GAME 34- SEC TOURNAMENT - OKLAHOMA (19-14) vs ARKANSAS (23-8 8:30pm CST on SEC NETWORK

[BoulderSooner]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of the nation's hottest teams, No. 11 seed Oklahoma (19-14, 7-11 SEC) meets No. 3 seed Arkansas (23-8, 13-5) in an SEC Tournament quarterfinals game on Friday at 8:30 p.m. CT inside Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The winner will play No. 2 seed Alabama or No. 15 seed Ole Miss in the semifinals on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

Friday's game will be televised by SEC Network with Tom Hart, Dane Bradshaw and Alyssa Lang announcing. It will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM in Oklahoma City; KMOD 97.5 FM in Tulsa; SiriusXM 106 or 190; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry on the call.

Oklahoma has won eight of its last 10 games, including each of its last six. In the eight victories, OU led for 265:33 of 325 minutes and by double digits for a combined 134:47. Five Sooners averaged between 11.4 and 19.1 points per game in the eight wins and OU shot a combined 52% from the field and 45% (84 for 188) from 3-point range.

Sooners Set for Razorbacks in SEC Quarterfinals - University of Oklahoma

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of the nation's hottest teams, No. 11 seed Oklahoma (19-14, 7-11 SEC) meets No. 3 seed Arkansas (23-8, 13-5) in an SEC Tournament quar...

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OU +6.5 o/u 168.5

 

[Jccouger]

We made the dance, now we are just playing for seeding

 

[hoopsaustin]

We made the dance, now we are just playing for seeding

Chill man. Don't jinx it. Its still prolly 51/49%

 

[MercedeSooner]

Yup. Another win. LET'S GOOOOOO !

 

[SunshinePumper]

Win this one

 

[TEvans4Three]

What a way to wake up...did I "listen" to the game on the drive into work this morning...yes. BlueCruise helped.

Anywho, let's keep it rolling!

 

[One More Rebound]

It seems that by tightening his rotation, Porter has improved OU's defense, and eliminated our late game collapses. Flame away.

 

[TINY]

It seems that by tightening his rotation, Porter has improved OU's defense, and eliminated our late game collapses. Flame away.

They are playing so much better on both ends. The offense runs plays all the time and is getting easy looks at the basket and open 3s. The defense had loser aggies so frustrated they tried to literally injure ou players.

 

[CoachTalk]

Update. Still prefer to win. Pulling for the guys from Nompton!

 

[pnkranger]

I’m not sure tightening the rotation did it all, but it’s a big part. We have increased the amount of off ball motion on offense significantly and adjusted our patterns for screening, often having guards screen for guards rather than just running short rolls with the big.

He’s made better subs, taken better timeouts, and adjusted our defense.

We switched to more of a pack line defense, we are digging, hedging, and scrambling much harder. Our bigs are doubling / hard hedging up top, our guards are digging / doubling down low. Looks like an entirely different scheme and effort than the last few years honestly .

 

[WaymanFan]

If we beat Arkansas, not only are we off the bubble, but we also elevate above the "Last Four In" category. I don't think I can handle being the first or second team out for the third time in five years. That only happened one time prior - 1993. To be fair, there were times when we were sweating out Selection Sunday and made it in - 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2018 all come to mind.

 

[dksooner]

Win and it's a virtual we are in!

 

[sanguinetti]

I wouldn't bet on us to win, but I wouldn't want to play us either. go get em!

 

[CoachTalk]

Awaiting ChatGPT Pic before any predictions...

 

[WTSooner]

It seems that by tightening his rotation, Porter has improved OU's defense, and eliminated our late game collapses. Flame away.

Not that simple. He tightened in the middle of the 9 game losing streak and still lost several more games.

 

[IndySooner]

Weird conundrum...If we win, do we jump to the 9 or 10 line? I want to stay on the 11 line for sure!

 

[bearcreekfan]

Not that simple. He tightened in the middle of the 9 game losing streak and still lost several more games.

It's probably a result of the tourney and trying to keep guys fresh, but he's definitely playing Jones more, and subbing Brown and Pack out more liberally. Jones played 9 minutes against Arky last time, even with Forsythe out, while 4/5 starters (not Wague) played 32+ minutes. Hopefully he plays Jones more tonight, and Jones can limit Acuff like he did Meechie.

 

[WTSooner]

It's probably a result of the tourney and trying to keep guys fresh, but he's definitely playing Jones more, and subbing Brown and Pack out more liberally. Jones played 9 minutes against Arky last time, even with Forsythe out, while 4/5 starters (not Wague) played 32+ minutes. Hopefully he plays Jones more tonight, and Jones can limit Acuff like he did Meechie.

I agree that most of it is shooting the ball well and the players (and coaches) fighting for their postseason lives, and for Moser, probably his job.

I've never really thought the team didn't play hard, even during the losing streak, but I think you can see that they've kicked it up a gear. Everything is just tighter and more focused. A little more intensity. A little more sense of urgency.

 

[pncparn]

Not that simple. He tightened in the middle of the 9 game losing streak and still lost several more games.

He didn’t have Dayton to eat up minutes during that 9 game tightening

 

[Soonerinkc]

So this is the pigs first game? That be a tough order for us.

2 sides…

They are rested but haven’t played in a bit..can they get into a rhythm?

We are in a rhythm but have played 2 tough games.. can we physically handle it?

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