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QUICK PREVIEW
No. 15/15 Oklahoma (7-2) faces its third ranked opponent of the season when it takes on No. 16/16 Washington (9-0) on Saturday at 8 p.m. CT in Las Vegas. The game, part of the MGM Grand Showcase, will be played at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and will precede No. 14 Utah vs. UNLV. The Sooners have won three straight games, each by at least 19 points, and have achieved their highest national ranking since the 2008-09 season. Washington, coming off an 86-38 home win over Grambling State on Wednesday, owns its highest ranking since the 2010-11 campaign.

ON THE AIR
Tuesday's contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM "The Franchise" in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Sirius 91; XM 91) with Toby Rowland and Mike Houck calling the action. The game will be televised by ESPNU with Dave Pasch and Sean Farnham announcing.

PREVIEWING WASHINGTON
At 9-0, Washington is off to its best start since the 2005-06 season. The Huskies boast a +15.6 average scoring margin. In their lone matchup against a ranked opponent, they held No. 13 San Diego State to .204 (11-for-54) field goal shooting in a 49-36 home win on Dec. 7. UW is averaging 73.1 points on .447 field goal, .321 3-point and .645 free throw shooting. It is outrebounding its foes by 5.2 a game and ranks third nationally with 8.2 blocks per outing.

Sophomore point guard Nigel Williams-Goss is averaging team highs of 14.6 points and 6.9 assists per game while also ranking third with 5.4 rebounds. A McDonald's All-American, Williams-Goss verbally committed to UNLV his sophomore year of high school at Nevada's Findlay Prep when OU head coach Lon Kruger was still coaching the Runnin' Rebels. Junior guard Andrew Andrews averages 13.6 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting .392 from 3-point range with a team-high 2.2 makes per game. Sophomore center Robert Upshaw comes off the bench to average 10.9 points, a team-high 7.1 rebounds and a nation-leading 4.8 blocks per contest in just 19.1 minutes a game. The 7-footer is shooting .651 from the field.

Head coach Lorenzo Romar is 263-144 (.646) in his 13th year at UW. He has guided the Huskies to six NCAA Tournaments. Romar owns a 356-232 (.605) career record as a head coach. He also had three-year stints at Pepperdine (1997-99) and Saint Louis (2000-02).

OU-WASHINGTON SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game will mark just the fourth between Oklahoma and Washington and the first since the 2004-05 season. In the most recent meeting on Nov. 26, 2004, Kelvin Sampson's Sooners shot .550 from the field but dropped a 96-91 contest to the No. 22 Huskies in the Great Alaska shootout semifinals. The Sooners won their first two meetings against UW, both in Kansas City, Mo. They posted an 87-77 win during the 1953-54 season in the Big Seven Holiday Tournament and were victorious in the 1943 NCAA Tournament Western Regional third-place game, 48-43. Naismith Memorial Hall of Famer Bruce Drake was OU's head coach in the first two matchups.
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Re: OU-Washington Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

Oklahoma opened as a 6 1/2 point favorite. Hope that they are right.
 
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Practice at the MGM Grand Arena:

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garyeb2 said:
Oklahoma opened as a 6 1/2 point favorite. Hope that they are right.
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Down to 5. Higher than I thought. Hope they are right - they usually are.
 
don't get EPSNU at the condo in the mountains this weekend...picked the wrong weekend to ski
 
Washington's height already causing some havoc for the offense and rebounding
 
The UW length is noticeable. Already 3 offensive rebounds. We need to block out better and rebound as a team in this one.
 
Great drive by Spangs to pick up that foul against Upshaw.
 
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