NORMAN — The Lloyd Noble Center stairways filled up as timeout was called with just under eight minutes left.
The Sooners were on their way to a fourth straight Big 12 home loss, and as fans left the arena, so too did any reasonable hope for an NCAA Tournament berth.
No. 18 Texas Tech beat Oklahoma 66-54 Saturday afternoon in Norman. It was OU’s third conference home loss by double digits in 24 days. The Sooners went five years, from 2012-17, without suffering that kind of loss.
“You always want to protect your home court,” coach Lon Kruger said.