GAME 28 - OKLAHOMA (17-10) vs #17 KENTUCKY (18-9) 8:00pm CST on SECNETWORK

[BoulderSooner]

NORMAN — Coming off a 93-87 win over No. 21/23 Mississippi State, the Oklahoma men's basketball team (17-10, 4-10 SEC) hosts No. 17/23 Kentucky (18-9, 7-7) on Wednesday at 8 p.m. CT inside Lloyd Noble Center. It will mark the Wildcats' first-ever men's basketball game in Norman.

As of Tuesday morning, the Sooners are in Joe Lunardi's NCAA Tournament field of 68.

Wednesday's contest will be televised by SEC Network with Roy Philpott (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst) announcing. It will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland (play-by-play) and Kevin Henry (analyst) on the call.

OU Welcomes Kentucky to Norman for First Time - University of Oklahoma

NORMAN — Coming off a 93-87 win over No. 21/23 Mississippi State, the Oklahoma men's basketball team (17-10, 4-10 SEC) hosts No. 17/23 Kentucky (18-9, 7-7) o...

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[BoulderSooner]

porter and kobe from our friends at SoonerScoop

 

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[BoulderSooner]

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thank you sir

 

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[WichitaSooner]

He meant to say 2/8 since Robinson played, not 12/8.

 

[NMSooner'80]

Got upper-deck tickets for tomorrow night. That keeps those seats away from any UK fans or any OU-style bedwetters who'll be pulling for Kentucky.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Got upper-deck tickets for tomorrow night. That keeps those seats away from any UK fans or any OU-style bedwetters who'll be pulling for Kentucky.

Don’t hurt yourself patting yourself on the back.

 

[Boom Soon]

Huge huge game. Need Fears and Moore to show up.

 

[CoachTalk]

Need it!

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Here's to hoping Oweh returns to his OU LNC form and turns the ball over like crazy while running around out of control

 

[mict085]

I’d expect Kentucky to win pretty easily. Oweh will probably have his best game. If it gets moser fired, it will be worth it.

 

[colston15]

I’d expect Kentucky to win pretty easily. Oweh will probably have his best game. If it gets moser fired, it will be worth it.

You do realize if we win the game - which is quite possible - we are probably one win away from making the tournament?

I get the Moser hate, I really do, but we should want the guy to win so we don’t have to pay millions of dollars to buyout him/his staff.

 

[mict085]

You do realize if we win the game - which is quite possible - we are probably one win away from making the tournament?

I get the Moser hate, I really do, but we should want the guy to win so we don’t have to pay millions of dollars to buyout him/his staff.

I do want to make the tourney but I have zero faith he will do it. And I think we need at least 3 more wins to make the tourney. I will watch and cheer and probably lament all the poor play. I just have zero faith in moser.

 

[TheMont]

I'm mad at myself for having an iota of hope, but here we are. UK does not play good defense. If we hit open 3s, we can win this.

 

[MJSooner]

I'm mad at myself for having an iota of hope, but here we are. UK does not play good defense. If we hit open 3s, we can win this.

Agreed. Our success this year, particularly in conference play, evolves around three key issues:

• Shoot better or as well as our opponent. Can't have the 75% vs. 27% first half like Tennessee
• Keep the rebounding margin respectable. May not be able to outrebound the other team, but lose the offensive boards 21-6.
• Avoid unforced or stupid turnovers. Especially down the stretch like LSU and MSU.

Fortunately, UK doesn't play crazy tough defense, don't kill their opponents on the board, and actually average more TOs than their opponent. They also get to the line less than their opponents, which is good for us. The biggest challenge is they do shoot the ball well and do get off a lot of threes.

It will be an uphill battle to get all those things right. But this is probably our best chance of a win against a ranked opponent the rest of the way. UK is only 3.5 point faves. Get this one and steal one to send out Rodney Terry in Austin, and our odds of making the tourney go up dramatically.

 

[cvangild]

Don’t hurt yourself patting yourself on the back.

I assume you fall into one of those two groups he was referring to??

 

[WichitaSooner]

I'm mad at myself for having an iota of hope, but here we are. UK does not play good defense. If we hit open 3s, we can win this.

Unfortunately for us, their defense has been better recently. Not great by any means, but probably good enough to guard our offense.

 

[stormspencer]

Line down to -3 on the site I use.....interesting.