Marvin Johnson saved the day for OU with a couple of big plays coming down the stretch as OU beat O-State in overtime by a score of 66-62.
Marvin can help the Sooners when he’s healthy. He’s got a great basketball body and can fill in the defensive void created by EJ’s season ending knee surgery. Marvin needs to be playingtwenty minutes a game from this point moving forward.
Marvin is one of those TSN type of players who can make some plays with his hustle and grit. I would compare his role on this OU team as to what Kenrich Williams does for the Thunder when he’s allowed to play in non-tanking situations.
OU came into this game with a net No. 47 ranking despite the tough stretch of late. This puts OU at 15-14 with a home game against West Virginia on tap on Tuesday. I would guess OU will be an ESPN 59-61% favorite win that game.
The loss which will hurt OU the most with the Committee will be the close home loss to TCU. That one hurt. That’s one which might haunt the Sooners when the Committee deliberates their fate.
But if OU could somehow steal a road game at K State to close out the regular Big 12 with a win over the tough Wildcats…that loss could be absolved by the Committee.
OU should have won this game by around six points in regulation, but once again fifth year senior point guard Jordan Goldwire struggled with some bad time and score offensive decisions coming down the stretch.
I thought O-State’s Avery Anderson had one his best games of the season and was the primary reason the Cowboys had a chance to win late in the game.
The Sousse kid is going to be a nice player for Mike Boynton as well once he develops a little eight-foot shot or so. He gave the Sooners fits in both Bedlam games this season with his shot blocking. Of all the excellent defensive players in the Big 12 I’ve seen…Sousse along with some guys at Texas Tech and Texas gave the Sooners fits this Big 12 season on the defensive end.
I love Mike Boynton, but he like Porter Moser needs to go get him a point guard next season for Avery Anderson to play off of on the offensive end of the floor.
I’m just happy these OU kids hung in there today and found a way to win a close game they absolutely had to have to stay alive in the NCAA Tournament discussion.
I still think OU gets in the Big Dance with 17 wins because of the schedule they’ve played.
The key for OU is Jordan Goldwire. Can he settle down and forty minutes where his decision making doesn’t implode for a five-minute stretch somewhere in the game.
Marvin Johnson gets my helmet sticker. It’s just nice to be able to play Boomer Sooner again.
BOOMER!
You have to admire the courage these Ukrainians have and their devotion to remain a free nation. You have to remember though, Ukraine has basically been a free nation since 1991 because of what Reagan and Bush did in the Cold War.
How sad it is we have these Trumplicans who equate freedom with minimal effective tax rates….and to varying degrees racism.
How sad.