Selection Sunday has finally arrived as the 2021 NCAA Tournament bracket as been revealed with all 68 teams now knowing the day they will begin their quest for a title and who it will be against.
For Oklahoma, they come in as No. 8 seed in the West Region and will be matched up against No. 9 seed Missouri in the first round on Saturday. Should they manage to knock off the Tigers, they would have to deal with the No. 1 team in the country in Gonzaga – barring the Bulldogs falling in a historic upset in their first round game.
The Sooners last saw Missouri just a over a year ago when the two linked up in Kansas City in the early parts of last season. So, Lon Kruger will have at least some level of familiarity with the Tigers going into this week’s game. For what it’s worth, Oklahoma won that contest 77-66 behind 19 points from Austin Reaves.
All in all, this is a pretty tough draw for the Sooners. They have to deal with a tough No. 9 in Missouri before potentially dealing with the undefeated No. 1 Gonzaga Bulldogs. And that is just to get to the Sweet 16.
But, this is March Madness. The tournament where anything can happen. One of the only things that is for certain with it, is that everyone can’t wait to get this thing started.
Oklahoma will have a wait a bit as they don’t play until Saturday (time and location still TBA), but the 2021 NCAA Tournament will tip off on Thursday evening with the First Four.