The 2025 Version of the OM Men's Basketball Red River Rivalry starts tonight in LNC at 9 PM against thr Texas Longhorns. The Men's RRR wll conclude in the their last game of the SEC schedule on March 8th at 7 PM.
Tonight (Wednesday) the late start at 9 PM is per the SEC schedule and for TV. Wednesday's game will be televised by SEC Network with Roy Philpott (play-by-play) and Mark Wise (analyst) announcing. It will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland (play-by-play) and Kevin Henry (analyst) on the call.
Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the OU-Texas matchup tonight.
https://soonersports.com/news/2025/1/14 ... -wednesday
The information in the article in the last paragraph is not correct. The Sooner Men will play 18 total games in the SEC Schedule this season. That means they have 14 games remaining after Wednesday nights' game. The Sooners play each of the other 15 games and thay play 3 teams twice, Texas, Texas A&M and Missouri.
Good luck tonight to the Sooners!
Boomer Sooner!
OU Men's Basketball @ LNC Wednesday @ 9 PM: Sooners hosts Texas
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The game tonight vs Texas is a key game for the Oklahoma Sooner Men's Basketball Team in this season. The Sooners are now 0-3. Texas is also 0-3. The Sooners are 13-3 overall and the Longhorns are 11-5 overall. One of the two teams will apply a tourniquet to their season with a win. The other wil fall to 0-4 and deeper in the standings.
The game will match up two of the better freshmen playing this season. For Texas, that is Tre Johnson, the 6'6" Guard, who is averaging 18.9 points for the season with 2.7 rebounds. For Oklahoma, the freshman is Jermiah Fears. Fears is averging 16.6 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game. In SEC play, Fears is averaging 10.3 Pts and 4.0 Reb. In SEC play, Johnson is averaging 16.0 Pts and 1.3 Reb. I think there is a good chance the two are matched up in the starting lineups tonight. If they are not, it will be because the Sooners want a better defender on Johnson. The same may be true for Texas in reverse.
The Longhorns start this lineup:
G - 6'2" - #0 Pope - 25 Min/G - 12.4 Pts and 1.5 Reb - Lots of asssists and steal and 32 "made three's"
G - 6'5" - #12 Mark - 23 Min/G - 8.9 Pts and 3.6 Reb - Shoots .49% from 3-point land
G - 6'6" - #20 Johnson - 32 Min/G - 18.9 Pts and 2.7 Reb - Lots assists and steals and 37 "made three's" at 41%
F - 6'7" - #6 Kalum - 30 Min/G - 14.4 Pts and 8.2 Red - Lots of assists, steals, blocks and 22 "made three's at 49%
F - 6'11" - #5 Shedrick - 26 min/G - 8.2 Pts and 5.9 Reb - Has 29 blocks.
Those starters play 136 minutes per game as they actually fill the starter role playing about 2/3rd of the game. The bring in 2 guards and 2 forwards off the bench who play about 70 minutes a game and average 21.7 Pts and 11.4 Reb. Guard, #2 Weaver was a good player off the bench for Texas last year against OU with 20 points.
One phase of play to watch, as always is the fouls. Oklahoma commits about 1 more foul per game and Texas shoots about 1 more free throw per game. If the fouls are even, no one is hurt. If one team gets tagged by the refs more, that hurts that team's chances.
The ball handling aspect of the game is also close and it is good for both teams. Oklahoma has a 2.01 Ratio with 11.6 turnovers per game while Texas has a 2.3 Ratio with only 9.0 turnovers per game. Texas is better at protecting the rim on defense.
The Sooners have to step up and find that gear that they played with in the Bahamas and against Michigan once again. They need to play well in the late tippoff tonight. I hope that the "pro prospect lottery player" in Fears shows back up for the Sooners tonight in his key matchup with Johnson. Oklahoma needs to have good shooting night and a good rebounding ight to win against Texas.
Good luck tonight to the Sooners!
Boomer Sooner!
The game will match up two of the better freshmen playing this season. For Texas, that is Tre Johnson, the 6'6" Guard, who is averaging 18.9 points for the season with 2.7 rebounds. For Oklahoma, the freshman is Jermiah Fears. Fears is averging 16.6 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game. In SEC play, Fears is averaging 10.3 Pts and 4.0 Reb. In SEC play, Johnson is averaging 16.0 Pts and 1.3 Reb. I think there is a good chance the two are matched up in the starting lineups tonight. If they are not, it will be because the Sooners want a better defender on Johnson. The same may be true for Texas in reverse.
The Longhorns start this lineup:
G - 6'2" - #0 Pope - 25 Min/G - 12.4 Pts and 1.5 Reb - Lots of asssists and steal and 32 "made three's"
G - 6'5" - #12 Mark - 23 Min/G - 8.9 Pts and 3.6 Reb - Shoots .49% from 3-point land
G - 6'6" - #20 Johnson - 32 Min/G - 18.9 Pts and 2.7 Reb - Lots assists and steals and 37 "made three's" at 41%
F - 6'7" - #6 Kalum - 30 Min/G - 14.4 Pts and 8.2 Red - Lots of assists, steals, blocks and 22 "made three's at 49%
F - 6'11" - #5 Shedrick - 26 min/G - 8.2 Pts and 5.9 Reb - Has 29 blocks.
Those starters play 136 minutes per game as they actually fill the starter role playing about 2/3rd of the game. The bring in 2 guards and 2 forwards off the bench who play about 70 minutes a game and average 21.7 Pts and 11.4 Reb. Guard, #2 Weaver was a good player off the bench for Texas last year against OU with 20 points.
- Texas scores 81.9 Pts for a +16.4 spread per game. They average 35.9 Reb with a +2.9 spread. They shoot 50% from the field and 39% from 3-point territory and 74% from the FT Line.
- OU scores 81.2 Pts for a +10.1 spread per game. They average 33.0 Reb with a -1.4 spread. They hoot 48% from the field and 37% from 3-point territory and 81% from the FT Line.
- Both teams are being outscored in the SEC Play, Texas by 9.7 Pts and Oklahoma by 13.Pts.
- Both teams have had a tough SEC schedule. Texas has played #11 A&M, #1 Auburn and #6 Tennessee. OU has played #4 Alabama,#11 A&M and #23 Georgia. All the games have been against teams as of this week. Against Texas A&M as a common foe, OU lost to A&M at home by 2, while Texas lost at A&M by 20.
One phase of play to watch, as always is the fouls. Oklahoma commits about 1 more foul per game and Texas shoots about 1 more free throw per game. If the fouls are even, no one is hurt. If one team gets tagged by the refs more, that hurts that team's chances.
The ball handling aspect of the game is also close and it is good for both teams. Oklahoma has a 2.01 Ratio with 11.6 turnovers per game while Texas has a 2.3 Ratio with only 9.0 turnovers per game. Texas is better at protecting the rim on defense.
The Sooners have to step up and find that gear that they played with in the Bahamas and against Michigan once again. They need to play well in the late tippoff tonight. I hope that the "pro prospect lottery player" in Fears shows back up for the Sooners tonight in his key matchup with Johnson. Oklahoma needs to have good shooting night and a good rebounding ight to win against Texas.
Good luck tonight to the Sooners!
Boomer Sooner!
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Lose this game and we may go winless in the SEC.
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I am actually at somewhat of a loss for words after last night's game. The first half was just poor basketball by the Sooners as a team. The Sooners did not look like a team that had much chance to play with anyone, even another 0-3 team in the SEC called Texas. Texas pretty much got any shot they wanted by four of their five starters and they shot very well at 48.5% from the field and 40% from 2-point territory to score 43 first half points. Meanwhile, Oklahoma shot 37.9% from the field and only 12.5% from 3-point to score 27 points. Essentially, Texas made 5 more buckets in the first half ( 5 more three's ) and one more free throw for a 16 point lead. The rebound game and turnover game were not bad but neither favored OU.
Texas outscored the Sooners in each four minute breakdown in the first half except 1 when both teams scored 8 points. Texas was up by 3, 3, 7 and 3 in the other four slices of time. After the first 4 minutes of the 2nd half, Texas lead 53-30 for their 2nd 23-point lead of the 2nd half. Then something changed after a Wague dunk just before a media timeout. Trailing 53-32, the Sooner went on an amazing run to outscore Texas 19 to 3 over the next 8 minutes. The 8 minutes was truly the Jalon Moore show. Moore scored 13 of the points with Fears adding 6 i that sstretch. OU trailed 51-56 and was truly back in the game.
The next 4 minutes of the game was the "Jordan Pope Show" as he scored 13 straight points for Texas. Oklahoma scored 10 points during the Pope run of points with scoring 5 more, Tylor scoring 3 and Fears scoring 2. With 4 minutes left the score was 61-69. In the next minute of play, the Sooners scored 7 points to Texas' 2 points to narrow the game to a 3-point game at 68-71. In the porductive minute Moore scored 5 and Fears scored 2 points with Shedrick scoring on a dunk for Texas. The talented freshman for Texas, Tre Johnson, took over the next 2 minutes as he scored 4 points for Texas with two Sooner possesions ending in turnovers to open the lead back up to 7 points at 68-75 with 37 seconds to play. Those two turnovers were huge possessions at that point of the game.
After a Texas turnover, Fears made a 3 from downtown to cut the Texas lead to 4 points. On the ensuing play after another Texas turnover, Moore made a duk to bring the Sooners to within 2 points at 73-75 with 5 seconds left.
On the out-of-bounds play after the Moore dunk, OU put on full-court pressure to try and get one more turnover. Somehow, #12 Mark, got free as he broke toward the Texas goal and received a spot-on pass from Kaluma at the Texas free-throw line to score a bucket easily for the Longhorns with a Sooner defender trailing the play. OU's final shot by fears from 3-point was off to produce the final score of 77-73.
Despite the great play and 26 points by Moore in the 2nd half ( 8 of 8 shooting with 7 of 7 on FTs with 6 rebounds ) the Sooners only outshot Texas by 3-percentage points. Texas countered Moore with 27 points by Pope. The two freshman, Fears and Johnson scored 20 and 16 points respectively. But Texas also got 15 from Kamula 10 by Shedrick. Coming of the bench for OU Elivis and Taylor Jr had 7 each. OU only got 4 points from Miles and 2 from Goodine and 1 from Godwin in the game.
I will close with this. The Oklahoma offense does not get a lot for the Sooners. If their opponent stays close to the Sooners standing deep in the corner preventing the three's from there, the pick and roll out top rarely leads to open shots. The offense ends up being a 1-on-1 game with a Sooner guard or Moore working for a move to get to the bucket or to step back to shot a jumper. That means the Sooners have to shoot very well from the field on the 1-on-1 opportunities. Currently, that is not happening enough. I watch most any othr SEC team and their offense leads to shots around the paint and in the paint. Open shots are produced. I wish the Sooner offense had more of a pattern and were not so dependant on 1-on-1 baketball or an open shot from the deep corner.
The Sooners re 0-4 now in SEC play. They are joined by South Carolina and Arkansas. Oklahoma plays South Carolina on Saturday at 3 PM in LNC and then travel to Arkanss to play the Razorbacks on the following Saturday at 7:30 PM. The Sooners need to win both to just stay in the conversation about OU sports. But 2-4 would look a great deal better than 0-4 with two wins.
Boomer Sooner!
Texas outscored the Sooners in each four minute breakdown in the first half except 1 when both teams scored 8 points. Texas was up by 3, 3, 7 and 3 in the other four slices of time. After the first 4 minutes of the 2nd half, Texas lead 53-30 for their 2nd 23-point lead of the 2nd half. Then something changed after a Wague dunk just before a media timeout. Trailing 53-32, the Sooner went on an amazing run to outscore Texas 19 to 3 over the next 8 minutes. The 8 minutes was truly the Jalon Moore show. Moore scored 13 of the points with Fears adding 6 i that sstretch. OU trailed 51-56 and was truly back in the game.
The next 4 minutes of the game was the "Jordan Pope Show" as he scored 13 straight points for Texas. Oklahoma scored 10 points during the Pope run of points with scoring 5 more, Tylor scoring 3 and Fears scoring 2. With 4 minutes left the score was 61-69. In the next minute of play, the Sooners scored 7 points to Texas' 2 points to narrow the game to a 3-point game at 68-71. In the porductive minute Moore scored 5 and Fears scored 2 points with Shedrick scoring on a dunk for Texas. The talented freshman for Texas, Tre Johnson, took over the next 2 minutes as he scored 4 points for Texas with two Sooner possesions ending in turnovers to open the lead back up to 7 points at 68-75 with 37 seconds to play. Those two turnovers were huge possessions at that point of the game.
After a Texas turnover, Fears made a 3 from downtown to cut the Texas lead to 4 points. On the ensuing play after another Texas turnover, Moore made a duk to bring the Sooners to within 2 points at 73-75 with 5 seconds left.
On the out-of-bounds play after the Moore dunk, OU put on full-court pressure to try and get one more turnover. Somehow, #12 Mark, got free as he broke toward the Texas goal and received a spot-on pass from Kaluma at the Texas free-throw line to score a bucket easily for the Longhorns with a Sooner defender trailing the play. OU's final shot by fears from 3-point was off to produce the final score of 77-73.
Despite the great play and 26 points by Moore in the 2nd half ( 8 of 8 shooting with 7 of 7 on FTs with 6 rebounds ) the Sooners only outshot Texas by 3-percentage points. Texas countered Moore with 27 points by Pope. The two freshman, Fears and Johnson scored 20 and 16 points respectively. But Texas also got 15 from Kamula 10 by Shedrick. Coming of the bench for OU Elivis and Taylor Jr had 7 each. OU only got 4 points from Miles and 2 from Goodine and 1 from Godwin in the game.
I will close with this. The Oklahoma offense does not get a lot for the Sooners. If their opponent stays close to the Sooners standing deep in the corner preventing the three's from there, the pick and roll out top rarely leads to open shots. The offense ends up being a 1-on-1 game with a Sooner guard or Moore working for a move to get to the bucket or to step back to shot a jumper. That means the Sooners have to shoot very well from the field on the 1-on-1 opportunities. Currently, that is not happening enough. I watch most any othr SEC team and their offense leads to shots around the paint and in the paint. Open shots are produced. I wish the Sooner offense had more of a pattern and were not so dependant on 1-on-1 baketball or an open shot from the deep corner.
The Sooners re 0-4 now in SEC play. They are joined by South Carolina and Arkansas. Oklahoma plays South Carolina on Saturday at 3 PM in LNC and then travel to Arkanss to play the Razorbacks on the following Saturday at 7:30 PM. The Sooners need to win both to just stay in the conversation about OU sports. But 2-4 would look a great deal better than 0-4 with two wins.
Boomer Sooner!
I hear you. After this game I’m even wondering why life even exists on this planet.JackStraw wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 8:15 am The kind of game that makes you question why organized collegiate sports exist.
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