The Sooners (13-6) trailed for only 23 seconds in the game, but it was a missed 15-foot shot by Mississippi State’s Robert Woodard II that preserved a 63-62 Oklahoma win, it first over the Bulldogs in three previous tries.
“Bracketology” bubble trouble for Sooners
Before the Mississippi State game, Joe Lunardi of ESPN “Bracketology” fame projected Oklahoma as an 11 seed in this season’s NCAA Basketball Tournament and having to survive a play-in game to make the official 64-team tournament field.
The nonconference win over a team from one of the other major conferences should be enough to elevate the Sooners off of the precarious last-four-in category, but they may still have to go 6-6 in its 12 remaining Big 12 games to ensure an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.