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[giraffespots]

OU beats Baylor in Waco 73-70 on a 3 point shot by Kendra Moore that left .4 secs on the clock.

What a game!!!

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[bballjunkee212]

I predicted 5 on the ESPN board. I'm such a knucklehead.

Anybody got a tape of the game?

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[bullsky]

Oklahoma has so much potential and so much talent. To me, this wasnt much of an upset.

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[accommodatingly]

I think it's an upset-- didn't OU lose to (among others) Illinois?

Wish I had seen it.

Etiquette issue: when creating a game thread on this board, please, please do not give the result in the header-- people who have TiVo'd or otherwise taped games may check this board's headers before (or while) watching the delayed game, and they don't want to know the result. So the header here could have been "OU vs Baylor," with the result visible only once you click on the thread.

[giraffespots]

[bullsky]

Agreed. And Illinois had their best offensive output of the year. Remember, Illinois is a strong defensive team, so when they put both together, they could beat most people.

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[bballjunkee212]

Interesting details in the box score: OU committed 23 fouls to Baylor's 15- not unusual for the road team to out-foul the home team- and made 19/29 FTs to OUs 9/14- again, not an unusual stat, given the disparity in fouls.

Except when you consider that it was a three point game; OU kept Baylor in the game with free throws. Look at the fairly even number of FG attempts, and if OU had hacked less, it might have been a more comfortable win for them.

Something else suggests that OU had command of the game: Baylor got 12 minutes from its bench and OU got 50 minutes. I think that's more important than the fact that OU's bench outscored Baylor's 18-0. Look at the number of minutes the starters played and you can see that it was a tight game. But OU was able to get lots of minutes- almost a half each from three reserves- without losing ground. Indeed, OU was down 4 at the half, and Rush fouled out and Brown had 4 fouls, so those reserves must have played in the second half- so the reserves actually helped OU over the top. That strongly suggests that OU is the stronger team. A cleaner game by the Sooners, and it might not have been close.

I have mentioned elsewhere that I have high hopes for OU. I think this was a good win.

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[cherrystreet]

The real fact of the matter is that OU is a more complete team than Baylor. This is not the same team that won the ship last year. I am surprised they are doing as good as they are. The bench is very inexperienced and other than Young the returnees are green. Right about now, BU could use that outside shooting of Nieman. They choked in the game against TT and probably will end up in third or fourth place in the conference.

Oklahoma on the other hand is not really lacking anything. I thought they would not be as good without Jackson running the show; however, the twins make up for her lost tenfold. At least they put up a fight aginst OU. Upset - not really Baylor (my favorite college team- I like Sophia) is over ranked.

[CKent]