“We want them to play our basketball as much as possible because, like you said, it’s a road game”, added VCU’s JeQuan Lewis. Only two other Big 12 players have accomplished the same – former Texas star Kevin Durant and former Kansas State star Michael Beasley, according to ESPN Stats and Info.
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Oklahoma could need another of those streaks when it plays Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 at 6:37 p.m. Thursday inside Anaheim’s Honda Center. Billbury, a 6-4 senior guard who came into the tournament second on the team in scoring, produced his season high of 22 points against then-No. Texas A&M no doubt gained a ton of confidence that they can come back in any game after overcoming a 12-point deficit with under 45 seconds to go in the improbable double-overtime win over Northern Iowa.
Hield’s 127 makes from three-point range led college basketball during the regular season. In Oklahoma’s first round game against Cal State Bakersfield, Lattin picked up a foul in the first minute and his third with 14:26 left in the game.
Hield scored seven points in the first half.
It’s Buddy Hield’s showcase, though, as Sooners take another step toward a trip to Houston.
Woodard answered by scoring five consecutive points to re-establish a nine-point lead, and the trend was set for the second half.
Buddy Hield put on a performance in the second half of Sunday’s second round matchup between the West region’s second seeded Oklahoma Sooners and tenth seed VCU Rams that showed the nation why many believe he will be crowned the honor of national player of the year.
Now that most of us are finally over the sting of the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament – which were two rounds that turned brackets across the country into confetti – we can now focus on attempting to make some sense of the next two rounds of the NCAA Tournament – the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8.
“We’re tough, we’re gritty”.
“As a team, we just held our composure and just moved on to the next play whatever happened”, Oklahoma guard Isaiah Cousins said. Now the betting odds for the game have the Sooners favored in what should be a close contest between these two squads.
Latest example: In last week’s elimination game against VCU, Hield made 11-of-20 shots from the field. Still, Oklahoma led 44-31 at halftime.
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“The bus driver thought I was one of the players when I got on the bus”, Wade said. The Rams (25-10) went to the Final Four in 2011 and are in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight year. He’s done it so many times for us throughout his career, and especially this year. Valentine averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.8 assists in leading the Spartans to a No. 2 seed in the Midwest before bowing out unexpectedly to Middle Tennessee in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
