Last year’s game between Oklahoma and Wichita State wasn’t much of a game at all, thanks to 10 first-half threes by the Sooners in their not-as-close-as-it-looked 91-83 victory last December.
In the return trip Saturday morning, an 11 a.m. tip-off televised by ESPNU at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, WSU coach Gregg Marshall and his staff are determined to have a better game plan for the Sooners.
“Hopefully Trae Young (now with the Atlanta Hawks) will stay in the NBA and not come back for the game,” Marshall joked earlier this week.
Young, who decimated WSU’s defense for 29 points and 10 assists last season, is gone, but OU (7-1) is off to an impressive start to the season with neutral-court wins over Florida, Dayton and Notre Dame.