Sooner Men BB'ers in TCU tonight for a Big 12 contest!
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:29 am
Oklahoma has or will travel to Ft. Worth to play TCU tonight at 7 PM. The game will be on ESPN+ and the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry announcing.
Here is the pregame staff writers article.
https://soonersports.com/news/2023/1/23 ... ash-at-tcu
My thoughts about the Sooners playing TCU tonight are not favorable. I think it is very hard for the Sooners to match up with TCU in the man-to-man defensive set. TCU is very quick on the floor. Baugh may be the quickest player in the conference. I think TCU is quicker than Oklahoma State and we saw how the OSU quickness broke down OU in the second half. TCU plays ten players and their depth is very good as the subs mix in with starters to create a consistent offensive team for 40 minutes usually. It seems like every player for TCU can score when asked to help. Miles is a very quick scorer that is very difficult to guard and must be picked up at half court. IF the TCU center, Lampkin, is unable to play tonight due to an ankle injury he played through on Saturday, the Sooners might be a little closer to the Horned Frogs tonight. But the two subs for Lampkin, Cork and Coles are pretty good in their own way. If Lampkin is able to play, he adds size with bulk, offensive rebounding and effort to the TCU's case for a win.
I would like to be more positive, but I think tonight's game is just tough for OU to pull out a win. OU must keep TCU from running off 10-point streaks during the game and the Sooners must someway slow down the pace of the game whenever they can.
TCU actually plays 3 F/C quite a bit. But when Lampkin is not in the game the 3 'bigs' are not that big as the other 2 inside players are 6'7-ish. I wonder if J Groves plays more tonight due to that. He may be effective with his increased quickness and length tonight.
I wish the Sooners good luck tonight, but they better keep it close throughout the game or the game could get away from the Sooners quickly if they have a scoring drought while TCU is shooting well.
Boomer Sooner!
Here is the pregame staff writers article.
https://soonersports.com/news/2023/1/23 ... ash-at-tcu
My thoughts about the Sooners playing TCU tonight are not favorable. I think it is very hard for the Sooners to match up with TCU in the man-to-man defensive set. TCU is very quick on the floor. Baugh may be the quickest player in the conference. I think TCU is quicker than Oklahoma State and we saw how the OSU quickness broke down OU in the second half. TCU plays ten players and their depth is very good as the subs mix in with starters to create a consistent offensive team for 40 minutes usually. It seems like every player for TCU can score when asked to help. Miles is a very quick scorer that is very difficult to guard and must be picked up at half court. IF the TCU center, Lampkin, is unable to play tonight due to an ankle injury he played through on Saturday, the Sooners might be a little closer to the Horned Frogs tonight. But the two subs for Lampkin, Cork and Coles are pretty good in their own way. If Lampkin is able to play, he adds size with bulk, offensive rebounding and effort to the TCU's case for a win.
I would like to be more positive, but I think tonight's game is just tough for OU to pull out a win. OU must keep TCU from running off 10-point streaks during the game and the Sooners must someway slow down the pace of the game whenever they can.
TCU actually plays 3 F/C quite a bit. But when Lampkin is not in the game the 3 'bigs' are not that big as the other 2 inside players are 6'7-ish. I wonder if J Groves plays more tonight due to that. He may be effective with his increased quickness and length tonight.
I wish the Sooners good luck tonight, but they better keep it close throughout the game or the game could get away from the Sooners quickly if they have a scoring drought while TCU is shooting well.
Boomer Sooner!