North Carolina and Villanova advance to Monday night’s national championship game. Both were easy double figure winners. But Villanova literally destroyed Oklahoma by a 95-51 count.
Thus, OU’s season ends with two milestones they wish they didn’t have on their resume. 1 The worst ever loss in a Final Four game, and 2 with 41 NCAA Tournament wins OU is first among all programs in wins without winning a national championship.
A horrible game for Buddy Hield and company. They never got going offensively and played uphill the entire game. Still, a great season for these kids, especially the seniors of Hield, Cousins, and Spangler. They were part of turning the program back around despite what happened this evening.
I feel bad for the way they exited, but they accomplished a great deal this season and can take solace in all the positives from this season despite how bad it feels right now.
With Jordan Woodard, Lattin, James, and Buford—Lon Kruger has some players back, but these three seniors were very special for OU hoops and will be remembered in a very good way. Namely, OU became relevant again and people actually started going to games again at LNC.