9:35 pm
March 10

Big 12 Tournament: Iowa State v. #25 Oklahoma

Who will WIN this matchup?

Iowa State Cyclones (2-21)

#25 Oklahoma Sooners (14-9)

 

Current odds:

Iowa State Cyclones: (+550)

Oklahoma Sooners: (-800)

 

• The spread for the game is Oklahoma by 11.5 points.

• Going into their Big 12 tournament opener against Iowa State in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday, the 25th-ranked Sooners have played 14 games that were decided by seven points or fewer. Oklahoma has gone 7-7 in those games, but they have lost each of their past four games, each by five points or fewer. During the skid, the Sooners have fallen by a combined 17 points.

• The Sooners (14-9, 9-8 Big 12) stumbled down the stretch, but they hope to regain the positive momentum built up during January and early February, when they went 8-1 over a stretch that included three consecutive wins over top-10 teams.

• Iowa State (2-21, 0-18) has lost 17 in a row, going winless in conference play for the first time since 1936-37. The Cyclones haven’t won a game away from their home arena since November 2019, and their last win over a Big 12 opponent somewhere other than Ames, Iowa, came in March 2019, when Iowa State won the Big 12 Tournament.

• The Cyclones played the Sooners close twice this season. On Feb. 6, Oklahoma won 79-72 in Norman, Okla. On Feb. 20 in Ames, Iowa State fell behind by 21 points in the first half before coming back to take the lead briefly in the second. The Sooners eventually prevailed 66-56.

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#25 Oklahoma Sooners
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