In Oklahoma’s 87-69 loss at Kansas State, Trae Young turned the ball over 12 times, struggled with his shot and shouldered a good portion of the blame for the defeat. In the Sooners’ subsequent game at Oklahoma State, Young attempted 39 shots and scored well over half of his team’s points — 48 of the 81, to be exact — and forced more than a few 30-footers in an OT loss. It’s easy to admit that the optics weren’t fantastic.
Young had been a fantastic facilitator and floor general up to that point and still leads the nation in assists per contest.