Oklahoma entered the week No. 4 in the nation, making the Sooners the highest-ranked team in what many consider to be the strongest conference in the nation, the Big 12.
But after an 87-69 shellacking at the hands of Kansas State in Manhattan on Tuesday, the Sooners may now be confronting a new and more modest reality. (If you're not shocked to be considering this possibility, you've likely been prepared on this topic most ably by my colleague Seth Walder.)
This team and its sensational freshman star, Trae Young, are still an amazing story, far more so than any of us could have imagined just a few months ago.