NORMAN — Though Oklahoma didn't play Arkansas in the 2018 regular season, the Sooners know the Razorbacks pretty well.
Thanks in part to Arkansas coach Courtney Deifel's connection with Patty Gasso, the Razorbacks traveled to Norman in October for a fall ballgame.
Deifel was a graduate assistant for Gasso more than a decade ago and credits her with jump-starting her coaching career.
The Sooners won the 10-inning exhibition game 7-2, but Gasso isn't leaning on that much ahead of this weekend's super regional series.
“We both understand that we want to make each other better.