Oklahoma (18-12, 8-9) took a tough ‘L’ on Tuesday night but not all is lost on the Sooners’ season.
Texas (19-11, 9-8) is one of the hottest teams not just in the Big 12, but in the entire nation. Shak Smart’s mid-season resurrection of the Longhorns winning five-straight conference games to give Texas a chance at making the NCAA Tournament while being without three key players.
Oklahoma’s loss to the Longhorns is being respected as much as it could be. The Sooners are still considered a 10-seed by the Bracket Matrix.
Texas is currently listed as a 12-seed’ and averages an 11.33-seed via the Bracket Matrix, listed on 46 of the 136 brackets tested in the matrix.
Oklahoma’s non-conference is helping its cause yet again. North Texas (13-seed), Stanford (11-seed), Wichita State (11-seed), and Creighton (3-seed) all propel the Sooners into the tournament. While going 1-3 against the four tournament teams, the Sooners played all of them on the road with Stanford being a neutral site game in Kansas City.
Oklahoma has one final regular-season left as they head south on I-35 to Ft. Worth, Texas to take on TCU (16-13, 7-9) on Saturday. The Horned Frogs boast a 14-4 home record, coming off an upset win over No. 3 Baylor last Saturday.
Oklahoma and TCU tip-off at 3p.m. on ESPN2.
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