NMSooner'80
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The game-ending drama the other day in OKC reminded me that I haven't seen OU lose many of those games where the other team had a last-second shot to win (curses to Mitch Richmond and Marcus Foster for spoiling that status). I started thinking back about the ones I've seen in person where OU did win those games. Living out of state for many of the last 40 years after graduation, I missed out on a few of those finishes in person. I also researched a few of them to fill in some of the "blanks." Here goes (the ones I've seen in person):
- 1977 - OU 64, KSU 63 (at LNC). Overcame a turnover and missed FT in the final 20 seconds. Larry Dassie missed a runner at the horn. Still relieved that Mike Evans never touched it on the final possession. John McCullough was downright heroic.
- 1977 - OU 66, Mizzou 63. Miracle rally for its era (down five with 1:50 left). Kim Anderson missed from the "elbow" with 0:01 left and OU sealed it with two FT's by Cary Carrabine. That was the most important two-game stretch in the early days of LNC's history.
- 1987 - OU 89, UNLV 88. Still the greatest game at the LNC ever, in my book. Choo Kennedy scored with 12 seconds left and OU somehow dodged two bullets in the lane (including a missed follow-slam by Jarvis Basnight).
- 2016 - OU 70, West Virginia 68. Ascending to No. 1 on a tip by Khadeem Lattin and a heads-up play by Buddy Hield to tip the WVU in-bounds pass enough to prevent a decent look.
- 2018 - OU 98, Baylor 96. Trae Young scored 44, but OU had to dodge two bullets in the final five seconds. Jake Lindsey of BU missed the front end of a one-and-one, and after a freebie by Rashard Odomes to make it 98-96, King McClure missed at the buzzer.
- 2001 - OU 88, Arkansas 79 (OT). Can't say I remember who shot last for Arkansas in regulation, but I do remember that OU came back from the dead. Arkie had an eight point lead going into the final minute, then Hollis Price and Aaron McGhee hit key shots to get the game into OT.
- 2020 - OU 63, Mississippi State 62. Brady Manek and Alondes Williams did just enough to keep OU ahead in the final minutes. Robert Woodard of MSU missed from about the same spot on the Chesapeake court where Mizzou's Anderson did 43 years earlier at the LNC.
Some of the ones I didn't see live but enjoyed include: the 2015 OU-KU game in Norman (tip-in by Hield), the 2006 Bedlam game (made famous for the Sutton Jr. Fish Flop), and the Crocker Miracle finish against Baylor in 2008.
- 1977 - OU 64, KSU 63 (at LNC). Overcame a turnover and missed FT in the final 20 seconds. Larry Dassie missed a runner at the horn. Still relieved that Mike Evans never touched it on the final possession. John McCullough was downright heroic.
- 1977 - OU 66, Mizzou 63. Miracle rally for its era (down five with 1:50 left). Kim Anderson missed from the "elbow" with 0:01 left and OU sealed it with two FT's by Cary Carrabine. That was the most important two-game stretch in the early days of LNC's history.
- 1987 - OU 89, UNLV 88. Still the greatest game at the LNC ever, in my book. Choo Kennedy scored with 12 seconds left and OU somehow dodged two bullets in the lane (including a missed follow-slam by Jarvis Basnight).
- 2016 - OU 70, West Virginia 68. Ascending to No. 1 on a tip by Khadeem Lattin and a heads-up play by Buddy Hield to tip the WVU in-bounds pass enough to prevent a decent look.
- 2018 - OU 98, Baylor 96. Trae Young scored 44, but OU had to dodge two bullets in the final five seconds. Jake Lindsey of BU missed the front end of a one-and-one, and after a freebie by Rashard Odomes to make it 98-96, King McClure missed at the buzzer.
- 2001 - OU 88, Arkansas 79 (OT). Can't say I remember who shot last for Arkansas in regulation, but I do remember that OU came back from the dead. Arkie had an eight point lead going into the final minute, then Hollis Price and Aaron McGhee hit key shots to get the game into OT.
- 2020 - OU 63, Mississippi State 62. Brady Manek and Alondes Williams did just enough to keep OU ahead in the final minutes. Robert Woodard of MSU missed from about the same spot on the Chesapeake court where Mizzou's Anderson did 43 years earlier at the LNC.
Some of the ones I didn't see live but enjoyed include: the 2015 OU-KU game in Norman (tip-in by Hield), the 2006 Bedlam game (made famous for the Sutton Jr. Fish Flop), and the Crocker Miracle finish against Baylor in 2008.
