GAME 35- THE CROWN - OKLAHOMA (19-15) vs COLORADO (17-15) 7:00pm CST on FS1

[BoulderSooner]

NORMAN — Oklahoma (19-15, 7-11 SEC) takes on Colorado (17-15, 7-11 Big 12) in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Crown on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The winner will play Baylor or Minnesota in Saturday's semifinals. The other side of the bracket features Creighton, Rutgers, Stanford and West Virginia.

Wednesday's game will be televised by FS1 with Tim Brando, Jim Jackson and Allison Williams announcing. It will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM in Oklahoma City; KMOD 97.5 FM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry on the call.

OU Meets Old Foe Colorado in College Basketball Crown First Round - University of Oklahoma

NORMAN — Oklahoma (19-15, 7-11 SEC) takes on Colorado (17-15, 7-11 Big 12) in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Crown on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT ins...

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LIVE STATS


OU -9.5 o/u 165.5

 

[BoulderSooner]

 

[OhioBornSoonerBred]

A win tonight and I'm (along with 2 other Sooner fans) driving up to Vegas this weekend to be a few of the dozen OU fans in attendance.

Surely we won't look like crap and lose to a team of mostly bench players. Surely...

 

[WichitaSooner]

This is what we expected when we hired Moser … OU playing as one of the last teams standing in April!

 

[hoopsaustin]

Its cool we're playing Colorado. That we get to see these guys 1 last time (albeit its still lame compared to the old days when we would have ridden multiple seasons with these players..)

Its lame they dont have half their starters. Its also lame that porter will boast and post any wins in this tournament to his resume as if they were high quality wins (if we win). I.e., "I am awesome. We had 20+ wins in 2025-26..". I hope an underclassmen does not absolutely blow up and go off stats-wise so that we lose them or have to give them huge raises..

Maybe we can win it, get to 22 wins, and another smaller school sucker can take our mastermind HC off of our hands

 

[WichitaSooner]

Its cool we're playing Colorado. That we get to see these guys 1 last time (albeit its still lame compared to the old days when we would have ridden multiple seasons with these players..)

Its lame they dont have half their starters. Its also lame that porter will boast and post any wins in this tournament to his resume as if they were high quality wins (if we win). I.e., "I am awesome. We had 20+ wins in 2025-26..". I hope an underclassmen does not absolutely blow up and go off stats-wise so that we lose them or have to give them huge raises..

Maybe we can win it, get to 22 wins, and another smaller school sucker can take our mastermind HC off of our hands

I had the same thought -- will be so, so lame when he and some of his supporters boast about a 20-win season if we win tonight.

 

[WichitaSooner]

College Basketball Crown 2026 watch guide: Teams, schedule, NIL prize in alt-tournament

Eight teams face off in Las Vegas for the postseason tournament's second installation.

www.nytimes.com

 

[scrybe]

Maybe WS and hoopsaustin could get together for a one-on-one postseason tournament. They could call it the battle of the dicks.

 

[pnkranger]

Line started at -9.5 and down to -5.5. Vegas knows moser is the worst against the line as a favorite.

 

[SoonerDutch]

I had the same thought -- will be so, so lame when he and some of his supporters boast about a 20-win season if we win tonight.

Almost as insufferable as trying to read a game thread and every post is a LOSER “pun.”

 

[WichitaSooner]

Maybe WS and hoopsaustin could get together for a one-on-one postseason tournament. They could call it the battle of the dicks.

Not only classy, but great analysis.

 

[pncparn]

Line started at -9.5 and down to -5.5. Vegas knows moser is the worst against the line as a favorite.

No. It STARTED at 5.5 and is NOW 9.5. So I guess it’s the opposite of your statement

 

[SunshinePumper]

No. It STARTED at 5.5 and is NOW 9.5. So I guess it’s the opposite of your statement

Most of that due to Colorado having starters enter the portal - our depth took a hit with Dayton but Atak and Rogers now the 8/9th guys

 

[MJSooner]

Most of that due to Colorado having starters enter the portal - our depth took a hit with Dayton but Atak and Rogers now the 8/9th guys

Moser trimmed the bench down the stretch big time but not having Sparky as a 3rd guard and ball handler could create some issue. Especially if game(s) are tight or Nigel gets in FT.

Could see Tae Davis or Reid playing point forward some would be my guess.

 

[sanguinetti]

I live in CO and have many CU friends. Tad Boyle is a good coach. When he was at U Northern Colorado he brought in a team that played Kelvin to the end in Norman.

We should win with all their portal guys but we aren't great as a favorite.

It was a long time since either team played. Who knows?

And if you wanna get your 88 hate on, Danny Manning is CU assistant. Expect a few Danny and Miracles references from announcers

 

[OhioBornSoonerBred]

Moser trimmed the bench down the stretch big time but not having Sparky as a 3rd guard and ball handler could create some issue. Especially if game(s) are tight or Nigel gets in FT.

Could see Tae Davis or Reid playing point forward some would be my guess.

My best guess would be Moser's hope is to have at least one of Brown/Pack (or both) on the floor at all times with Jones in to give them some time to rest, then like you said, Davis and Reid handling the ball if needed.

 

[cvangild]

Moser trimmed the bench down the stretch big time but not having Sparky as a 3rd guard and ball handler could create some issue. Especially if game(s) are tight or Nigel gets in FT.

Could see Tae Davis or Reid playing point forward some would be my guess.

Yep, Davis can handle the PG duties for small stretches. You watch, Atak will get some run tonight due to Dayton being out...and will go like 6-6 from 3.

 

[Boomer6671]

I missed it...what happened with Dayton?

 

[BoulderSooner]

I missed it...what happened with Dayton?

needed off season ankle surgery and they decided to not wait the 3 weeks and just get it done .. so he could recover as fast as possible

 

[Final fOUr]

have we ever ended a Men's basketball season with a W? Technically we did in '20 since the Big 12 Tourney was cancelled but I know we've never won the NIT or the true Natty.