Another day, and yet another bad loss to a Big 12 opponent for Porter Moser’s Oklahoma Sooners. Despite a few sparks in both halves, OU was outmatched and outgunned on both ends of the floor, and Kansas ended up running away with a 78-55 win at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.
It was a very sloppy game for OU. The Sooners turned the ball over 24 times and their passes seemed off. They didn’t shoot the ball much better. OU shot 35.7% from the field and ignored the three-point shot for large portions of the game. Combine that with Kansas’ domination in the paint and the Sooners didn’t have much to work with on offense.
With or without Tanner Groves on the floor, the Sooners were manhandled down low by the Jayhawks. When Groves was in the game, he was largely left by himself defending the larger Kansas players. Without Groves, the Sooners just had no answer whatsoever for Kansas’ size and length.
Much like Oklahoma State, Kansas was a massive mismatch for OU. The Sooners were too small to get baskets in the paint and they didn’t have the shooting to keep up on the scoreboard, much less so from beyond the three-point arc.
This loss drops the Sooners 2-10 in the Big 12 and 12-13 overall. When OU does leave the Big 12, it will be not a moment to soon for the men’s basketball program.
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