>>>>>>OU-Harvard Gameday Thread<<<<<<

[OUHoops]

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FRIDAY'S GAME BASICS
No. 3/2 Oklahoma faces Harvard in the title game at the 2015 Diamond Head Classic Friday, Dec. 25, at 7:30 p.m. CT in Honolulu inside Stan Sheriff Center. The championship matchup will mark the first ever meeting between the Sooners and the Crimson. Oklahoma is 10-0 on the season, while Harvard owns a 5-6 overall record.

ON THE AIR
Friday’s contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM “The Franchise” in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa) with Toby Rowland and Scott Thompson announcing. The game will be televised by ESPN2 with Roxy Bernstein and Brad Daughtery calling the action.

CRIMSON NUGGETS
Harvard has played in three in-season tournaments under Tommy Amaker including this year’s appearance in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic and boasts an 8-0 record in those tournaments. The Crimson won the inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis in 2011 and won the 2013 Great Alaska Shootout.

Harvard leads the Ivy League in both opponent field goal percentage (38.3%) and scoring defense (64.1 ppg), having held seven opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting and four opponents to under 60 points.

Oklahoma is currently ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 2 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, representing the highest ranking of a Harvard opponent since the Crimson played at AP No. 1 Duke on Nov. 30, 1991 during Tommy Amaker’s tenure as an assistant coach with the Blue Devils.

Harvard boasts four wins over ranked opponents under Tommy Amaker, representing the only four wins versus ranked opponents in program history.

Including Friday’s game against Oklahoma, Harvard will have played against three teams ranked in this week’s Associated Press top 10 (lost at Providence, 76-64; lost at Kansas, 75-69) and six games against teams ranked in the top 150 of the RPI (Oklahoma, Providence, Kansas, Auburn, Northeastern, BYU).

Harvard is 1-8 all-time against the Big 12 with the lone win coming against TCU in the championship game of the 2013 Great Alaska Shootout, 71-50. Friday’s meeting will mark the first between Harvard and Oklahoma.

Friday will mark the first ever meeting between the Sooners and the Crimson. Tommy Amaker and Lon Kruger have met once previously as head coaches with Kruger’s Illinois squad defeating Amaker’s Seton Hall Pirates 72-61 on Dec. 5, 1999.

 

[OUReality]

Re: OU-Harvard Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

Looking forward to seeing OU 1st tournament championship of the season tonight. Hopefully the 1st of 3

 

[SoonerSunshine]

Re: OU-Harvard Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

So excited for this game. Have a feeling it's going to be a tough one.

 

[SoonerTraveler]

Re: OU-Harvard Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

FYI .. The 3rd place game (Auburn vs. Hawaii) tips off at 5:30 CT. The OU-Harvard game will tip-off 30 minutes after the end of that game. So the actual tip-off for the tournament championship game will be about 8:00 PM CT.

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Point Spreads Today
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/las-vegas/

Noon .... New Mexico (-4) over Washington State

2:30 PM .... BYU (-3) over Northern Iowa

5:30 PM .... Hawaii (-8.5) over Auburn

8:00 PM ... Oklahoma (-12.5) over Harvard

 

[usedtobe1]

Re: OU-Harvard Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

Harvard isn't real athletic but is very disciplined and won't make a bunch of mistakes.They do have one stud player in 6'9" Zena Edosomwan. That kid is a force inside.

 

[Larry72]

Re: OU-Harvard Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

I watched some Harvard videos. They have a lot of talent. A 6'9" post is skilled and very quick. Good passing and out side shooting. They also play good D

Kansas beat them earlier at Lawrence by 6 and Harvard was in it the entire game.

I hope we play strong tonight.

 

[stormspencer]

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Bring on "Skull and Bones"!

 

[DenverSooner]

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Does anyone know what channel ESPN 2 is on with Cox in Tulsa

 

[SoonerTraveler]

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Does anyone know what channel ESPN 2 is on with Cox in Tulsa

http://www.hdtvok.com/cox-cable-hd-channel-lineup/#coxtulsa


http://www.cox.com/residential/tv/channel-lineup.cox

On this second link, you can click on the location shown (upper right corner) if it is not Tulsa, and change it to Tulsa.

 

[DenverSooner]

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Thank you for the help Traveler. I have the game ready to go

 

[OUradu]

Re: OU-Harvard Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

Why would they schedule the games just 2 hrs apart?

 

[OUReality]

Re: OU-Harvard Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

Watching the Hawaii/Auburn game confirms my belief that Hawaii is a good team and a terrific win by the Sooners. I'm glad this tournament was not a cakewalk for OU, they are battle tested going into conference play.

 

[kbsooner]

Re: OU-Harvard Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

Lets get the 1st of hopefully many championships this season! Booomer!

 

[AdaSooner]

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Game is set to tip at 9:08 central

 

[OUReality]

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OU up 10-5 early. Have to be disciplined on D. Definitely should have the advantage on the boards

 

[AdaSooner]

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Love Lattin's energy! He's looking to score more, too.

 

[JDSooners]

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crowd totally dead

 

[sheepdogs1]

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Woodard needs to do away w/the turnovers.

 

[OUReality]

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OU 12-7 at 15 minute mark

 

[sheepdogs1]

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Harvard seems to be focusing on getting the ball down low to run their offense.