Oklahoma’s massive Texas win reshaped its SEC Tournament path for the better

Dustin Safranek-Imagn ImagesWith a win over Texas checked off the must-do list, Oklahoma's NCAA Tournament hopes now rest squarely on how far the Sooners can go this week in the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament.

The Sooners demonstrated the resilience and fight-to-the-end behavior that wasn't present early in the season, and it paid off in an 88-85 overtime victory over Red River rival Texas on Saturday night in what might have been Oklahoma's biggest and clearly most critical win of the season.

Oklahoma went into the game against its chief rival having to win the game to have any hope of keeping its slim chances of making the NCAA Tournament alive, and also having to do it on the road before…