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NCAA Tournament: First and Second Rounds Friday, March 22 - Sunday, March 24 Colonial Life Arena (18,000), Columbia, S.C. truTV/Sooner Radio Network OKLAHOMA 32 NCAA TOURNAMENTS u 5 FINAL FOURS u 4 BIG 12 TITLES u 33 ALL-AMERICANS u 33 POSTSEASON APPEARANCES IN THE LAST 38 YEARS OKLAHOMA SCHEDULE/RESULTS NCAA TOURNAMENT: SECOND ROUND | SUNDAY, MARCH 24 | 6:45 P.M. CT | truTV N9 at UTRGV W, 91-76 OKLAHOMA SOONERS VIRGINIA CAVALIERS N12 at UTSA W, 87-67 N18 WOFFORD W, 75-64 20-13 (7-11 BIG 12) vs. 30-3 (16-2 ACC) N21 vs. Florida + W, 65-60 Head Coach: Lon Kruger Head Coach: Tony Bennett N22 vs. No. 25 Wisconsin + L, 58-78 Record at OU: 160-104 (8th season) Record at UVA: 249-89 (10th season) N23 vs. Dayton + W, 65-54 N27 NORTH TEXAS W, 73-57 GAME OVERVIEW D4 vs. Notre Dame # W, 85-80 STATS COMPARISON D8 WICHITA STATE (In OKC) @ W, 80-48 After opening the NCAA Tournament with a 23-point win over Ole Miss on Friday, Oklahoma (20-13, 7-11 Big 12) will look D15 USC (In Tulsa) ^ W, 81-70 CATEGORY D18 CREIGHTON W, 83-70 for its second upset a row on Sunday. The Sooners are set to Overall Record 20-13 30-3 D21 at Northwestern W, 76-69 (OT) face ACC-champion Virginia (30-3, 16-2 ACC) with a trip to Points Per Game 71.9 71.8 the Sweet 16 on the line. Virginia will offer one of the toughest J2 at No. 5 Kansas L, 63-70 Opp. Points Per Game 68.3 55.1 challenges the Sooners have faced all season as the Cavaliers J5 OKLAHOMA STATE W, 74-64 Rebounds Per Game 37.4 34.6 J8 at No. 8 Texas Tech L, 59-66 have lost only three times this season and are the No. 1 seed Rebounding Margin +0.6 +5.2 J12 No. 25 TCU W, 76-74 in the South Region. OU is 2-2 when facing a No. 1 seed since Field Goal Pct. .449 .479 J16 KANSAS STATE L, 61-74 the tournament field expanded to at least 64 teams in 1985, Opp. Field Goal Pct. .404 .381 J19 at Texas L, 72-75 but this is the first time facing a No. 1 seed during the first 3-Point Pct. .345 .405 J23 at Oklahoma State W, 70-61 weekend. The Sooners most recently faced a top seed when J26 VANDERBILT % W, 86-55 Opp. 3-Point Pct. .334 .275 Oklahoma defeated Oregon in the 2016 Elite Eight. Sunday’s J28 BAYLOR L, 47-77 Free Throw Pct. .696 .743 matchup will tip at 6:45 p.m. CT and air on the Sooner Radio Assists Per Game 12.8 14.4 F2 at West Virginia L, 71-79 Network (KRXO 107.7 FM “The Franchise” in Oklahoma City; Turnovers Per Game 11.9 9.2 F4 NO. 17 IOWA STATE L, 74-75 KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry F9 NO. 18 TEXAS TECH L, 54-66 Blocked Shots Per Game 3.1 3.8 announcing. The game will be televised nationally on truTV F11 at Baylor L, 53-59 Steals Per Game 6.1 5.8 F16 at TCU W, 71-62 with Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson F23 TEXAS W, 69-67 calling the action. F25 at Iowa State L, 61-78 OKLAHOMA VS. VIRGINIA: SERIES HISTORY M2 WEST VIRGINIA W, 92-80 M5 NO. 13 KANSAS W, 81-68 The Cavaliers own a 2-1 advantage in the all-time series with the Sooners, including a Sweet 16 victory over OU in M9 at No. 18 Kansas State L, 53-68 1989 NCAA Tournament – the only previous postseason meeting between the two programs. M13 vs. West Virginia ! L, 71-72 M22 vs. Ole Miss & W, 95-72 Oklahoma is an even 16-16 all time against current ACC schools, but is 2-5 when facing an ACC team in the Big M24 vs. Virginia & 6:45 p.m. Dance. All times Central and subject to change LOOKING BACK AT OKLAHOMA’S FIRST ROUND WIN + Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas Oklahoma 95, Ole Miss 72 n Friday, March 22, 2019 n Colonial Life Arena n Columbia, S.C. # Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total GAME LEADERS OKLAHOMA OLE MISS Points James/Odomes, 20 Davis, 17 @ at Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City Oklahoma 50 45 95 ^ at BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. Rebounds Doolittle, 15 Davis, 5 % SEC/Big 12 Challenge Ole Miss 33 39 72 Assists Bieniemy/Doolittle, 5 Davis, 6 ! at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. & NCAA Tournament, First and Second Rounds, The No. 9-seeded Sooners rolled No. 8-seeded Ole Miss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, defeating Columbia, S.C. the Rebels, 95-72. The 23-point win is Oklahoma's largest margin of victory as a lesser seed in its NCAA Tournament history and its third double-digit win over a better seed in the Big Dance. GETTING SOCIAL WITH THE #SOONERS Oklahoma's 95 points are its most in an NCAA Tournament game since the Sooners scored 124 against Louisiana Tech Twitter .................................................@OU_MBBall in 1989. The Sooners shot 34-of-59 (.576) from the field - their best shooting performance in March Madness since Instagram ............................................@OU_MBBall shooting .604 against Morgan State in 2009. Facebook .................................. OU Mens Basketball Preferred Hashtag ......................................#Sooners Four Sooners scored at least 18 points in the win, led by 20 points apiece from Christian James and Rashard Odomes. It was the first time since 2009 that two OU players totaled at least 20 points in a March Madness game Tony( Crocker and Blake Griffin against Syracuse). OU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Director/MBB Contact..........................Ben Coldagelli Kristian Doolittle posted 19 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and two steals. Doolittle's 15 rebounds are tied for the Email..........................................bcoldagelli@ou.edu fourth most by a Sooner in a March Madness game. Blake Griffin (17 and 16) and Harvey Grant (16) are the only Cell .................................................. 405-246-5663 Sooners to pull down more boards in an NCAA Tournament game. Office: .............................................. 405-325-7014 Doolittle's performance marked the first NCAA Tournament game of 15 points and 15 boards by a Sooner sinceBlake Griffin collected 23 points and 16 rebounds against North Carolina in 2009. Doolittle is the only Sooner during the Big 12 era to produce at least 10 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in an NCAA Tournament contest. Doolittle tied career highs in both rebounds (15) and assists (five). Brady Manek chipped in 18 points on an efficient 7-of-9 shooting. OU improved to 3-0 against the SEC during NCAA Tournament games. The Sooners are also 3-0 against the SEC this year. OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL: NCAA TOURNAMENT GUIDE QUICK NOTES TONIGHT'S OPPONENT: VIRGINIA Below are quick notes heading into Sunday's matchup against Virginia. For a full packet on the Sooners, please see the 2019 Postseason Guide in the Colonial Life Arena press room or online at SoonerSports.com. VIRGINIA SERIES HISTORY With its win on Friday, OU improved to 7-5 in NCAA Tournament games under Lon Kruger. Oklahoma has won seven Games ......................................................... 3 of its last 10 tournament games in the Kruger era, including five of the last seven. OU's last two losses came in 2018 (overtime loss to Rhode Island) and 2016 in the Final Four's national semifinal game. Standing ....................................UVA leads 1-0 At Norman ...................................................... Oklahoma aims to win its way to the South Regional’s Sweet 16 in Louisville, Ky., and capture its third Sweet 16 At Charlottesville ............................................. appearance in the last five years. The Sooners have reached the Sweet 16 10 times since the tournament field expanded At Neutral Site ...........................UVA leads 2-1 to 64-plus teams. Oklahoma was among the final 16 teams in four tournaments before the field expansion, including Last Win....... .... 100-61 (12/23/88) in Honolulu three tournaments where the field began as only eight teams. OU has reached the Sweet 16 three times in a five-year run Last Home Win ............................................... during two previous stretches. The Sooners danced into the Sweet 16 three times between 1999 and 2003 and four times Last Road Win ................................................ between 1985 and 1989. Last Loss ............... 56-74 (11/23/10) in Hawaii Last Home Loss .............................................. The Sooners have won five of their last six First and Second Round games and are 5-3 during opening weekend games under Kruger. Last Road Loss .............................................. Largest Margin of Victory ....39, 100-61 (12/23/88) The Sooners are now 42-31 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Largest Margin of Defeat ......18, 56-74 (11/23/10) Oklahoma's 95 points were the most any team put up in the First Round of this year's tournament. Buffalo (91) was the Current Streak ...............................UVA, 2 wins only other team to score over 90. The Sooners led the 68-team field in field goal percentage as well with its .576 clip. OU has had two players reach 20 points in each of their last three victories. Six different Sooners have reached the VIRGINIA ALL-TIME MEETINGS 20-point mark in those contests, with no lone player doing it multiple times. Jamal Bieniemy (22) and Aaron Calixte (22) led the Sooners past West Virginia on March 2, (24) and (21) lifted OU past Kansas Date Location Result Score Kristian Doolittle Brady Manek on March 5 while Christian James (20) and Rashard Odomes (20) were the team leaders against Ole Miss on Friday.