The Sooners, ranked sixth in the country in the latest Associated Press and USA Today polls, have the most difficult path to the Big 12 championship game on Saturday with Iowa State and West Virginia standing between them and a spot in the Big 12 postseason tournament championship.
The consensus among the writers and broadcasters who follow college basketball is that for Oklahoma to regain consideration as a No. 1 seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament, the Sooners would need to run the table and capture the Big 12 Tournament crown, something they’ve done three times previously, all in succession (2001, 2002 and 2003).