**********OU vs Kansas Game Thread**********

[OUHoops]

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SATURDAY’S GAME BASICS
Oklahoma (10-3, 0-1) plays its Big 12 Conference home opener Saturday at 1 p.m. CT when Kansas (11-3, 1-0) visits Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners, who lost 87-49 at No. 7 Missouri on Tuesday, are 7-0 at home this season. The No. 14/15 Jayhawks, are coming off a 67-49 home win over Kansas State on Wednesday. Saturday’s contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City; KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa; Sirius 92; XM 194) with Toby Rowland and Mike Houck announcing. The game will be televised by ESPNU with Dave Flemming and Fran Fraschilla calling the action.

PREVIEWING KANSAS
Ranked No. 14 and No. 15 in the AP and coaches’ polls, 11-3 Kansas picked up a 67-49 home win over No. 23/22 Kansas State on Wednesday in the Big 12 opener for both teams. The Jayhawks held K-State to .316 shooting and outrebounded it 50-26.

KU is 8-0 at home and 3-3 away from Allen Fieldhouse. Its losses have come to Kentucky (75-65 in New York), Duke (68-61 in Hawaii) and Davidson (80-74 in Kansas City).

The Jayhawks average 75.4 points per game (rank fifth in Big 12) and are shooting .479 from the field (fourth), .357 from 3-point distance (sixth) and .689 from the free throw line (seventh). They lead the league in rebounding margin (+9.1 per game).

Junior forward Thomas Robinson, a teammate of OU’s Andrew Fitzgerald at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, ranks fourth in the Big 12 in scoring (17.5 ppg) and first in rebounding (12.3 rpg; ranks No. 2 nationally). Robinson’s 10 double-doubles are six more than the league’s second-highest total (four by OU’s Romero Osby). The reigning Big 12 Player of the Week is averaging 22.5 points and 17.0 rebounds the last two games.

Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor averages 15.1 points and a team-high 5.1 assists per game (ranks fourth in league). A career .360 3-point shooter entering the season, Taylor has made 18 of his 36 attempts this season (.500).

Junior guards Elijah Johnson and Travis Releford average 9.7 and 8.8 points per game, respectively. Johnson also averages 3.8 assists, while Releford is coming off his first career double-double (16 points, 11 rebounds vs. Kansas State).

Bill Self is in his ninth year as Kansas’ head coach and owns a 248-49 record. He’s in his 19th year overall.

OU-KANSAS SERIES HISTORY
Kansas is the only Big 12 program with a winning record against Oklahoma. The Jayhawks own a 136-64 series advantage and are 46-40 in Norman. The Sooners had won three of the five overall meetings in the series and four of the seven prior to Kansas’ current six-game victory streak. OU is 4-15 against the Jayhawks since the formation of the Big 12 Conference (2-6 in Norman). They have won two of the last five against KU in Norman (won 77-70 in 2003 and 71-63 in 2005).

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are available for $10, $30 and $40 at the OU Athletics Ticket Office and online at SoonerSports.com. Lloyd Noble Center's north and east ticket windows will open at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

OU students may purchase a ticket for $5.

 

[AdaSooner]

I want to start this thread off with:

I HATE JAYHAWK BLUE AND EVERYTHING IT STANDS FOR!!!

That is all.

 

[JBaker]

Screw Dook for taking so long.

 

[JBaker]

Crowd looks awful.
Way to go, donors!

 

[AdaSooner]

Screw Dook for taking so long.

Fitting that it's Duke. Another program I hate!

 

[opsooner]

I doubt it will be this year but we need to steal a win from these guys soon. I can think of several games where we played without full strength when we were the better team or where they brought refs in out of their locker room in Lawrence!!! <-- OK, maybe not the same locker room but there might be an envelope slot between their locker room and the ref locker room.

:hollis754::bgriff624_jpg_xs:

 

[CrimsonandCream14]

Well, we've won the first 4 minutes. 5-4 Sooners at the under 16 timeout.

 

[Mutron76]

Screw Dook for taking so long.

Teaching moments lol

 

[JBaker]

Sometimes I feel like Clark is regressing. Rally hope he turns it around this season. We need him.

 

[Soonerman82]

Way too many Kansas fans there.

 

[JBaker]

Way too many Kansas fans there.

Half the donors sold their seats to Kansas fans.
The other half are out playing bingo. Pathetic.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

What's that, five layups for KU? We have to grind for every shot and they're in our grill on every possession. We need to change things or this will get out of hand in a hurry.

What was all this about no tickets left? Maybe it's my TV but I see planty of empty seats.

 

[opsooner]

Too many turnovers for us and they're getting too many offensive rebounds.

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

Classic LNC sellout where only 9,000 people actually show up. Of course I can't complain because I'm in Michigan right now lol

 

[Mutron76]

wtf Neal. Your better than that.

 

[JBaker]

Having exactly two guys on the roster that know how to dribble will be our downfall.
I like that we are at least fighting early though.

 

[opsooner]

I do like that we are being aggressive - just need to curb the mistakes.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

KSU38
mu 21 3:14 1st half.

 

[JBaker]

KSU38
mu 21 3:14 1st half.

Doh...

 

[tomkar98]

This game has been good so far. We need to cut down the turnovers and stop their second chances. Boomer Sooner!