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[OUHoops]

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Headlines links below the preview. More to come in the morning.

Pregame Headlines: http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=209975305

QUICK PREVIEW
Making its 29th NCAA Tournament appearance and third straight under fourth-year head coach Lon Kruger, No. 13/15 Oklahoma (23-10 overall, 12-6 Big 12) enters Sunday's round-of-32 game against Dayton (27-8 overall, 13-5 Atlantic 10) as the East Region's No. 3 seed. The contest will be played at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and will start at 6:10 p.m. ET. Dayton is the region's No. 11 seed.

ON THE AIR
All of OU's NCAA Tournament games will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM in Oklahoma City; KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa) with Toby Rowland (play-by-play) and Mike Houck (analyst) calling the action. Sunday's game will be televised nationally by TNT with Ian Eagle, Doug Gottlieb and Evan Washburn announcing. It will also air on the Westwood One Network (Sirius 93, XM 201) with Dave Sims and Jim Jackson on the call.

ABOUT DAYTON
Dayton enters Sunday's game with a 26-8 record and has won 10 of its last 13 games. It tied for second in the Atlantic 10 Conference with a 13-5 mark, one game behind Davidson. One of the country's smaller teams (no active player is taller than 6-6), the Flyers are 2-0 in this year's NCAA Tournament. They beat Boise State 56-55 in a First Four game on Wednesday (the game was played on Dayton's home court) and downed No. 6 seed Providence 66-53 on Friday. UD is averaging 67.8 points a game on .462 field goal, .351 3-point and .683 free throw shooting. It allows 60.5 points on .417 field goal and .319 3-point shooting. The Flyers are getting outrebounded by 1.5 boards a game.

Senior guard Jordan Sibert, who began his career at Ohio State and played in 24 games during the Buckeyes' 2011-12 Final Four season, was a first-team All-Atlantic 10 selection this year and averages a team-high 16.3 points a game. He's made a team-high 79 3-pointers and is shooting .351 from behind the arc. Junior forward and second-team all-league pick Dyshawn Pierre is averaging 12.8 points, a team-high 8.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists a contest.

The Flyers are coached by Archie Miller, who is 90-46 in his fourth year at Dayton.

OU-DAYTON HISTORY
The Sooners are 2-1 against Dayton, losing their lone NCAA Tournament matchup by an 89-85 score in 1984. OU was a No. 2 seed and received a first-round bye before falling to the 10th-seeded Flyers in Salt Lake City despite getting 36 points from sophomore Wayman Tisdale. Roosevelt Chapman scored 41 points for Dayton, a figure that still represents an OU opponent postseason record. The Sooners posted a third-round 1982 NIT home win over Dayton (91-82), and beat the Flyers 151-99 in the Chaminade Christmas Classic in the 1987-88 season (OU advanced to the national championship game that year). The headline in the next morning's Honolulu newspaper read, "Dayton Scores 99, Loses by 52." Stacey King scored 31 points for OU, Harvey Grant 24 and Ricky Grace 21.

Why a trip to the Sweet 16 would help bring the sizzle back to Sooner basketball: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-basketba...zle-back-to-sooner-basketball/article/5403601

Oklahoma is next to try to derail Dayton's Ohio express: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...-try-to-derail-daytons-ohio-express/25157359/

How Dayton wound up in Columbus, putting the Sooners in front of a hostile crowd: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-basketba...s-in-front-of-a-hostile-crowd/article/5403591

Flyers' size lines up well for Sooners: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-basketball-notebook-flyers-size-lines-up-well-for-sooners/article/5403598

Dayton will have homecourt advantage: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-basketball-dayton-will-have-homecourt-advantage/article/5403570

Lon Kruger says Flyers look like 'fun group': http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagel...cle_55c0c4d9-aa69-540f-8c9e-2653ef5dd2be.html

Sooners face road game against Dayton in NCAA Tournament round of 32: http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagel...cle_77946c78-0577-53e4-b01f-4bf63e588c68.html

Woodard becoming the PG OU needs: http://oklahoma.scout.com/story/1529893-woodard-becoming-the-pg-that-ou-needs?s=146

Oklahoma-Dayton Preview: http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask...05384/ncaa-tournament-preview-oklahoma-dayton

Kruger can enter a class by himself with a victory over Dayton: http://www.normantranscript.com/spo...cle_4a638908-4325-5ade-a6f4-25b933786fec.html

Sooners face homecourt disadvantage against Dayton: http://www.normantranscript.com/spo...cle_130f1e5d-2816-56d6-9283-56e0a63e79ac.html

 

[jackson_supersooner]

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Booooomeeeeer!!!!

 

[BigTime]

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Soooooooooooonnnerr!

 

[IndySooner]

Let's do this! Oh, and go MSU first!

 

[BigTime]

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Can we please have a good shooting day from BTA!

 

[hoopsaustin]

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Lets gooooooo

Blockout Spangler!!

 

[steverocks35]

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Not much love, so far I've seen Fran and Clark Kellogg pick Dayton to win.

 

[IndySooner]

Not much love, so far I've seen Fran and Clark Kellogg pick Dayton to win.

Meh. Screw em!

 

[ouboomer]

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Not much love, so far I've seen Fran and Clark Kellogg pick Dayton to win.

of course they did, they are the only double digit seed playing today, and have to to throw it out there

 

[IndySooner]

of course they did, they are the only double digit seed playing today, and have to to throw it out there

Yep. Good point.

 

[OUHoops]

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Toby Rowland's OU-Dayton Audio Scene setter:

https://soundcloud.com/sooner-radio...ndcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

 

[OklahomaLibertarian]

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I think OU wins this one too, although it'll be close.

 

[OUHoops]

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@taethomas35: Locked in and determined #BoomSoon

@buddyhield: Refuse to lose

 

[AdaSooner]

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I have a good feeling about today's game.

I know Dayton is a better team than Albany. But we won that game on the strength of our frontcourt. Our guards and wings shot a miserable 35% from the field and 29% from three, and we still won by nine. I don't expect to see a repeat of that performance from good shooters like Hield, Cousins, Booker and Woodard. If I'm right, I don't think today's game will be another nail bitter like some of the games we have sweated the outcome on this season.

 

[usedtobe1]

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I hope you're right, Ada. Buddy is due a breakout game, and Thomas should have his way inside.

 

[CMSOONER]

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To piggy back off Ada, if we play inside out like we did against Albany our guards will get higher quality shots.

 

[Laxtothemax12]

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After watching Dayton the last two years, I dont have a good feeling about today. Hope I am wrong.

 

[MercedeSooner]

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Go OU !

 

[OUHoops]

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Sooners in the house:

https://twitter.com/OU_MBBall/status/579749131863896064

 

[MercedeSooner]

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Away Whites too huh. Damn you Dayton !