The Jayhawks are shooting for their 12th consecutive regular-season Big 12 title, and no matter how great the stars on their rivals – such as Hield or Iowa State’s Georges Niang – no one should pick against Kansas.
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Brice Johnson’s jump has continued without Kennedy Meeks: The 6-9 senior hasn’t taken a nibble and gotten better since the burly Meeks was sidelined in mid-December with an injury – he’s taken a very big bite.
It was the first 20-20 game for a Tar Heel since Tyler Zeller had 20 points and 22 rebounds against OH in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
Kansas is fifth on the all-time list following UCLA (134), Duke (127), Kentucky (115) and North Carolina (113). But he’s played as well as anybody this season… and better than any individual player in the game of the season, so far.
Right now neither of those two things are coming to fruition. “There were so many plays going both ways”.
Oklahoma ended the first half in a big way, scoring the final 12 points before the break to turn an eight-point deficit into a four-point halftime lead in the final 93 seconds.
Vanderbilt suffered a setback a few weeks when its starting power forward Luke Kornet was sidelined with a knee injury and while that definitely affected the amount of space Jones now has to operate with in the low post it shouldn’t affect his motor or urgency level.
It turned out both teams were only getting started.
How good was Cal’s interior defense over the weekend against Colorado and Utah?
What a game. And if you have a calendar, circle February 13 because that’s when these teams meet again in Norman. But here’s a look at the ones that won the game in the third OT.
“Craziest game I’ve ever been a part of”, said Frank Mason, who forced Hield’s final turnover and made two free throws for the final margin.
But this is not your average Oklahoma Sooner basketball team – and, believe me, there have been plenty of those. The Bruins are tied for last place in the Pac-12 after losing to both Washington and Washington State on the road and need another big win to build their resume.
Xavier, which had already beaten then-No. The Big Ten consists of a healthy Michigan State and Maryland, followed by a drop-off. The Buckeyes next face Northwestern on Wednesday night in Evanston.
Kansas will be back in Allen Fieldhouse come Saturday evening as they will be in Big 12 action as well, taking on the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
“You’ve got to get better”, Hield said.
Chauncey Collins led TCU (8-6, 0-2) with 20 points, including four 3-pointers.
Villanova has 45 assists on 70 made field goals in its first two Big East games – that’s ridiculous. Scott Drew, who has built a good basketball program at Baylor out of the rubble that was left by Dave Bliss, has lost nine times at Phog Allen in his 12-year tenure with the Bears.
Stanford has a gem in freshman Marcus Sheffield.
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The Sooners visited Allen Fieldhouse for one of most anticipated college basketball games in recent memory, and everybody got their money’s worth as the Jayhawks and Sooners traded baskets back and forth throughout the 55-minute contest.
