K-State Saturday

[jaymOU]

In thinking about the game in Norman.....here are some thoughts headed into tomorrow

* Noticed KSU has lost five in a row -

* The big Hurt fellow, pardon the pun, really hurt OU last time. He was unconscious, scoring 15 points. Although some posters on here believed him to be akin to Tarzan, he has played more like Jane, scoring only as much as seven in any other game since.

*If Foster plays, he is a mis-match for everyone in the league, but his status - as far as I can tell - is unceratin. If he does not play, it's hard to dream up a scenario where KSU could score enough to beat the Sooners

*If OU shoots at their normal 45% from the field, I think they win by double digits as I just don't see KSU being able to score that much.

 

[Zimwillett]

On OU's side of things, Cousins and Woodard both had horrible games against K-State (collectively 2-15 from the field with 6 TOs to only 2 assists). Both those guys are playing much better right now. Spangler also had an unusually poor night shooting (37.5%). He hasn't shot below 50% since.

Assuming everything deviates back to the statistical norm (Hurt included), I think OU should win pretty handily Saturday.

 

[campbest]

Judging by how these "violation of team rules" suspensions work, I expect him to play. Believe he has missed the 10% threshold.

 

[AdaSooner]

In the first meeting with K-State, it was like Hield, Thomas and Spangler were playing a game of three against five. The others didn't show up. Cousins, Woodard, Lattin and Walker scored a combined 9 points. I don't think that will happen again.

The big K-State kid, Hurt, surprised everyone by scoring 15 points on 6 of 10 shooting from the field. Most of the shots he took were wide open looks from around the free throw line. That's not a difficult shots to defend, but for some reason no one did. OU will not make the same mistake twice.

I don't think it matters much if Foster is in the lineup or not. He's good, but it's not like he's any better than some of the best shooting guards OU has already faced this season. Let Cousins stay in his shorts from the opening tap and give him a breather on occasion by replacing him with Booker. They have the height and the foot speed to hang with Foster, at least most of the time.

The players I fear the most are Williams and Gipson. K-State can't beat OU unless all three of those players have huge games. Hurt was an anomaly.

 

[Chaser728]

I was listening to 810 Sports talk KC and one of the beat writers said they believe Foster will play but from the bench. This was based on some of his "sources"... Thus, I expect he will play.

In our last mtg with KSU, they did exactly what one has to do to defeat OU: make shots which in turn depletes our transition scoring. That is our Achilles heel; we just aren't ourselves when we are forced to soely score out of our half-court set. They did this of course by shooting the lights out, which is not their MO... I expect we will win by Double Digits, unless they shoot in the 40's percentage wise. At that point I would imagine the game would come down to the final minute. Let's pray they play in their normal style...

 

[DenverSooner]

In the first meeting with K-State, it was like Hield, Thomas and Spangler were playing a game of three against five. The others didn't show up. Cousins, Woodard, Lattin and Walker scored a combined 9 points. I don't think that will happen again.

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I totally agree with you. OU shot 33.3% in the first half and that included 57.1% from three point range. if you take out 3 point attempts, OU was 5-20 for 25% in the first half on two point attempts. Additionally, OU was 25% from the line in the second half and only had 4 assists to 13 turn overs. Edwards and Hurt both scored substantially more than their norm. Even with playing that poorly and KSU getting extra production from two guys it still wen to OT.

OU just needs to play excellent defense.

 

[scrybe]

You guys are all correct, of course – the Sooners SHOULD win this game. But even though I almost always think OU will win EVERY game, there's just something about playing KSU, both at home and at Manhattan, that makes me feel a little uncomfortable. The not-so-Wildcats always seem to grow a set of claws whenever they play the Sooners.

That said, I'm expecting an OU win tomorrow night…but I'll be happy even if it's by just one point and in triple overtime.

 

[colston15]

Not very good luck for OU to keep running into KSU with Foster in the lineup.

If I recall correctly, he had either missed games, or at least been in the doghouse before his big finish in their win in Norman.

 

[AdaSooner]

Not very good luck for OU to keep running into KSU with Foster in the lineup.

If I recall correctly, he had either missed games, or at least been in the doghouse before his big finish in their win in Norman.

You're right, his recent suspension was not the first time he has been in Weber's dog house. He came off the bench in two of the three games leading up to their trip to Norman.

I think the biggest question is how will Marcus fit in after his three games suspension? K-State played fairly well without him. Will his teammates welcome him back with open arms, or do they feel like he let the team down by getting himself in trouble again? The game inside of the game may be very interesting.