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Oklahoma basketball: Start time set for Sooners' Jan. 30 trip to face LSU, Ben Simmons

Oklahoma's tip time for its Jan. 30 trip to Baton Rouge, La., to face LSU was set Monday as part of the official announcement of the scheduling of the Big 12/SEC Challenge.

The game, featuring two of the leading candidates for national player of the year in the Sooners' Buddy Hield and LSU's Ben Simmons, will tip at 4 p.m. and be televised on ESPN.

Hield, a senior from the Bahamas, is averaging 26.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in helping the Sooners to a 13-1 start and a No. 2 ranking.

Simmons, a 6-foot-10 freshman forward from Australia, is considered a likely No.