,And the Sooners were set up nicely to get that victory, which would have put the OU season win total at 20. All Lon Kruger’s group had to do was get by West Virginia, the Big 12’s worst team this season, in the opening round of the conference tournament, and their postseason plans would be secure.
Only, much like the roller coaster ride Oklahoma basketball has been on this season, that is not what happened.
On Wednesday night at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, the Sooners came up literally an inch short in losing to lowly West Virginia.