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EAST REGIONAL BASICS
Making its 29th NCAA Tournament appearance and third straight under fourth-year head coach Lon Kruger, No. 3 seed Oklahoma (24-10 overall, 12-6 Big 12) will meet No. 7 seed Michigan State (25-11 overall, 12-6 Big Ten) in Friday's East Regional semifinals in Syracuse, N.Y. The contest, to be played at the 35,446-seat Carrier Dome, will start at approximately 9:07 p.m. CT.

Should it advance to the regional final, Oklahoma will face the winner of Friday's Louisville (No. 4 seed) versus NC State (No. 8 seed) matchup on Sunday (time TBA). The Cardinals sport a 26-8 record while the Wolfpack is 22-13.

ON THE AIR
All of OU's NCAA Tournament games will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM in Oklahoma City; KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa) with Toby Rowland (play-by-play) and Mike Houck (analyst) calling the action. Friday's game will be televised nationally by TBS with Verne Lundquist, Jim Spanarkel and Allie LaForce announcing. It will also air on the Westwood One Network (Sirius 92, XM 202) with Ian Eagle and P.J. Carlesimo on the call.

OU AT THE CARRIER DOME
Oklahoma has played one game in the Carrier Dome, beating Syracuse 98-91 during the 1983-84 season under head coach Billy Tubbs. Sophomore Wayman Tisdale scored 33 points to lead the Sooners while freshman Tim McCalister added 26.

OKLAHOMA AND THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• OU is making its 29th NCAA Tournament appearance (37-28 record), 16th in the last 21 years and 25th in the last 33 seasons.

• The Sooners have made four Final Four appearances (1939, 1947, 1988 and 2002). They played in the 1947 and 1988 national championship games.

• Oklahoma is 14-8 in its last nine NCAA Tournaments, with a Final Four showing in 2002 and Elite Eight appearances in 2003 and 2009.

• The Sooners are 7-4 as participants in the East Region (4-2 the last two times with an Elite Eight showing in 2003 and an appearance in the round of 32 in 2008).

• OU is 4-2 all-time as a No. 3 seed (went 1-1 in 2000 and 2005 under Kelvin Sampson).

OU-MICHIGAN STATE SERIES HISTORY
Friday's game will mark the ninth meeting between Oklahoma and Michigan State. The Spartans hold a 5-3 series lead but the Sooners have won two of the last three (60-58 in Oklahoma City in the 2002-03 season and 80-77 in overtime in Auburn Hills, Mich., in the 2003-04). Last year, No. 1-ranked MSU outscored unranked OU 12-5 over the last 3 minutes to post an 87-76 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic title game win in Brooklyn, N.Y. Cameron Clark scored 32 for the Sooners. The box score is on page 23 of these notes.

The teams' lone NCAA Tournament meeting occurred in the 1999 Midwest Regional semifinals in St. Louis, Mo. Under head coach Kelvin Sampson, the 13th-seeded Sooners upset No. 4 seed Arizona and No. 5 seed Charlotte in the first two rounds before falling 54-46 to the top-seeded Spartans. The game featured an infamous collision between OU's Eduardo Najera and MSU's Mateen Cleaves with 9:34 remaining that delayed the game for five minutes and sent Najera to the Sooners' locker room with a grade-one concussion, a sternoclavicular strain, a chipped tooth and a six-stitch cut on his chin. Najera returned to action at the 4:25 mark.
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Re: OU-Michigan State Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

Despite friendship, OU's Buddy Hield and Michigan State's Tum Tum Nairn will go hard against each other: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-basketba...ll-go-hard-against-each-other/article/5404879

Joe Castiglione makes it to Syracuse to support Sooners: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-basketba...o-syracuse-to-support-sooners/article/5404892

Michigan State has a rock 'em, sock 'em basketball program: http://newsok.com/michigan-state-has-a-tough-rock-em-sock-em-basketball-program/article/5404908

Close friends Buddy Hield, Tum Tum Nairn meet in Sweet Sixteen: http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...cle_1ee5adf2-c496-54f2-8e6c-c26112f2e399.html

Lon Kruger, Tom Izzo old acquaintances who happen to be among the most successful coaches around: http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...cle_80b215a9-608f-5528-970b-330e8828549e.html

What if Lon Kruger had stayed at one program?: http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/ou-...cle_1fd04c7f-e8fa-5fde-8ef6-bb59450d27ce.html

Sooners preparing for battle of the boards: http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...cle_b54183e4-fa62-5637-8884-7e99bc2267d3.html

Sooners bench has improved in the NCAA Tournament: http://www.normantranscript.com/spo...cle_e74eef4d-8a4a-5016-8965-a5964d867178.html

Michigan State preparing for 'polar opposite' style of game vs. Oklahoma: http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2015/03/michigan_state_preparing_for_p_1.html

Izzo, Kruger's paths cross again: http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/297711381.html

Defense once again key vs. Oklahoma: http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...igan-state-oklahoma-ncaa-tournament/70513264/

Spartans light on stars but full of chemistry: http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...03/26/michigan-state-team-chemistry/70517312/

Michigan State vs. Oklahoma -- How they match up: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...26/michigan-state-vs-oklahoma-match/70526532/

Detroit News Predictions: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...it-news-predictions-msu-vs-oklahoma/70527990/

Spangler playing his role for OU: http://oklahoma.scout.com/story/1531135-ryan-spangler-playing-his-role-for-ou?s=146

MSU lucky Izzo left Atlanta Hawks job to Kruger: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...2015/03/26/couch-column-izzo-kruger/70513168/

Unlike Izzo, Kruger more of a traveling coach: http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c.../michigan-state-oklahoma-lon-kruger/70512756/

Video: 5 things you didn't know about Buddy Hield: http://www.koco.com/sports/sooners/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-buddy-hield/32041036

How fast does Oklahoma's Buddy Hield talk? We measured him at five words per second: http://www.syracuse.com/east-region...him_at_xxx_words_per_minute.html#incart_river

Oklahoma's Buddy Hield thrives in the clutch: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...klahomas-buddy-hield-thrives-clutch/70466904/
 
Re: >>>>>Sweet 16: OU-Michigan State Gameday Thread<<<<<

Boomer!
 
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Buddy has taken over for Ryan Minor and Hollis Price as my favorite sooner ever. Dude just makes me smile when he talks about working hard and winning.
 
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CoachTalk said:
Buddy has taken over for Ryan Minor and Hollis Price as my favorite sooner ever. Dude just makes me smile when he talks about working hard and winning.
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No Sooner ever had a bigger heart than Hollis. Incredibly consistent player too unlike Buddy.
 
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@OU_MBBall: View of shootaround from top row of Carrier Dome. #Sooners #Sweet16

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@OUontheAir: Sweet 16 Nuggets: OU is 18-1 this year when wearing their white uniforms. The Sooners would wear white in both potential games this wkd.
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Re: >>>>>Sweet 16: OU-Michigan State Gameday Thread<<<<<

I've been on bed rest for about 8 days due to a back condition. Today is the first day I have been able to walk pain free in almost 2 weeks. I'm taking it as a sign of good things to come tonight!!!! BOOMER!!
 
Re: >>>>>Sweet 16: OU-Michigan State Gameday Thread<<<<<

I'm in the building...we need more sooners here!
 
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Cannot WAIT.
 
Looks like the winner of this one plays Louisville.

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NickZepp said:
Looks like the winner of this one plays Louisville.

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Hope it's in the Cards for the Sooners!
 
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