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NCAA Selections

March 16, 2023 Jeff Brucculeri

Watching the “NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Selection Show” is almost like watching lottery numbers being announced. Most of the teams selected for the field of 68 already know they are going to appear on the bracket, but finding out what seed they will be, who their first opponent will be and where they will play,…

OU surprises TCU to finish regular season

March 9, 2023

Oklahoma was led by Tanner Groves with 23 points, as the Sooners beat No. 22 TCU, 74-60 Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams. Groves also pulled down 10 rebounds in the game. Oklahoma improved its record to 15-16, 5-13 Big 12, and finished in last place in the Big 12 Conference. Grant Sherfield…

OSU ends regular season with win at Texas Tech

March 9, 2023

Oklahoma State wrapped up its regular season with a 71-68 win in Lubbock on Saturday. Caleb Asberry led the Cowboys with a season-high 24 points and a career-high seven three-point field goals. Asberry also added six rebounds and three steals for OSU. Bryce Thompson chipped in 19 points, including 15 in the first half on…

Tulsa had weekend off, set for AAC Tournament

March 9, 2023

With the weekend bye, Tulsa had eight days off to get ready for the start of the American Athletic Conference tournament. The No. 11 seed Golden Hurricane will face No. 6 Wichita State, in the final game of the opening round, Thursday (tonight) at 7:00 p.m. on ESPNU.

Tournament for ORU began March 4

March 9, 2023

ORU easily defeated North Dakota Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Conference Tournament, 96-80. No 9 seed North Dakota had beaten No. 8 seed Denver in the first round on Friday 83-68. No 1. seed ORU faced No. 5 seed St. Thomas (Minnesota) on Monday evening at 6 p.m. This game is after…

ORU’s Max Abmas named POY of Summit League

March 9, 2023

The Golden Eagles received 4 of 6 individual awards from the Summit League as they went undefeated in the regular season. Max Abmas, Rockwall, Texas, was named Player of the Year as he averaged 23.5 points per game and led the conference in 3 point shooting with 63 made for the season. This was his…

OSU has 2 named to All-Big 12 team

March 9, 2023

The Cowboys had 2 players named in All-Big 12 team honors. Kalib Boone landed on the All-Big 12 Third Team. Moussa Cisse won a spot on the All-Big 12 All-Defensive Team. This was the second year in a row that Cisse won has won this honor.

OU has 3 named to All-Big 12 teams

March 9, 2023

Sooners Grant Sherfield and Jalen Hill won Honorable Mention awards, while Milos Uzan was placed on the All-Big 12 Freshman Team. This was the first All-Big 12 team accolade for each of the three players. Uzan played in 31 games with 23 starts for the season, averaging 9.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists.

College Basketball

March 2, 2023

For the first time in program history the Oral Roberts men’s basketball team has closed out the regular season undefeated in conference play to go 18-0 after a 69-65 victory at South Dakota State Saturday afternoon. ORU is the second team in Summit League history to manage the league’s regular season schedule unscathed. Saturday’s win…

Tulsa loses final home game of the season

March 2, 2023

University of Central Florida was led by Taylor Hendricks with 25 points, as the Knights cruised past Tulsa, 68-49, Sunday afternoon at the Reynolds Center. Tulsa dropped to 5-23, 1-16 AAC, while UCF improved to 16-12, 7-9 AAC. Tulsa didn’t have the firepower it needed against the Knights as the Hurricane was missing 30 points…