Lon Kruger’s Sooners advance to the Sweet 16 with an 85-81 win over VCU on Sunday afternoon at the Chesapeake Energy Arena for their second consecutive appearance in the Sweet 16 under Coach Lon Kruger.
National Player of the Year Buddy Hield led the way with 36 points and literally carried the Sooners on his back the last ten minutes of the games scoring 21 of his team’s last 26 points.
OU moves on to the Western Regional in Anaheim where they will play Texas A&M in the Sweet 16. Oregon plays Duke in the other regional semi.
The Sooners advanced to the Sweet 16 last season, but lost to Michigan State.
This marks the fourth straight NCAA appearance for OU since Lon Kruger took the job and re-established the program back to previous heights attained by Billy Tubbs and Kelvin Sampson.
All three Big 12 teams which made the second round advanced to the Sweet 16 as Kansas and Iowa State advanced as well.