It is generally considered that the winner of Wednesday’s Big 12 Tournament game between No. 9 seed Oklahoma and No. 8 TCU will be in the NCAA Tournament with no worries but that the loser might be sweating a bit on Selection Sunday. The Frogs are short favorites on the NCAAB odds.
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Opening NCAAB Lines: TCU -2.5 (total 145)
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Oklahoma quickly erased a six-point halftime deficit when Javian McCollum hit two 3-pointers in the first 32 seconds after the break — the tying shot coming off a TCU turnover. But the Sooners didn’t score again until almost four minutes later on Milos Uzan’s baseline drive for a reverse layup, and they trailed 49-44 then. TCU never looked back. McCollum had 17 points to lead Oklahoma. OU leads the all-time series, 28-8, but TCU has won four of the last five meetings.
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Oklahoma (20-11, 8-10 Big 12) ended the regular season having lost five of seven following a 94-80 loss at Texas in the finale on Saturday.
Dylan Disu and Max Abmas each made layups and Tyrese Hunter made a pair of foul shots and a mid-range jump shot in the middle of the lane within the first two minutes after halftime. UT never looked back and finished the game shooting a blistering 63.5% (33 for 52) and 95.7% (22 for 23) from the foul line.
To make matters worse for Oklahoma, Rivaldo Soares tied a career-high 21 points before leaving the game with 3:13 remaining after teammate Sam Goodwin stepped on his foot. It’s not clear yet if Soares will be able to play Wednesday. Soares is averaging a team-best 14.5 points per outing and shooting 68.4% (52-76) from the floor and 59.4% (19-32) from deep.
Jalon Moore scored 16 points and Milos Uzan 12 and reserve Le’Tre Darthard 10 for the Sooners. Point guard Javian McCollum did come back from a one-game injury absence, so that’s a positive. He definitely didn’t seem like the same McCollum that we usually see as he had just five points.
McCollum and Moore, both juniors earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades after their first season with OU. McCollum needs 10 points to reach 1,000 NCAA DI career points. He scored 590 points in two seasons at Siena and tallied 400 points this season.
McCollum made 94.3% (82-87) of his shots from the free throw line this season, ranking first in the Big 12 and fourth in NCAA Division I. In conference action, he missed only three free throw attempts, making 95.4% (62-65) of his shots and ranking first in the league.
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Why Bet on TCU Horned Frogs?
TCU (20-11, 9-9 Big 12) lost four of six to close the season after being upset at home by Central Florida on Saturday in the finale. Darius Johnson scored a career-high 33 points for the Knights. Johnson scored four points and Jaylin Sellers converted a three-point play to give UCF a 66-65 lead with 4:15 to play. Johnson then shot 6 of 6 from the line to stretch the Knights’ lead to 78-74 with 15 seconds left. Emanuel Miller’s pull-up jumper for TCU was off at the buzzer.
The second half alone saw 13 lead changes, including nine ties. UCF led for just 4:09 of that second half but led when it counted most. The Knights converted on 15-of-17 free throws in the second while TCU only hit 12-of-17 down the stretch.
TCU forced UCF into 13 turnovers. The Frogs have forced their opponents into 10 or more turnovers in all but four games this season. The nation’s leader in fastbreak points, TCU finished with 15.
TCU is shooting 73.0 percent from the free throw line. The best under Jamie Dixon is 70.6 percent in 2017-18. TCU ranks fourth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage at 47.4 percent. In Big 12 games only, TCU is first in scoring offense (76.5) and 3-point percentage (38.8). Dixon has reached 20 wins in a season for the 18th time in his 21 seasons as a head coach.
TCU and Oklahoma have met in the Big 12 Tournament just once and the Frogs won 82-63 in 2017. The winner will advance to the quarterfinals and play No. 1 Houston on Thursday. The Horned Frogs beat the then No. 2 ranked Cougars earlier this season, 68-67, on Jan. 13 in Fort Worth.
TCU is 2-2 in neutral site games this season, 7-11 all-time at the Big 12 Championship and 5-7 under Dixon.
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Oklahoma vs TCU Expert Prediction
TCU 73, Oklahoma 71
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