mrjames
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12-26-15 09:50 AM - Post#197942
In response to JadwinGeorge
I sort of disagree with a lot of this. Oklahoma played 40 mins of very good basketball. Harvard punched above its weight in the first half, but OU wasn't playing badly.
The second half run was sparked by Harvard uncharacteristically not getting back in transition and OU hitting some really difficult shots. Once the Crimson started getting back and the Sooners' shooting regressed to the mean, Harvard started hitting tough shots and got back into it.
It's hard to say that after 80 mins of playing the two Big XII reasonably close that it was the opponent that wasn't taking Harvard seriously that allowed it to stay in it. I mean, OU got punched in the mouth for 20 minutes before it took its 21-pt lead and they nearly blew it after that, so there's no reason for them to have let up.
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