other two are really good teams. SMU just beat UNC, and of course Iowa St. is still undefeated and ranked 3rd in the nation. A win tonight would really help if we want to make the tourney this year. You got to hold serve at home, and snag some games on the road. This is one of those road games that is winnable...IF we can defend, and hopefully not have an off night shooting the ball.

 

[pnkranger]

If we defend like we did in the second half of the Mississippi game, we win, maybe by double digits. If we defend like we did in the first half of that game, we lose and probably by double digits.

 

[Soonerguy06]

Agree it's a winnable game, and almost a must-win if we want to be taken seriously. I think tonight tells us a lot about where we are as a team right now. We could be a very competitive team in the SEC this season, or we could be like last season and you just never know what you're going to get from one game to the next. More talent this year though makes it more of a pressure season for Moser, IMO.

 

[BoulderSooner]

dayton sighting

 

[cowboysooner]

Agree Wichita. This is swing game for the reasons you state. We need a road win, because we are likely to lose one or two home games. I would put Saturday's game in this category, because, as you state, it gets a lot tougher after saturday. If we can win tonight and Saturday, we will have set ourselves up to make a realistic run at at 10 win conference record.

 

[opsooner]

Swing game of the season IMO. We will be underdogs Saturday at A&M, and then the schedule toughens. This is a game that a serious team with serious goals finds a way to win.

It feels like one of those critical moments.

 

[Boom Soon]

It feels like one of those critical moments.

Yep. The season is trending upwards right now. Gotta keep the momentum going.

 

[pnkranger]

82-78 good guys

 

[The_Banker]

Big one

 

[austing7]

Agree Wichita. This is swing game for the reasons you state. We need a road win, because we are likely to lose one or two home games. I would put Saturday's game in this category, because, as you state, it gets a lot tougher after saturday. If we can win tonight and Saturday, we will have set ourselves up to make a realistic run at at 10 win conference record.

Especially with SEC not being near as good as last season, meaning there will be less bids to go around. If we want to set ourselves up in a good spot to make the tournament, these next two are must wins IMO.

 

[opsooner]

I like going first. No worries about starting on SECN+

 

[daqman]

not expecting a win tonight.
hope moser can get the win.

 

[BoulderSooner]

 

[BoulderSooner]

2 oboards and a davis layup lets go

 

[Stikboy]

I feel like this is one of those back to earth games where we get rolled. That being said, I will be ecstatic with a W. The one I really want is Saturday. If we win both? I'll start jogging behind the Moser bandwagon, again.

 

[BoulderSooner]

don't like that shot from davis