Game Prediction: OU v UTA

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OU heads to a proverbial hornets nest this weekend at UTA; new arena, homecoming, big name school coming in.... That being said

Soooners: 76

UTA: 65
 
OU gets it done in front of fired up crowd:

79-63
 
Is the current UTA team better or worse than the UTA team that almost beat OSU last year?
 
This UTA team is probably better defensively, but with the new starters probably not as good offensively. If the 3s fall, we've got a chance. But if it's like the other night where Outler had to take a bunch of shots to his 10 or 15 points, we might be in trouble. OU's size will probably mean less chances for Reves inside, so it'll be up to Brandon Edwards and Butler and Gainey crashing the boards and putting back rebounds, or letting White-Miller/Outler penetrate inside and shooting lots of free throws. That's how we took Arkansas to overtime a few years ago--get their big guys in foul trouble early and score your points from 15 feet away at the line.
 
Going to this game! Excited to see the Sooners play live and in person.

OU 67-55
 
I see that nearly everyone is predicting a close game with the Sooners coming out on top. I agree, this will not be an easy win. It's on the road with three freshmen who haven't been tested against a good team in a hostile environment.

That said, I'm more concerned about how our veterans will perform, particulary on the boards. If OU gives up too many second and third chance rebounds, we could lose this game. My optimistic prediction is that OU will come away with a victory by a score of 76 to 68.
 
74-59 A pure guess based on nothing other than I want us to notch a good win over a road opponent.
 
Seeing a lot of scores in the 60s. No way.

Based on the kind of offense we played last year, I'm predicting an wild uptempo affair (UTA pressuring your young guards) and we can be a little sloppy at times--lots of steals for both teams for easy layups and OU shooting the 3 a little better than us...OU 86, UTA 80
 
LMAO....Until the UTA fan chimed in with a very good point about UTA's style of play (up tempo) last year, the average predicted score in this thread was...

OU-65 UTA-56

Since that post was made, average score prediction...

OU-82 UTA-69

UTAMav91 = EF Hutton!!
 
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