The Oklahoma Sooner men’s basketball team has been good this season. It just hasn’t been good enough in the final minutes of games. As has happened often en route to their 11-8 record, the Sooners held a late lead against the No. 21 Baylor Bears, but couldn’t hit enough shots late to pull off the upset win.
“We’re obviously just really mad and frustrated,” forward Jalen Hill said after the game. “We’re playing our butts off out there. We’re competing, and we just can’t find a way to win. That’s obviously frustrating.”
Oklahoma shoots a lot of threes. Porter Moser’s offense creates opportunities for the three ball. But they haven’t been consistent enough from three to warrant 21 attempts in a game. They shot just 23.8% on those 21 attempts from downtown in a game decided by just two points.
Things don’t get any easier for the Sooners who go on the road to Fort Worth to play the No. 14 TCU Horned Frogs next. TCU just went to Lawrence and beat No. 2 Kansas by 23 points. After that, Oklahoma will host No. 4 Alabama as part of the Big 12-SEC challenge.