Oklahoma Sooners vs Oklahoma State Cowboys Prediction, 3/8/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oklahoma Sooners vs Oklahoma State Cowboys

Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV

TV: ESPN+

T-Mobile Arena is the location where the Oklahoma State Cowboys (17-14) will take on the Oklahoma Sooners (15-16) on Wednesday.

The Oklahoma Sooners faced TCU and notched a win by a score of 74-60 in their last contest. With respect to personal fouls, the Sooners ended up walking away with 14 and TCU finished the game with 18 personal fouls. They also made 7 of their 19 tries from distance. TCU went 63.6% from the free throw line by converting 7 of 11 attempts. In addition, TCU pulled down 24 rebounds (8 offensive, 16 defensive), but didn't have a block. TCU recorded 7 assists and had 6 steals for the game. In terms of the defense, Oklahoma allowed the other team to shoot 37.7% from the floor on 23 out of 61 shooting. They also recorded 13 assists in this game in addition to forcing the other team into 5 turnovers and earning 2 steals. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they compiled a total of 40 with 9 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Sooners converted 17 of their 23 attempts for a percentage of 73.9%. Oklahoma wrapped up the contest having earned a 50.0% FG percentage (25 out of 50) and knocked down 7 out of their 20 shots from distance.

Tanner Groves is a guy who was a factor for the game. He finished with 23 points on 7 of 16 shooting. He played 32 mins played and grabbed 10 rebounds. He ended up shooting 43.8% from the floor and totaled 1 assist.

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Oklahoma will enter this contest with a mark of 15-16 for the season. They lose possession via turnover 13.5 times per game and as a squad they are committing 16.2 personal fouls every game. As a team, Oklahoma is pulling down 32.6 rebounds per game and has totaled 409 dimes for the year, which has them ranked 180th in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Sooners are hitting 35.4% on three-point shots (218 of 615) and 73.4% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 68.3 points per game (273rd in D-1) while going 46.5% from the floor.

Defensively, the Sooners have forced 10.4 turnovers per game while drawing 15.6 fouls. They rank 40th in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 332 surrendered this year. The Sooners defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 43.5% (776 of 1,785) and they surrender 32.3 rebounds per game as a squad. They give up 31.4% on 3-point attempts while they are 118th in college basketball in points per game from their opponents (67.9).

The last time they took the court, the Oklahoma State Cowboys got the victory with a final of 71-68 when they played Texas Tech. The Cowboys were able to corral 24 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive rebounds totaling 35 for the contest. They turned it over 11 times, while earning 4 steals in this game. Texas Tech committed 11 fouls in this contest which took the Cowboys to the charity stripe for a total of 10 attempts. They were able to knock down 5 of them for a clip of 50.0%. When discussing shooting from beyond the arc, Oklahoma State converted 12 of their 33 attempts (36.4%). When this game wrapped up, the Cowboys walked away from this one shooting 27 out of 61 from the field which had them at 44.3%. The Cowboys allowed Texas Tech to convert 23 out of 60 tries from the field which left them with a rate of 38.3% for this game. They went 46.7% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 14 of 30 and ended up going 8 of 9 at the free throw line (88.9%). Concerning how they attacked the glass, Oklahoma State permitted Texas Tech to collect 32 in all (9 on the offensive side).

Caleb Asberry ended up being a factor for the Cowboys for this contest. He converted 8 out of 16 for this game for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and totaled 6 rebounds. He earned 24 points in his 36 minutes on the court and earned 1 assist for this game.

Oklahoma State has a win-loss record of 17-14 on the year. The Cowboys commit 17.2 fouls per contest and they hit 69.9% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 12.8 times per game (202nd in the nation) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 14.2 times per game. Oklahoma State has totaled 2,155 points so far this year (69.5 per game) and they pull down 36.1 rebounds per contest. As an offense, the Cowboys are connecting on 43.9% from the floor, which has them ranked 229th in Division 1.

The Oklahoma State defense gives up 32.0% on shots from beyond the arc (216 of 676) and opponents are connecting on 74.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They have surrendered 12.3 assists and 33.5 boards per contest, which ranks 146th and 143rd in those defensive categories. The Cowboys are ranked 86th in college basketball in points given up per game with 66.8. They are forcing their opponents into 13.2 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.3% from the floor (22nd in D-1).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oklahoma

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