Oklahoma basketball: San Diego State sends Sooners packing from NCAA Tournament

“Oh, I mean, I don't know,” junior Amath M'Baye said about OU's struggle from beyond the arc. “I don't know.”

“I really don't know,” senior guard Steven Pledger said about OU's shooting gone cold.

“I don't really know how to explain it right now,” senior point guard Sam Grooms, who sat the bench in the second half, said about what went wrong. “I don't really know what to say about it.”

Here's what the stats say.

In its last three games, Oklahoma didn't shoot above 40 percent, going 24-of-66 against TCU, 24-of-63 against Iowa State and 23-of-58 against San Diego State.

Does it get better from beyond the arc? Nope. Oklahoma's best in those final three games was 23.8 percent from 3-point range. The Sooners went 0-of-16 against TCU, 3-of-18 against Iowa State and 5-of-21 against San Diego State.

On Friday at the Wells Fargo Center, Romero Osby went 9-of-15 from the floor. The rest of the team went 14-of-43.

“That's the game,” Osby said. “That's the game that we love. We hate it sometimes, but we always love it, and sometimes things just don't go your way. I think that's pretty much what it was.”

Here's what else didn't go the Sooners' way — rebounding. The Sooners (20-12) were ahead slightly on the boards at halftime, 19-17. They ended the game grabbing only 10 more boards than what they went into halftime with. The Aztecs finished with 40 rebounds, 29 defensively.