Maybe you can blame the pandemic. Maybe you can blame the weather. Maybe you can blame the normal ups and downs of a college basketball season.
Whatever the cause, the tremendous momentum built by OU’s basketball team has flickered. The Sooners, who vanquished one top-10 team after another earlier this season, struggled to beat Iowa State on Saturday and then lost at Kansas State 62-57 Tuesday night.
The Sooners beat ninth-ranked Kansas, fifth-ranked Texas and ninth-ranked Alabama in succession to finish off January, then valiantly lost 57-52 at No. 13 Texas Tech, the latter two games without Austin Reaves, had to sit out do to COVID-19 protocols.