The Sooners put up little fight in falling 8-2 to No. 2 seed Baylor in the opening round of the Big 12 Championship on Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma, the seven seed in this year’s conference tournament, needed a good showing this week to keep its NCAA postseason hopes alive. That flame is now flickering badly and about to go out.
OU entered the Big 12 Tournament in the No. 36 spot in the new NCAA RPI rankings and on the bubble as far as an NCAA postseason at-large bid.
The loss to Baylor moves the Sooners (33-22) to the loser’s bracket and a matchup with the loser of the Wednesday night game between No.