Oklahoma Men's B-Ball host Kansas State tonight in LNC at 8 PM
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:41 am
The Oklahoma Men's Basketball Team hosts Kansas State tonight in Lloyd Noble Center in a Big 12 matchup at 8 PM.
Tuesday's game against the Wildcats will be broadcast on ESPNU with James Westling and Lance Blanks on the call. Fans may also listen on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry announcing.
Here is the preview of the game written by staff writers for OU.
https://soonersports.com/news/2023/2/13 ... on-tuesday
Tonight's game between OU and K-State will be the first time the two teams have meet this season in a rare double-dip set of games in the second half of the Big 12 schedule.
Both teams come into the game having the least amount of success at this point in the season. After starting the season with a 9-3 out-of-conf schedule, the Sooners were 2-3 in their first five Big 12 games with each game being a game determined by 5 points or less. But the Sooners are 1-7 in their last eight games with their only win being against Alabama, a top ranked team at that time in what is definitely their best outing of the season. Kansas State opened the season with an 11-1 record through their out-of-conf schedule. K-State opened the Big 12 schedule with 4 straight wins but have fallen to a 4-5 record over their last 9 games.
Kansas State usually has 3 guards and 2 forwards on the floor. Their two leading scorers are Johnson, a 6'6" forward and Nowell, a 5'8" guard who average 17.6 and 16.9 PPG. Oklahoma needs to find a way to slow these two players down. Hill and Uzan or Cortes will be key player tonight on defense for that reason tonight. Johnson and Nowell take 42% of the Wildcats shots. I really do not see any matchup problems with K-State for the Sooners. K-State does want to run if they can as they score nearly 10 more points a game. The Wildcats also get to the free throw line as they shoot 22 free throws a game compared to 15 for the Sooners. The two teams shoot roughly the same percentage from all 3 areas of the floor. K-State also goes to the offensive boards well as 30% of their rebounds come on the offensive end of the floor. By contrast, OU gets about 22% of their rebounds on the offensive end.
Defense against Johnson and Nowell, defensive rebounds to counter K-State's offensive rebounds and control of the ball after a miss by Oklahoma seem to be the keys as well as not picking up easy fouls on defense. If OU can shoot the ball better than average tonight it would help also.
Oklahoma needs a win tonight to keep pace with Texas Tech who defeated Teas last night. Texas Tech and OU are potentially tied, with an OU win tonight. OU defeated Tech in Lubbock earlier in the season. With a win at home in 3 games against Tech, Oklahoma can stay out of the 10th spot in the Big 12 standings.
Good luck tonight in the game against K-State.
Boomer Sooner!
Tuesday's game against the Wildcats will be broadcast on ESPNU with James Westling and Lance Blanks on the call. Fans may also listen on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry announcing.
Here is the preview of the game written by staff writers for OU.
https://soonersports.com/news/2023/2/13 ... on-tuesday
Tonight's game between OU and K-State will be the first time the two teams have meet this season in a rare double-dip set of games in the second half of the Big 12 schedule.
Both teams come into the game having the least amount of success at this point in the season. After starting the season with a 9-3 out-of-conf schedule, the Sooners were 2-3 in their first five Big 12 games with each game being a game determined by 5 points or less. But the Sooners are 1-7 in their last eight games with their only win being against Alabama, a top ranked team at that time in what is definitely their best outing of the season. Kansas State opened the season with an 11-1 record through their out-of-conf schedule. K-State opened the Big 12 schedule with 4 straight wins but have fallen to a 4-5 record over their last 9 games.
Kansas State usually has 3 guards and 2 forwards on the floor. Their two leading scorers are Johnson, a 6'6" forward and Nowell, a 5'8" guard who average 17.6 and 16.9 PPG. Oklahoma needs to find a way to slow these two players down. Hill and Uzan or Cortes will be key player tonight on defense for that reason tonight. Johnson and Nowell take 42% of the Wildcats shots. I really do not see any matchup problems with K-State for the Sooners. K-State does want to run if they can as they score nearly 10 more points a game. The Wildcats also get to the free throw line as they shoot 22 free throws a game compared to 15 for the Sooners. The two teams shoot roughly the same percentage from all 3 areas of the floor. K-State also goes to the offensive boards well as 30% of their rebounds come on the offensive end of the floor. By contrast, OU gets about 22% of their rebounds on the offensive end.
Defense against Johnson and Nowell, defensive rebounds to counter K-State's offensive rebounds and control of the ball after a miss by Oklahoma seem to be the keys as well as not picking up easy fouls on defense. If OU can shoot the ball better than average tonight it would help also.
Oklahoma needs a win tonight to keep pace with Texas Tech who defeated Teas last night. Texas Tech and OU are potentially tied, with an OU win tonight. OU defeated Tech in Lubbock earlier in the season. With a win at home in 3 games against Tech, Oklahoma can stay out of the 10th spot in the Big 12 standings.
Good luck tonight in the game against K-State.
Boomer Sooner!