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Oklahoma basketball: Will Sooners flame out or refire in second half?

By Chip Rouse

LUBBOCK, TX - JANUARY 08: Jarrett Culver #23 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders goes to the basket during the second half of the game against the Oklahoma Sooners on January 8, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma 66-59. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - JANUARY 08: Jarrett Culver #23 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders goes to the basket during the second half of the game against the Oklahoma Sooners on January 8, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma 66-59. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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Is this OU team really better than the Trae Young Sooners?

All season long, college basketball know-it-alls have been advocating that this season’s edition of Sooner basketball is actually better than the Trae Young-led team of a year ago. Last season, Young and the Sooners were the talk of the college basketball world after firing out to a 12-1 start. Oklahoma won four of its first five conference games to improve its overall record to 14-2 before harsh reality set in and the young Sooner squad discovered it wasn’t as invincible as it thought it was.

Young and the Sooners struggled to a 5-4 record in January last season after starting out 3-1. And that wasn’t even the worst of it. In February last season, Oklahoma came away with just one victory in eight games. From Feb. 3 to the end of the 2017-18 season, the Sooners were 2-9 and finished with just four total wins after Jan. 13 and an 18-14 overall record.

Flash forward to the final week in January this season, Oklahoma sits at 15-6 on the season and a 3-5 mark in the Big 12. That is just two week’s removed from being ranked as high as No. 19 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. A year ago at this time, the Sooners owned a strikingly similar 16-5 overall mark and owned a record of 6-3 in league play.

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