Men’s hoops: Sooner ‘dogs

By Scott Wright

OU is a 4 1/2 point underdog today against Texas. Not bad, considering they’ve lost to the Horns twice by an average of 13 1/2 points.

Maybe the bookmakers feel the Sooners are playing well, though they must have missed the disaster that was OU’s 54-49 win over Colorado Friday. Still, the Longhorns haven’t been terribly impressive lately, so the Sooners should feel like they’ve got a good chance.

In bracketology news, OU is still holding strong as a No. 7 seed. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has them as a 7 going to Birmingham, where they’re paired up with Miami, then the No. 2 seed Georgetown.

CollegeHoops.net, the Sporting News and Yahoo! have the Sooners at a 7, while Fox Sports, Sports Illustrated and Bracketography have OU at an 8 seed.

Jerry Palm has the Sooners at 7 against South Alabama, though not everyone else is as high on South Alabama. But Palm has OU going to Raleigh and paired with the No. 2 seed Duke. That’s not desirable on many levels.