January 10, 2024 | Posted in News
BOARDS BRYAN KEATING ALONGSIDE ELGIN RUCKER. UM, IT WAS A FUN WEEKEND. I THOUGHT FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND AND SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, BASKETBALL DURING FOOTBALL SEASON. IT’S KIND OF, UH, IT’S THE SECOND I, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T PERIPHERAL. THERE YOU GO. OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR. THE OBJECT SHOWED UP THIS WEEKEND. WE HAVE BIG 12 BASKETBALL. ROLL THE VIDEO. OKLAHOMA PLAYING A HUGE GAME AT HOME. AND BY THE WAY, OU IS A VERY GOOD BASKETBALL TEAM. WITH IOWA STATE COMING TO TOWN. OH, YOU RANKED 11TH IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS A TOUGH CLOSE GAME. AND I TELL YOU WHAT MAN, I’M JUST SO IMPRESSED. THIS TEAM DOWN THE STRETCH ELGIN THEY MADE PLAY AFTER PLAY AFTER PLAY. AND BIG SHOT. AND PORTER MOSER’S GOT THEM GOING AND WINNING. AND OU WINS IT 7163. AND AFTER THE GAME OF HAPPY HEAD COACH. YOU KNOW I THOUGHT FOR US BEING DOWN ONE WITH FOUR MINUTES LEFT TO RESOLVE, OUR GUYS HAD TO STAY WITH IT. THAT’S WHAT THIS LEAGUE IS IS GOING TO BE. BUT YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE RESOLVE. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO COME DOWN AND YOU GOT TO GET STOPS. YOU GOT TO IF THEY GET YOU, YOU GOT TO COME DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD OFFENSIVE POSSESSION. YOU DON’T YOU GOT TO KEEP PLAYING POSSESSION BY POSSESSION. SO THIS IS HIS THIRD YEAR AS HEAD COACH AT OKLAHOMA. AND THEY ARE FAR BETTER THAN THEY’VE BEEN IN HIS PREVIOUS TWO. THEY ARE VERY GOOD. THEY ARE LEGIT TOP TEN BASKETBALL TEAM AT THE AT THIS POINT WE’LL SEE IF THEY CAN STAY THERE. BUT I’M JUST IMPRESSED I THINK EVERYTHING THEY’RE DOING MAN THEY’RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. AND THAT’S A GREAT OPENING WIN. LIKE IOWA STATE IS NOT A TEAM THAT YOU CAN JUST SHOW UP AND PLAY AND ACT LIKE THE CYCLONES DON’T HAVE PEOPLE. THEY COULD BE A BASKETBALL. THEY COULD BE A TOP 25 TEAM. THEY HAD 11 WINS GOING INTO THE GAME. THEY HAD WON SIX STRAIGHT. GOING INTO THE GAME, THEY’RE AVERAGING LIKE 86 POINTS A GAME GOING INTO THIS GAME. BUT THEY WENT INTO LLOYD NOBLE CENTER. AND LLOYD NOBLE CENTER HAS BEEN THE PLACE OF NO RETURN SO FAR FOR EVERY TEAM THAT HAS STEPPED FOOT INTO THAT BUILDING, THEY ARE STILL UNDEFEATED AT HOME TEN AND ZERO. SO YOU KEEP THE HOME STREAK ALIVE AS WELL. YOU GET A GREAT CONFERENCE OPENING WIN AT HOME. AND SHOUT OUT TO THAT GUY RIGHT THERE. JAYVIAN MCCOLLUM 37 MINUTES TO LEAD ALL PLAYERS. AND THEY NEEDED EVERY MINUTE FROM HIM BECAUSE HE PLAYED REALLY WELL ON THAT STRETCH WHERE THEY RETOOK THE LEAD IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. IT WAS A70 RUN. HE ASSISTED ON ALL THREE OF THE BASKETS. ONE OF THEM WAS A AND ONE. SO THAT’S HOW YOU GET SEVEN POINTS. YOU DO THE QUICK MATH. I’M NOT GREAT AT MATH EITHER, BUT I CAN I CAN DO THAT. YOU GOT THE SEVEN. YEAH. MY SON WOULD NAIL IT, I CAN ASSURE YOU IN SPANISH. UH, IN SPANISH. YEAH. BUT, UH, I WILL SAY THIS, UM, THIS IS A DIFFERENT OU BASKETBALL TEAM. THERE IS NO BLAKE GRIFFIN OR TRAE YOUNG. UH, OR BUDDY HIELD. THEY JUST DO IT MAN. THEY ARE A TEAM AND I AM I AM VERY IMPRESSED. IT’S A GOOD BASKETBALL TEAM. LET’S GO TO STILLWATER AND TAKE IT WHERE THE COWBOYS DID NOT FIND A WAY. BOY THEY WERE CLOSE AND IT WAS TIGHT. AND THEY HAD THAT SHOT TO TIE IT. THAT DID NOT GO. AND UH SO OKLAHOMA STATE LOSES TO BAYLOR 7570. IT’S A TEAM THAT THEY JUST CAN’T FIGURE OUT REALLY HOW TO GET OVER THE TOP. NOT EVEN IN STILLWATER. AND SO THE POKES FALL TO EIGHT AND SIX. AND OH, AND ONE IN THE BIG 12. YEAH. THEY HAD THAT SHOT TO TIE. AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHEN WE WATCHED BACK THE REPLAY HOW THEY HAD THE FOUR POINT LEAD. AND THEN THEY HIT THE FOUR POINT PLAY BAYLOR DOES. AND TIES THE GAME LATE IN THE FOURTH. SO A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO WIN THAT BALL GAME. OF COURSE YOU GO TO OVERTIME AND YOU LOSE IT BY FIVE. BUT BRANDON GARRISON MY GOODNESS THE GUY JUST LOOKS LIKE THE FUTURE FOR SURE. IT’S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. ANYTHING. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH YEAR AT OKLAHOMA STATE. THAT JUST DOESN’T SEEM ANY WAY THAT IT’S NOT GOING TO BE. BUT IF BRANDON GARRISON AND THEY CAN KEEP HIM AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN THIS ERA, HE HAS A CHANCE TO BE A STAR. YEAH. AND HE WAS SPECTACULAR. THE FRESHMAN MCDONALD’S ALL AMERICAN, ONE OF THE BEST. OH, THAT FRESHMAN IN THE COUNTRY. AND HE LOOKED THE PART. AND SO COWBOYS ARE AT TEXAS TECH ON TUESDAY. IT’S A WINNABLE GAME OF ALL THE TEAMS YOU LOOK AT IN THE LEAGUE YOU NEED TO WIN THIS ONE. NO, IT’S JUST THEY’RE ONE OF THOSE TEAMS DOWN THERE CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM THAT IF YOU’RE GOING TO WIN A ROAD GAME, THAT MIGHT