It’s over in Kansas City


Posted March 15, 2008 by Berry Tramel Comment on this article Leave a comment

This game got out of hand quickly. One minute, it was 36-36. Then suddenly it was 66-44 Texas.

The Sooners apparently were just what Texas needed. The Longhorns hadn’t played all that well down the stretch. A loss at Lubbock. A narrow home win over Nebraska, then a narrow home win over Oklahoma State. Finally, a 66-59 victory over OSU in the Big 12 quarterfinals, in which the Longhorns played OK.

Today, the good times returned to Texas. The Longhorns have made 11 of their 16 second-half shots and are shooting 52.2 percent for the game.

Worse yet, they somehow turned the Sooners listless, almost immediately. This game quickly took on junior-varsity atmosphere. It was a good game, then it was over.





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Berry Tramel, a lifelong Oklahoman, sports fan and newspaper reader, joined The Oklahoman in 1991 and has served as beat writer, assistant...


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