Coming off his worst game of the season in a loss at Texas Tech -- his team's third defeat in four games and a discouraging response to Feb. 13's home loss to Kansas -- it was fair to ponder whether the Wooden Award frontrunner was fading, if only slightly, just as Denzel Valentine surged.
Then Saturday happened. And that was the end of that.
Oklahoma's 76-62 win at West Virginia was among its most impressive of the season, given the timing and the inherent difficulty in beating the Mountaineers on their home floor.