**********OU-Idaho Game Thread**********

[OUHoops]

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QUICK PREVIEW
Oklahoma (2-0) and Idaho (1-0) meet in a Coaches vs. Cancer Classic campus matchup Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT in Norman. The Sooners, who will be playing their third game in five days to start the season, are coming off a 95-82 home win over North Texas on Monday. Idaho, which went 12-18 last season and is picked to finish second in the WAC this year, edged Western Illinois on Saturday, 67-63, in its lone game so far.

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) with Toby Rowland and Mike Houck calling the action. The game will be televised by Sooner Sports TV (FS Oklahoma and FOX College Sports Atlantic) with Chad McKee, Renzi Stone and Jessica Coody announcing.

PREVIEWING IDAHO
Idaho enters Wednesday’s game with a 1-0 record after posting a 67-63 home win over Western Illinois on Saturday. The Vandals, who were picked by Western Athletic Conference media to finish second in the league this year, shot 40.8 percent from the field and 36.8 percent (7-for-19) from 3-point range while also registering a 35-29 rebounding advantage over the Leathernecks. Idaho is coming off a 12-18 season in which it finished in sixth place in the WAC with a 7-11 league mark.

The Vandals return just three letterwinners and two starters from last year’s squad. Ten of the team’s 15 players are new to the program this season and two more redshirted a year ago. Senior forward Stephen Madison is the team’s top returning player. The preseason first-team all-league selection averaged 14.1 points and 4.7 rebounds a game last year and tallied 21 points, 14 rebounds and five assists against Western Illinois on Saturday. Junior guard Connor Hill made a WAC-high 87 3-pointers last season and ranked second in the league with his .444 mark from behind the arc. Hill averaged 12.1 points per outing.

Idaho is under the direction of sixth-year head coach Don Verlin, who owns an 82-78 (.513) record at the school. In the five seasons prior to Verlin’s arrival, the Vandals went 38-111 (.255) under two head coaches.

 

[konawa]

Boomer Sooner

 

[konawa]

Potato heads up one, why was that last one waved off? Anybody out there?

 

[runner1182]

Idaho coaching staff looks they are running a oil change shop

 

[SanditeSooner10]

10-9 Idaho at the under 16 timeout. Not a lot of defense from OU thus far.

 

[runner1182]

waved off due to foul while he was dribbling I believe, before he got his shot up

 

[jmill1200]

Boomer Sooner!! These boys need to mesh a little better on defense tonight and Ryan needs to knock down his free throws!! The whole team needs to hit their free throws!!

 

[jmill1200]

Neal is looking good!!

 

[JBaker]

Our defense is still doing a terrible job adjusting to the new rules.
Way overcompensating and letting everybody just dribble right by us to the rim.

 

[jmill1200]

Booker blocks a shot in 3, 2, 1!!

 

[konawa]

The officiating so far is not friendly.

 

[runner1182]

Wow our defense makes everyone look like a top 5 team

 

[runner1182]

Officials won't even let you guard, these new rules suck for defense

 

[cfin5256]

Booker blocks a shot in 3, 2, 1!!

Good call!

 

[konawa]

Picking it up, looking better hitting buckets, like the pressure

 

[SanditeSooner10]

19-17 Idaho. 9:59 left in the 1st.

 

[pnkranger]

Tyler Neal is our best player?

 

[jmill1200]

Yes sir Booker, he has a lot of upside!!

 

[jmill1200]

We need a few easy ones to get us going, live by the three, die by the three!!

 

[konawa]

Idaho is good enough to challenge, good test for defense.