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The college basketball season is ramping up in a big way with the regular season starting to dwindle down to its final weeks. With that, projections as to what the NCAA Tournament field is going to look like hold more and more weight as the picture begins to take a more clear shape.
On Tuesday, the latest USA TODAY Sports Bracketology was released and it features Oklahoma as a 3-seed in the Midwest region matched up against 14-seed Texas State. Of course, the geographic regions don’t mean as much this season given the entire tournament will take place in the greater Indianapolis area.
The much more important aspect here is that the Sooners come in as a top-3 seed, which would be a big win if that were the case. Perhaps even bigger than that in the projection is the fact that the 1-seed in the region is Michigan, as opposed to mighty Gonzaga or Baylor, and the 2-seed is Alabama, who Oklahoma already defeated once this season without leading-scorer Austin Reaves.
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If this winds up being the draw for the Sooners, it is pretty favorable all things considered. There is still a lot of basketball to go between now and the tournament, but with Oklahoma’s schedule lining up favorably the rest of the way, they should have a good chance to continue to improve their position.
The Sooners have the week off this week until Saturday when they travel to Morgantown to face No. 14 West Virginia.
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