In addition to being on the wrong side of the score on 20 different occasions last season, the most ever by a Sooner men’s team, Oklahoma earned the dubious distinction of being good enough to make it to the Final Four one year, but not good enough to make it as far as the NCAA Tournament the very next.
With a roster that included a combination of 11 freshmen and sophomores on squad of 16, it was not all that surprising that the Sooners went through considerable growing pains very typical of a young team and struggled with closing out games in a conference that includes some of the best teams in the country.