Oklahoma men's basketball: Frosh trio looking to just improve and keep on winning

“Our hope is to slow down as a team,” Hornbeak said. “When they really want us to speed things up, we tend to get out of control.”

Speeding things up is exactly what Arkansas is known for doing with teams. They like making teams play too fast, and they've surely seen on film how Oklahoma fell into the trap against Northwestern State (La.), Oral Roberts and Texas-Arlington.

“It's going to be a task,” Hornbeak said. “I'm not going to say it's going to be a walk in the park.”

If Oklahoma happens to fall into a speed game, it will need one of two things to happen. First, a point guard will need to grab the ball, hold it and tell the team to slow down, like Hornbeak did against ORU. Second, the Sooners will need to continue to hit critical shots, like Hornbeak did with his 3-pointer against Northwestern State that swung the momentum back in the Sooners' favor.

“We all want the same thing,” Cousins said about why Three The Har' Way works. “We have one goal. We want to win.”