*****OU-Texas Tech Pregame Notes/Predictions/Game Thread*****

[OUHoops]

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QUICK PREVIEW
Tied with Kansas State for third place in the Big 12, Oklahoma (18-6, 7-4) will try for a regular season sweep of Texas Tech (12-11, 4-6) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT inside Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners, who fell out of the AP Top 25 this week but are No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, beat the Red Raiders 74-65 on Jan. 25 in Lubbock and are coming off an 88-72 home win over Baylor on Saturday. Texas Tech has won its last two games, both at home (60-54 vs. TCU and 65-61 vs. No. 19/19 Oklahoma State).

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 119; XM 192) with Toby Rowland and Mike Houck calling the action. The game will be televised by the Big 12 Network (KOCB Ch. 34 in OKC; KMYT Ch. 41 in Tulsa) with Mitch Holthus and Stephen Howard announcing.

THE SERIES
Oklahoma owns a 34-20 all-time record against Texas Tech and is 20-6 in the series in games played in Norman. The Sooners have won seven of the last eight meetings at Lloyd Noble Center (Tech won in 2010 by one point), the last three overall matchups and 10 of the last 14. OU is 25-12 against the Red Raiders since the formation of the Big 12 Conference.

LAST MEETING
In Oklahoma’s 74-65 win over Texas Tech in Lubbock on Jan. 18, the trio of Buddy Hield (18 points), Cameron Clark (17) and Jordan Woodard (15) accounted for 50 of OU’s points and shot a combined .625 from the field (20-for-32) and .700 from 3-point range (7-for-10). The Sooners, who never trailed, committed a season-low seven turnovers and outscored Tech 14-3 off turnovers.

PREVIEWING TEXAS TECH
Texas Tech enters Wednesday’s game at 12-11 overall and tied with Oklahoma State for seventh place in the Big 12 at 4-6 (has already surpassed last year’s Big 12 win total of three). The Red Raiders have won their last two games and four of their last seven. They are 1-6 on the year in true road games, with their lone victory coming at TCU on Jan. 18 (60-49). In conference play, Tech ranks ninth in scoring (68.3 ppg), second in scoring defense (69.2 ppg), third in field goal percentage (.450), sixth in 3-point field goal percentage (.344), third in free throw percentage (.741) and third in rebounding margin (+2.4/game).

On the season, senior forward Jaye Crockett leads the team with his 14.7 points and 6.5 rebounds a contest while shooting .552 from the field. In Big 12 play he is averaging team highs of 16.0 points and 6.8 boards. Junior forward Jordan Tolbert averages 11.0 points and 5.7 rebounds on the year while shooting a team-best .574 from the floor. Junior guard Robert Turner is averaging 9.6 points and a team-high 2.7 assists an outing, while sophomore guard Dusty Hannahs contributes 9.0 points a game off the bench. Hannahs is averaging a team-high 1.5 treys per game and ranks sixth in the Big 12 by shooting .398 from behind the arc.

Tubby Smith is in his first year as Texas Tech’s head coach. Formerly the head coach at Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky (1998 NCAA champion) and Minnesota, he owns a 523-237 (.688) career mark.

 

[pnkranger]

We have a big advantage on the perimeter, but Tolbert and Crockett will give us some problems on the boards. If we hit shots, it should be an comfortable win. If we struggle, especially from the perimeter, it could be another nail biter.

 

[MNsooner]

We have a big advantage on the perimeter, but Tolbert and Crockett will give us some problems on the boards. If we hit shots, it should be an comfortable win. If we struggle, especially from the perimeter, it could be another nail biter.

I completely agree. We'll probably need Clark and Spangler to play physical today. More than scoring, fighting for position and boards will be big. We completely out class them on the perimeter so we just need to limit them to one shot and make their bigs work hard.

 

[opsooner]

Curious on attendance tonight. Could be another TCU-like game if we are not careful. Just need a win but would prefer to get it without giving me chest pains.

 

[Laxtothemax12]

Let's come out guns blazin'!

 

[Capel's Mustache]

Their road losses are by very respectable margins, off the top of my head: 4 at UT, 6 at KSU, less than 6 at WV. It will be a fight tonight. I think we win by 3-5.

 

[stormspencer]

I think we are catching Tech at a good time....riding an upset win over OSU. We need to come up and step in their throat in the first ten minutes and see if Tech has any fight in them.

On another note, I'm glad Mitch Holthus is doing the game. He is about the only Big 12 network play-by-play guy that I can tolerate.....besides maybe Brad Sham.

 

[oukyle]

Ou 75 ttu 68

 

[BozemanSooner]

What's the best online streaming site? First row ? First game of the year that is on game plan

 

[Laxtothemax12]

not the best shooting start

 

[Laxtothemax12]

make that a terrible offensive start, like 1/7 I believe and 0-2 from the line...

 

[MNsooner]

Jump ball there? Really?

 

[opsooner]

Cold as ice

 

[tsou89]

Someone needs to slap Spangler and get him back into the game.

 

[MNsooner]

Cam hitting his 3s should pull the defense out.

 

[MNsooner]

Really fine defense play in transition by Woodard there.

 

[soonerhoops2012]

Lucky to be tied after the first 4 mins. We look lethargic

 

[opsooner]

8-8 at under 16

 

[MNsooner]

We've got to do a much better job rebounding. They are getting too many second chances.

 

[Laxtothemax12]

sloppy start. it's like the tcu game, look like we don't want to play it.