Oklahoma (26-4, 12-3) hopes to earn a share of the regular season BIG 12 basketball title with a win over arch rival Oklahoma State (20-9, 9-6) when the schools play at 3:30 p.m. ET today at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. The Sooners are currently in the salvage mode after losing three of its last four games. Oklahoma State is currently tied for fourth place in the Big 12 standings.
Sports odds professionals at online sports book SBGglobal.com lists the Sooners as 9 1/2-point favorites over the Cowboys with a 158 1/2 total. Oklahoma is a -600 favorite on the SBGglobal moneyline while Cowboy's backers are getting +400 ML odds.
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Oklahoma is 15-1 at Lloyd Noble Center this year and will host an Cowboy's squad that has won six straight. The Sooners will be going for their third series sweep of Oklahoma State in the last four years.
The Sooners have won four straight in the series, six of the last seven and seven of the last nine. They have won four straight in Norman and seven of the last eight. Jeff Capel is 4-1 against the Cowboys as Oklahoma’s head coach.
The Sooners are led by national Player of the Year candidate Blake Griffin who is averaging 21.7 points and 14.2 rebounds per contest. Freshman Willie Warren is chipping in 14.8 points and three assists per contest. As a team, the Sooners are shooting a league-high 48.6 percent from the floor and allowing just 27 defensive rebounds per game.
A win by Oklahoma State today coupled with a Texas loss at Kansas would give OSU the No. 4 seed at the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City next week. If OSU and Texas both win, the Cowboys would be the No. 5 seed.
Sports-Odds.com predicts Oklahoma State keeps it close in a time when OU is trying to regroup after losing its last 3-of-4 games. OSU +9 1/2.
