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ON THE AIR
Wednesday's contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM "The Franchise" in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Sirius 108; XM 199) with Toby Rowland and Mike Houck calling the action. The game will be televised by FOX Sports 1 with Kevin Kugler and Bill Raftery announcing.

OU-CREIGHTON SERIES HISTORY
Wednesday's game will mark the fourth meeting between Oklahoma and Creighton and the third in Omaha. The Sooners own a 2-1 series lead with wins in the 1973-74 season (73-70 in Omaha) and 1986-87 campaign (106-89 in Oklahoma City) seasons, and a loss in 1920-21 (27-16 in Omaha). In the most recent matchup, Harvey Grant (29) and Darryl "Choo" Kennedy (25) teamed for 54 points for Billy Tubbs' Sooners, while Gary Swain netted 34 for Tony Barone's Bluejays.

PREVIEWING CREIGHTON
Located in Omaha, Neb., Creighton is a school of 7,736 students that is in its second season competing in the Big East Conference. The Bluejays posted a 27-8 record last year (14-4 Big East; second place) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament's round of 32 behind then-senior and consensus national player of the year Doug McDermott (nation-leading 26.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg, .449 3FG%). Picked ninth out of 10 teams in this year's preseason Big East coaches poll, Creighton is 2-0 with home wins over Central Arkansas (104-77) and Chicago State (84-66). CU is outshooting its opponents .469 to .459, and outrebounding them 40.5 to 29.5. The Bluejays have forced their foes into 20 turnovers a game. They have won 20 straight home games and last year ranked fifth nationally in average home attendance (17,896).

Creighton returns one starter from last year in senior guard Austin Chatman. The 6-0, 175-pounder averaged 8.1 points and a team-high 4.4 assists last season, and through two games this year is averaging 7.5 points (ranks seventh on team) and 4.0 handouts. Sophomore guard Isaiah Zierden has come off the bench to average 17.0 points a game, tied for the team lead with senior center Will Artino. Zierden is 7-for-14 from 3-point range while Artino is shooting .619 from the field and averaging a team-high 9.0 rebounds. Senior guard Rick Kreklow, who also played at Missouri and Cal, averages 11.5 points a game while redshirt-freshman forward Toby Hegner contributes 10.5 an outing.

Greg McDermott is in his fifth season as Creighton's head coach and owns a 109-38 (.741) record there. He has led CU to the NCAA Tournament each of the last three seasons. A 1988 graduate of Northern Iowa, he owns a 389-233 career record with additional stops at Iowa State, Northern Iowa, North Dakota State and Wayne State.
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Well this should be a good early season test. Creighton lost a ton from last year but a road game against a well coached team won't be easy. Boomer Sooner!
 
Poor offense the last few minutes. Defense still hasn't allowed a FG.
 
Big 3 by Bud...er Ryan Spangler? Two of them so far.
 
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