South Carolina State/Oklahoma - 3/20/03

[Eugene Michaels]

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE/OKLAHOMA Under 133.5 - Oklahoma earned their #1 seed on the strength of their suffocating defense, which only allowed opponents 60.2 points per game. If this team was able to shut down the better offenses in the Big 12, how will a small school like S.C. State cope with the Sooners? pressure? Not surprisingly, the Under was 13-4 in all Oklahoma games that had a posted total this year, with an average total score in all Sooners games of 131.4 points per game. You could probably shave at least 5 points off of that average vs. this totally outclassed opponent.

 

[royalfan]

The problem there is that when the game becomes no longer competive the defense may slack a touch. Living in Big 12 country i saw them play a lot. The better the team the more they step up the defense. I could see this one getting sloppy. I would think maybe the first half under would be a better play than the full game. They will play great defense early but may not sustain it if it gets out of had which it very well may not because they just aren't that good.

 

[dr. freeze]

thing is, is when OU gets big lead they get sloppy and offense goes down the toilet....i personally like the full game play better myself....also good chance they will sit on the ball as much as possible with lead to rest for Sat.