With the cancellation of all NCAA winter and spring championships and the Big 12 Tournament being canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kristian Doolittle’s career at Oklahoma has come to an abrupt end.
Doolittle took to social media to address the unprecedented situation.
Wild to think it’s over this way.. but these past 4 years have been all I could dream of and I’m forever grateful for the opportunity to represent my school and state to the best of my ability!! Thank you for all of the support!! pic.twitter.com/mNPgrZthnl
— Kristian Doolittle (@kristiandoolit1) March 12, 2020
The Sooners were scheduled to play against West Virginia Thursday night at 8 p.m. CT but a string of cancellations and postponements by both the NCAA and Big 12 has ended college basketball for the 2019-20 season.
Doolittle’s last game as a Sooner came in Ft. Worth last Saturday against TCU. Down 19-points in the second half, Doolittle was a key part of Oklahoma’s comeback as Austin Reaves’ 41-point performance led the way.
Doolittle nailed back to back three’s on consecutive possessions for the Sooners to cut the led from 13 to seven at the seven-minute mark. Doolittle also knocked down a pair of free throws with about four minutes left to keep the deficit in the single-digits. From there, Reaves and Brady Manek took over offensively to unknowingly send off the lone Sooner senior off with a win.
In his career at Oklahoma, Doolittle averaged 10.2 points per game, joining the 1,000-point club earlier this season and 6.8 rebounds per game. Doolittle was named All-Big 12 First Team earlier this week and was named Big 12 Most Improved Player and All-Big 12 Third Team for the 2018-19 season.
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