>>>>>OU vs. West Virginia Gameday Thread<<<<<

[OUHoops]

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WEDNESDAY'S GAME BASICS
Oklahoma (8-14, 2-8 Big 12) returns to Lloyd Noble Center for a midweek matchup against No. 13/14 West Virginia (18-5, 6-4 Big 12). The Sooners overcame a 15-point deficit to win in overtime when the two teams met earlier this season in Morgantown. OU aims to sweep the Mountaineers in the regular season for the third time in the Lon Kruger era.

ON THE AIR
Wednesday’s contest tips off at 8 p.m. CT and air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM “The Franchise” in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry announcing. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 with Bob Wischusen and Fran Fraschilla calling the action.

TICKETS
Tickets to Wednesday's game are still available on SoonerSports.com. The Lloyd Noble Center box office opens at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The first 250 OU students in attendance will receive BoomSquad hat.

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
• A pair of rookie Sooners enter their second game of February coming off of an excellent January. Freshmen Kameron McGusty and Kristian Doolittle combined to average 27.1 points per game in the month of January, almost doubling their scoring output from the first month of the season (15.0 points per game in November).

• With 16 points against Texas Tech, McGusty extended his streak of scoring in double figures to 10 consecutive games. His streak is the longest by an OU freshman since Jeff Webster in 1990-91. Webster, who ranks third on Oklahoma’s career scoring list, put together 22 straight double-digit performances in his freshman campaign.

• Senior guard Jordan Woodard will play the Mountaineers for the ninth time in his career. Woodard averages 13.1 points, 4.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals when facing West Virginia. In the first matchup with the Mountaineers this season, he led the Sooners with 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting, adding five assists, four rebounds and four steals while making the winning bucket with 2.2 seconds left in overtime.

• Junior forward Khadeem Lattin recorded a season-high six blocked shots in his last home game (vs. Oklahoma State on Jan. 30). Lattin is second in the Big 12 in blocked shots during conference play, registering 2.6 rejections per game (2.1 on the season).

• ESPN’s College Basketball Power Index (BPI) ranks the Sooners’ strength of schedule as the toughest in the nation. This season, OU has faced four teams in the current AP Top 25 - No. 3 Kansas, No. 6 Baylor, No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 13 West Virginia.

SERIES HISTORY
• Oklahoma leads the all-time series, 9-4, and is a perfect 4-0 against the Mountaineers in Norman.

• OU upset West Virginia in the first meeting of the season, outlasting WVU, 89-87, in overtime. West Virginia, ranked No. 7 at the time, is the highest rated opponent Oklahoma has defeated in a true road game since Feb. 17, 1993, when the unranked Sooners defeated No. 6 Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse, 80-77.

• The Sooners have won four of the past five meetings, with the lone loss coming in the semifinals of the 2016 Big 12 Championship, falling, 69-67, when Buddy Hield’s would-be game-winner came just after the buzzer.

 

[Soonermarty]

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Lets goooooooooo!

 

[Soonermarty]

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Is this thing on??

 

[Soonermarty]

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Nice start

 

[AdaSooner]

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Never thought I would say a freshman is the best player on this team.

 

[Soonermarty]

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Up 11-2 at the under 16 timeout

 

[Soonermarty]

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I really think these guys have the ability to be good. Just growing pains and learning how to finish this year.

 

[OUReality]

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It will be fun to watch McGusty develop the next few years. He could follow Buddy's example and turn into a special player

 

[Soonerinkc]

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just watchin...hopefully the guys can play the entire game.

I'd say to McGusty and Doolittle...let em fly...nothin to loose.

 

[OUsky]

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Its about to get ugly again.

 

[Soonerinkc]

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cmon subs...

 

[OUReality]

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Its about to get ugly again.

Buford on cue :facepalm

 

[usedtobe1]

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Buford on cue :facepalm

He hasn't shot a 3 yet

 

[Soonerinkc]

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why does Kruger sub both McGusty and Doolittle out at the same time...

 

[Soonermarty]

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These guys pick up their dribble more than any team I've ever seen

 

[usedtobe1]

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Buford in less than a minute and they put Doolittle back in.

 

[tooney]

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why does Kruger sub both McGusty and Doolittle out at the same time...

To make the game closer????:facepalm

 

[Soonerinkc]

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The players can only run what they've been coached to run...very disappointed in press breaker or offense.

Course they are fouling the chit out of us...body, no call

 

[OUReality]

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Yikes, a LOT of empty seats! I wish I lived in OK

 

[OUsky]

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To make the game closer????:facepalm

Nicely done. lol