KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Sooner senior launched an improbable shot that went in at the buzzer, seemingly allowing OU’s basketball team to avoid defeat against West Virginia in the nightcap of a rousing Big 12 Tournament doubleheader.
Then the striped shirts went to replay, and the Sooners were declared the losers.
Buddy Hield and Co. in 2016? Yes.
Christian James and Co. in 2019? Yes.
Hield’s halfcourt shot in the 2016 Big 12 semifinals was wiped away, found to leave Hield’s hands a fraction of a second after the final buzzer, and West Virginia had a 69-67 victory at the Sprint Center.