Jan 23, 2021; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard De'Vion Harmon (11) drives to the basket around Kansas Jayhawks guard Christian Braun (2) during the first half at Lloyd Noble Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports
As the calendar turned to January, Oklahoma basketball found itself staring down the barrel of three consecutive games against teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 10.
What’s more, those games were all taking place over a seven-day stretch, and the two most daunting — Kansas and Baylor — were both on the road against what at the time appeared to be the two best teams in the Big 12.