This is March.
Oklahoma stared a return back to the bubble on the road at TCU. The Sooners suffered a horrible loss on Tuesday night at Texas that ended with a Longhorn bank-in three in the final seconds.
Lon Kruger and Oklahoma got behind by 20 in the first half on the road at TCU on Saturday. The Sooners were behind 17 in the second half. Then, they came charging.
Oklahoma faced a 59-42 deficit with 10:22 left in the game. The Sooners clawed all the way back to tie the game at 76 with 55 seconds left. They got a stop, then got the ball to the hot hand in Austin Reaves.
The Wichita State transfer had scored 39 in the game. He sized up the TCU defender with eight seconds left, drove left, faded and released the shot.
Buckets.
Reaves. Blouses. He finishes with a career high 41-points. This is MARCH #Sooners pic.twitter.com/dQ1pquB2AY
— Brayden Conover (@BraydenOKCLE) March 8, 2020
Reaves scored a career-high 41 points, 25 of which came in the second half in the Sooners 78-76 win against TCU. The win likely helped secure Oklahoma with an NCAA Tournament bid and the 3-seed in the Big 12 Tournament.
Kruger and the Sooners will play Thursday night in Kansas City at the Big 12 Basketball Tournament in the last game of the day against the 6-seed. Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament is on March 15.
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