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FINAL FOUR Senior guard Buddy Hield holds the NCAA Regional trophy above his head after beating Oregon 80-68 on Saturday. Hield led the team in scoring with 37 points.
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NAHEIM, Calif. — About 30 minutes after Oklahoma’s 80-68 victory over No. 1 Oregon, Buddy Hield stood just off the floor of Anaheim’s Honda Center and signed autographs for pleading Sooners fans. “You never say no,” Hield said. “I never had the opportunity to have someone (give me) an autograph. And my mom, if I tell someone ‘no,’ she tells me to go sign it.” Hield’s signature was in high demand for good reason. He scored 37 points on 13-of-20 shooting, sending the Sooners to the Final Four. Hield was locked in from the beginning, nailing his first four shots of the game. Teammates said he was boasting the night before he would have a great game. “Buddy told me he was going for 40 last night,” OU guard Jordan
Woodard said on Saturday. Hield’s humble demeanor was evidently tested by comments from Oregon players the day before the game. “You don’t play with fire,” the senior guard said. “I saw the comments from Oregon, and certain guys were saying they were going to ‘go at Buddy Hield.’ So I was like ‘OK, if you go at me, I’m going to go at you. “I was really focused. I was just happy I was able to back up my word.” Hield’s heroics have landed the Sooners in the Final Four for the first time since 2002. “Oh, it’s special, to be honest with you,” Hield said. “As a kid you dream of having games like this. But I just thank my teammates and my coaching staff to put me in the position to score the ball. And they gave me the confidence to put the ball up. Even though I had
an off-night last game, I just came in confident, and they gave me the confidence to be aggressive every night.” OU coach Lon Kruger has had a front row seat for Hield’s progression over the last four years.
“You don’t play with fire.” BUDDY HIELD, SENIOR GUARD
“Buddy just makes shots,” Kruger said. “He’s just unbelievable in getting the ball up on top of the rim. He shoots with great confidence — doesn’t force many. That’s the thing that’s been most amazing on the year. He shoots it for such a good percentage. He’s not a high-volume shot taker. He just makes a lot of shots.”
Hield had other motivation for taking over the game on Saturday — his basketball idol, Kobe Bryant, was watching. “I knew Kobe was going to be there — I had to,” Hield said. Hield drilled a deep three-pointer to give OU a 48-30 lead in the waning seconds of the first half. On a night full of special shots, Hield says that was his favorite. “After that I looked at Kobe, and he saluted me afterwards, so that was the favorite one,” Hield said with a laugh. Hield’s emergence has caught the eyes of many across the college sports landscape, including the Lakers superstar. Hield said he’s still surprised when he gets recognized in everyday life. “I can’t even tell you how crazy it’s been,” Hield said. “Even when I would walk around in (Los Angeles) with my girlfriend and
my brother and my mom, everybody was like ‘Buddy! Buddy! Buddy!’ “I was like ‘How do you even know me?’” Hield is about to be thrust further into the spotlight as OU prepares for the Final Four. While the Sooners say they are unsatisfied, reaching this point has always been a goal for Hield and Oklahoma. “Certainly Buddy’s at the core of it,” Kruger said. “But Buddy’s the first one to tell you he was the happiest guy in the gym on Thursday when he saw all those other guys playing well and being productive. Buddy was the first one to say he wants and needs everyone to do that. “ Spenser Davis
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The sound of sirens blared through the air at 2 a.m. On any other night, people would be worried, but for the small crowd of people gathered outside of the Lloyd Noble Center, it was music to their ears. The fans stood, waiting, facing the rain and wind, until the Sooners arrived with a police escort. And once the buses pulled up, before the doors could open, the Sooners got an earful. “Final Four! Final Four! Final Four!”
“It means a lot,” senior forward Ryan Spangler said. “We tried to make (the fans) happy all year, and then (the fans) show (their) support for us.” The support comes after OU’s 80-68 win over No. 1 Oregon. Buddy Hield scored a game-high 37 points in the win and closed the door on the Ducks with 20 second-half points. Freshman guard Christian James, who added a team-high of 10 rebounds in the win, was also appreciative of the fan support. “It’s a blessing to have loyal fans,” James said. “We really appreciate the loyalty and everything (the fans) have done for us.” Siandhara Bonnet
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An OU student organization that helps children affected by a parent’s cancer is ramping up its fundraising efforts as it grows in size. Camp Kesem is a student-run summer camp that gives children whose parents have cancer an opportunity to spend a week swimming, kayaking and having fun with peers who are going through the same hardship. This year, the organization is trying to raise $60,000 to send at least 15 more kids to camp. Fundraising is particularly challenging this year because the OU chapter is now in its fourth year, which means that it is no longer subsidized by the national branch, said biology senior Melissa Doan, one of the co-directors of the OU chapter of Camp Kesem. New chapters often have difficulty raising enough money to hold camp, so they are subsidized, she said. The amount given decreases as the chapter approaches its fourth year, and then it no longer receives funding. Additionally, the national organization requires the camp to grow by 30 percent every year, so each year the coordinators must come up with new ways to raise money, she said. The children of parents with cancer have been a historically underserved demographic, said political science senior David Gateley, the camps volunteer coordinator. “There (are) a ton of orga n i z at i o n s f o r p e o p l e who have cancer or people who’ve beaten cancer … there’s not that many for the kids,” Gateley said. Doan said, Stanford student Iris Rave Wedeking
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Campers release ballons to end the empowerment ceremony during the 2015 session of Camp Kesem. The camp allows children whose parents have cancer to get to know others in similar situations.
started Camp Kesem in 2000. “She really saw the value of camp as a place where someone feels loved and safe and respected,” she said. Camp Kesem has since become a national nonprofit with 72 chapters at colleges across the country. Doan said OU’s chapter, which was founded in 2012, is the only one in Oklahoma. Although the main focus of camp is fun, Doan said Camp Kesem also lets campers talk about what they’re dealing with at home through nightly cabin chats and a midweek empowerment ceremony. The empowerment ceremony is the only time they address cancer directly, but “it’s not a crying fest,” Doan said. Instead, the goal is to empower the kids by allowing them to share their
stories. “They come here feeling so lost, and then they leave having a whole new family that knows what they’re going through,” Gateley said.
“Cancer does connect a lot of us, unfortunately, but Kesem can connect us in a much more powerful way.” MELISSA DOAN, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE OU’S CAMP KESEM CHAPTER
Doan said, once camp is over chapter members stay connected with the campers and their families by sending cards and hosting reunions. “Cancer does connect a lot of us, unfortunately, but
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fundraising. “We have an entire committee that’s devoted to development, and they practice writing grants to corporations … We have these skills that we’re really trying to hone and implement toward the goals of Camp Kesem and its mission,” she said. Gateley said being part of Camp Kesem has helped him develop leadership skills and grow in ways he never would have outside of the organization. “We don’t have any ‘adult’ adults doing this. It’s just us,” he said. “It’s been the best thing I’ve done on campus in my college experience.” Jessica James j.james@ou.edu
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The OU Publications Board selected the next editors-in-chief of The Daily and Sooner yearbook for the upcoming year. Friday morning, the board voted on three positions for the summer, fall and spring semesters. Joe Buettner, a journalism junior, was selected as The Daily’s editor-in-chief for the upcoming summer. Buettner has been a part of The Daily’s staff since October 2014 and has served as a football and basketball reporter, a sports editor and a social media coordinator. In the first contested race for editor-in-chief in several years, the board selected journalism sophomore Dana Branham. Branham has served as a reporter and photographer, online editor, social media coordinator and engagement managing editor. Branham will be The Daily’s editor-in-chief during its centennial year and plans to expand its digital impact, hire a more diverse staff and enforce proactive content planning. The board also selected the next editor-in-chief for Sooner yearbook, Samantha Bechtold, a journalism junior. Bechtold joined Sooner’s staff in January 2014 as a feature writer and currently serves as the yearbook’s managing editor. Derek Peterson, @DrPetey15
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Evan and Dane Dudick (left and right) from Oklahoma City take a photo with “Sad Papaw� (center) at the cookout March 26. The cookout was planned after a photo of Papaw went viral earlier in March.
Hundreds show up for ‘Papaw’ Cookout with web sensation attracts enormous crowd
needed to spend some time with their own grandparents,� he said. Shortly after the picture became Twitter famous, Papaw announced he and his family would host a public cookout for anybody to attend, where they would serve burgers and hot dogs and sell “Sad Papaw� merchandise. Pa p a w s a i d w h e n h e and his family originally planned the cookout, they expected maybe a few hundred people to show up. However, as he pointed out in a press conference, many more than that attended. “We thought in the beginning there might be 400 or 500 — kind of what we were hoping for,� Papaw said. “But obviously there are more than that.� People from all over the country came to this cook-
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PURCELL, Okla. — When now-Twitter famous “Papaw� invited his six grandchildren over for a burger and appeared deeply hurt when only one of them showed up, his sad reaction started a movement by families to be more involved in one another’s lives. His granddaughter Kelsey Harmon tweeted the famous picture March 16, and ever since, Twitter users from seemingly ever ywhere have shared their sadness at seeing him hurt and dismissed by his grandchildren.
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California, New York, Florida, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and one reporter here from Germany.� KENNY HARMON, SAD PAPAW
out in small-town Purcell, Oklahoma, which is less t ha n 2 0 m i l e s s o u t h o f Norman. “There’s folks here from Seattle, California, New York, Florida, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and one reporter here from Germany,� Papaw said. As part of the event, when people got in line to order a burger or hot dog, they also had the chance to sign a notebook and record from where they traveled. The notebook had several pages filled with names and locations from all across the country and beyond. Papaw took time during the conference to introduce
After the picture went viral, Papaw, whose real name is Kenny Harmon, and his family were swept up in what is often the chaotic and insane ride of Internet stardom. Drake Harmon, one of Papaw’s sons, said the whole thing started out as a joke and exploded from there. “Whenever it started, it was just a joke on us cousins, on each other,� he said. Harmon said after the initial joke, the family noticed that people who saw the picture started feeling bad for their own grandparents and began a movement. “They felt like they
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a number of his children and grandchildren, many of whom he had his arms draped over as he took questions. He said it was fantastic that this many people were excited about the cookout, and that the point of it was to create awareness about how important it is to spend time with grandparents and family. OU human relations senior Jeremiah Stinnett was at the cookout and said it made him feel really good to see what he called the “Oklahoma family� turn out to support Papaw. Stinnett said he is really close with his grandparents and seeing all this attention given to Papaw, who he said was stood up by his grandchildren, was a really nice experience. Stinnett said after waiting in the line for food for about an hour and meeting some nice folks from Kansas, he then waited in the line to meet Papaw. “Papaw said he was doing great, and that it was a great day. We got our picture then headed out,� Stinnett said. Noah Washington said he made the drive with some friends from Dallas just to be at Papaw’s cookout. “I’m here to see Papaw because I want to make him happy,� Washington said. Brianne Parmer, one of Washington’s friends from Dallas, said she was there to see Papaw because she does not like to see her own
grandparents sad. A t h i rd f r i e n d i n t h e group, Sierra Taguilas, said she came to eat burgers with Papaw so he could be less sad. All three friends said the drive was worth it just to make Papaw happy. The cookout provided a fun, happy and open venue for families and friends to share a burger and laughs. People of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life were there sharing a good time and taking pictures with Papaw. “It’s hard to believe that this many people care about this,� Papaw said. Tanner Osborne
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The Harmon family grills food for the Sad Papaw cookout March 26 in Purcell Oklahoma. The cookout was from 11 to 4 p.m. after a photo of “Sad Papaw� went viral.
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Jacob Tovar: Oklahoman rising Musician talks life, upcoming Norman Music Festival set ALLISON WEINTRAUB @AllieFrances12
When Jacob Tovar went to the Netherlands on tour, a local man approached him and asked him how he made his voice so distinct. The man was also a country music singer and wanted to imitate Tovar’s rich twang. Tovar laughed and told him, “Man, I’m from Oklahoma, and it’s just there”. Tovar uses his deep voice to make old-fashioned country music, a kind of triumphant return to a pure form of country outside the influences of pop, rock and rap features. His band’s first album, “Jacob Tovar and The Saddle Tramps,” was released last year to much popular acclaim, and the band will be appearing at the Norman Music Festival in April. While Tovar’s croon is evident even over the phone, music wasn’t always what he wanted to do. He was a late bloomer, getting into guitar when he was 19 years old, he said. “I always loved it and always had a huge passion for it,” Tovar said. “But I was very stage shy and then intimidated by my brother. He was just so good. So I didn’t get into it for a long time just because he was just a wonderful player, and I thought, ‘There’s no way I can be as good as him, so I’m not going to get into this.’” However, he couldn’t be kept away from the lure of country music, which surrounded him growing up.
Finally, Tovar decided that he could try the guitar, but he still had to distinguish himself from his brother. “I went in a different direction and decided to do fingerstyle instead of with a pick,” Tovar said. “I thought that’s one way I can, so I wouldn’t have to be like him.” Tovar ’s brother, Josh, passed away last year. “He was just a huge support and really is the reason that I’m able to do this. Why I’m at where I’m at now is because of him.” Tovar said. “He was always pushing me, and we talked daily about music.” Growing up in Oklahoma was a huge influence on Tovar’s music, affecting more than just his strong accent. “I grew up around there. A lot of my family members have such a heavy drawl to ‘em. I was always around it, always around great country music,” Tovar said. “Oklahoma in general — there’s just so many amazing country innovators and the music that’s come from Oklahoma.” “I mean Hank Thompson, Hank Locklin, gosh, so many. I mean, even guys, even Billy Parker out of Tulsa; he just retired his show, but he was
“I was always around it, always around great country music. Oklahoma in general—there’s just so many amazing country innovators and the music that’s come from Oklahoma.” JACOB TOVAR, COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER
NORMAN MUSIC FESTIVAL This story is the first in a series profiling artists who will perform at the annual Norman Music Festival in April. About: Norman Music Festival When: April 21 to 23 Where: Downtown Norman What to bring: Sunscreen, bottled water, cash for food (but not for entrance — the festival is free!)
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The album cover for Jacob Tovar and The Saddle Tramps’ self titled album. According to Tovar, he didn’t always have music at the forefront of his future.
another influence. I mean, Roy Clark, I could just go on forever naming people. Just tons of amazing influences, and they’re from Oklahoma. But Oklahoma definitely impacted me, for sure, and my style,” he said. R e l e a s i n g l a s t y e a r ’s “Jacob Tovar and The Saddle Tramps” was a surprise for him. Tovar had never expected to make an album, but with some encouragement, his first LP was released, he said. The album was recorded in two days, in a more old-fashioned method than what most other country artists use.
“We set up live. We didn’t do any retakes. We would play the song about three times, and then we’d pick the best version of the song,” Tovar said. “We didn’t go in there and cut and loop and do all that stuff. It was just recorded like they did in the old days, which was live.” When asked about performing at the Norman Music Festival, Tovar was very excited. He was looking forward to his set, saying that he hoped that it will be a fun atmosphere. He was especially hoping to make people dance. “I always try to get people to dance. That’s something
I’ve been doing since I was a kid. My mom and dad would always take me out to twostep, and that’s something the younger generation doesn’t do as much,” Tovar said. “That’s really something that I would like to bring back is just dancing. It’s just so much fun. The atmosphere for my show will be a fun two-stepping dancing vibe.” Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps will play April 23 at the Bud Light Depot Stage as part of the Norman Music Festival. Allison Weintraub
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What not to bring: Alcohol, weapons, fireworks, glass containers and pets This year’s headliners: Cloud Nothings, Nikki Lane, Small Black, Gazzo, Nobunny, Open Mike Eagle, The Coathangers, Power Trip, Samantha Crain, Skating Polly, Bayonne, Woozy, Tallows, Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps, Shawn James & the Shapeshifters, Traindodge, Crystal Vision Source: normanmusicfestival. com
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Kruger’s career comes full circle
Coach marches back to Final Four after 22-year absence TRENT CRABTREE @TrentCrabtree
ANAHEIM, Calif. — As Buddy Hield sat in the postgame press conference with a championship hat turned b a ckwa rd s a n d a p i e c e of the net tied to it, he reflected on the journeyman coach that made this all possible. “He does a good job keeping us collected,” Hield said. “He’s never too high, but he’s always in between the lines and never acting too angry at us. He’s always mellow. So I’m just happy we’ve got a coach like coach Kruger to keep us levelheaded every day.” It’s taken 22 years and four coaching stops for Lon Kruger to make it back to the Final Four. He was there with Florida in 1994, but now he will return after his Sooners beat Oregon 80-68 in Saturday’s West Regional Final. A mild-mannered coach with no five-star recruits a n d a s t a r p l a y e r f ro m the Bahamas is just two victories away from getting OU its first national championship. It is because of Kruger that senior forward Ryan S p a n g l e r ’s c h i l d h o o d dream of playing for the Sooners was realized, and now Kruger is the reason why Spangler will play for something greater. Spangler said it was quiet
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Coach Lon Kruger and senior guard Isaiah Cousins pose for a photo after the win against Oregon in the NCAA Division 1 Regional March 26. The Sooners won the game 80-68 and will travel to Houston to compete in the Final Four.
d i s c i p l i n e t hat p u t t h e Sooners in this position. “I think he just teaches,” Spangler said. “Everyday he taught us something new. He always has that (whiteboard) with him, and if we do something wrong or something right, he shows us and kind of engraves it in our minds.” Kruger was quick after
the game to take the attention away from himself, though. He had just accomplished one of the greatest feats in his coaching career, but he still stayed true to what got him here — being a player’s coach. “Always it’s about seeing the feelings of satisfaction on the players’ faces, seeing their hard work,
their investment rewarded,” Kruger said. “The impact on the culture at the University of Oklahoma will always be affected by these guys.” It was April of 1994 when Kruger took Florida to its first Final Four. He expects his second experience to be completely different than his first.
To Kruger, the Final Four is a much bigger stage now than it even used to be. The stakes are higher and the lights are brighter. “Technology is just so different now than it was in ’94,” Kruger said. “I mean, how grand the event has become even from ’94. I made a comment to Joe Castiglione, our AD, that
these guys have no idea what lies ahead. I probably don’t either because things have chang e d s o much from the standpoint of just how grand it is and all the demands.” Trent Crabtree
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OU’s core four leads Sooners to biggest stage Final Four to be last act for Hield, Cousins and co. JOHN WALKER @jtw2213
Buddy Hield, Isaiah Cousins, Ryan Spangler and Jordan Woodard have started 104 straight games, nine NCAA tournament contests, two Sweet Sixteens and a battle in the Elite Eight together. “I can’t imagine that ever being done, quite frankly, because of whether it be an injury or illness or whatever,” coach Lon Kruger said. “These four guys all from different backgrounds — very, very special in their own right.” The team has been through it all, the latest challenge being an 80-68 victory over No. 1 Oregon over the weekend. All for an oppor tunity to play in Houston on Saturday.
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Senior forward Ryan Spangler dunks the ball during the game against Oregon in the NCAA Elite Eight on March 26. Spangler had three rebounds and one assist in the first half.
“It’s very exciting,” Hield said. “Just battling with Khadeem for two years, me and Jordan for three years, and Ryan and Isaiah for four years — it’s been pretty special. We worked all summer. We had a bad taste in our mouth last spring, and we wanted to work hard.”
With the Sooners’ win over top-seeded Oregon, OU will see the fruits of its labor as it reaches its final destination. “We worked hard for this,” Spangler said. “The fans have been waiting for this and we’ve given it to them. “We’re going to soak this
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in tonight.” Through 104 games, Hield has developed from an unheralded Bahamian sophomore into a powerhouse figure of college basketball. Spangler, a Bridge Creek, Oklahoma, native and Gonzaga transfer, evolved from an unknown hustle big
into a well-rounded forward with three-point range. Woodard and Cousins worked tirelessly on becoming better shooters and ball handlers, and they are now seeing the work pay off. Most importantly, the team has spent the years gelling into a cohesive unit. “We’ve spent a lot of time on and off the court together and learned a lot about each other,” Spangler said. “The biggest thing is we know where each other’s going to be on the court. We know what each other’s going to do. We can be accountable for each other, and so it’s good.” The team collectively took its lumps and came back stronger each season. Now the veteran core is seeing its hard work and development pay dividends with a ticket to the Final Four. “We saw how close we were to getting there with the team we had last year, and then with the people returning, we just set a goal that we could get there,”
Hield said. “We just kept practicing and pushing each other each and every day in practice.” John Walker
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Football notches pair of four-star receivers minutes apart Oklahoma picked up two verbal commitments from four-star receivers Sunday afternoon. First it was Jalen Reagor, a speedy receiver out of Waxahachie, Texas. Reagor also had offers from Alabama, Florida State, Arkansas, Notre Dame, Oregon and many others. He’s the No. 45 receiver in the country, according to 247Sports Composite. Roughly 10 minutes after Reagor gave his pledge to Oklahoma, fellow Texas native Charleston Rambo tweeted his commitment to the Sooners. Rambo, listed at 6-foot-1, 166 pounds, is the No. 22 receiver in the country according to 247Sports Composite. He chose the Sooners over offers from Arkansas, Houston, Michigan State and Notre Dame, among others. Oklahoma now has 11 total commitments in the 2017 class, 10 of them four-star recruits. According to 247Sports Composite, OU now has the No. 2 recruiting class in the country. After the dust had settled on both commitments, fans and OU coaches took to Twitter to celebrate the verbal pledge of the talented duo. Spenser Davis, @Davis_Spenser
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Senior forward Ryan Spangler yells during the game against Oregon in the NCAA tournament Saturday. Spangler will match up with a strong Villanova frontcourt.
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Villanova forward Kris Jenkins celebrates after a regional final win against Kansas in Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday. Jenkins is expected to give Villanova an advantage inside.
OU vs. Nova: the rematch JOHN WALKER • @JTW2213
No. 2 seed Oklahoma will face No. 2 seed Villanova for the second time this season on Saturday, but next weekend’s game will be for a spot in the national championship. The Sooners and Wildcats also met Dec. 7 at the Pearl-Harbor Hickam Joint Base near Honolulu. Oklahoma dismantled Villanova 78-55, holding the Wildcats to 4-of-32 three-point shooting.
Frontcourt
Forward Khadeem Lattin has been a revelation in the NCAA Tournament. While not posting flashy statistics, the sophomore forward has done a little bit of everything for his team and has put himself in position to make the correct play more often than not. For ward Ryan Spangler had a modest game against Oregon after going for 10 points and eight rebounds against Texas A&M in the Sweet 16. Villanova’s frontcourt is anchored by the duo of Kris
Jenkins and Daniel Ochefu. Jenkins operates from the outside, leading the team in three-pointers while u s i ng h i s 6 - f o o t- 6 , 2 4 0 pound frame to carve his way through smaller opponents. Ochefu is a versatile 6-foot-11 center that can operate with the ball in his hands as both a scorer and distributor from the post. Advantage: Villanova
Backcourt
Buddy Hield continues to sizzle in postseason play. The senior guard is averaging more than 29 points per game in the NCAA Tournament, the highest of any Final Four participant. Isaiah Cousins has been instrumental in elevating the Sooners’ ball distribution in the tournament, dishing 15 assists in the previous two games. Jordan Woodard is also q u i e t l y h av i n g a n o u tstanding postseason performance. Woodard is filing over 16 points per game during March Madness. Villanova features one of the best offenses in the country, ranking second NCAA Tournament. in offensive efficiency. The V i l l a n o v a c o a c h Ja y backcourt is led by All-Big Wright broke through the East First Team guard Josh glass ceiling to get the Har t. Har t checks in as Wildcats back to the Sweet 16 after a six-year hiatus. While not the most talented or athletically driven club, Wright has develOn Twitter? oped the Wildcats into a Stay connected. team that wins by out-hustling and outsmarting its @OUDaily opponents. @OUDailyArts Advantage: Oklahoma
Coaching Lon Kruger will coach in the Final Four for the first time in 22 years. The S o o n e r s h av e h i t t h e i r stride, playing their best basketball to date. OU encored its 14-point win over No. 3 Texas A&M with a 12-point victory against top-seeded Oregon. The Sooners have played well for large stretches in the tournament and have held their opponents to below 70 points and sub 40 percent from three-point range three times in the
Villanova’s leading scorer and operates as a scrappy defender on the defensive end. Hart is likely to defend Hield on Saturday. Guard Ryan Arcidiacono is the epitome of hustle and a key cog in Villanova’s distribution around the perimeter. Freshman Jalen Brunson has the propensity to fill up the basket at a moments’ notice. But in this match up, it is hard to pick against Hield and the Sooners. Advantag e: Oklahoma
Hield climbs Sooner scoring list in 37-point effort against Oregon
Buddy Hield is now the second leading scorer in Oklahoma men’s basketball history. Hield surpassed former Sooner forward Jeff Webster’s 2,281 points to claim second in the record books for most career points in the program’s history. Entering the Elite Eight battle against No. 1 Oregon, Hield needed 31 points to exceed guard Tim McCalister for third and 37 points to pass Webster. Hield scored 37 points against the Ducks, helping the Sooners move on to the Final Four. Wayman Tisdale is Oklahoma’s all-time leading scorer with 2,661 points. After OU’s win against Oregon, Hield has 2,282. During his game against Oregon, Hield also ousted former Texas Tech guard Andre Emmett for most career points in Big 12 history. Hield is a two-time Big 12 Player of the Year winner and won the Sporting News National Player of the Year award in 2016. Hield is Oklahoma’s all-time leader in most three-pointers made in school history. Hield is third in most points scored in a single season, behind only Tisdale’s 1984 and 1985 seasons. Hield is one of three players in Big 12 history to average 25 points and five rebounds in a season. Against Kansas, Hield became one of four players in Oklahoma history to score at least 46 points in a game. John Walker, @jtw2213
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