Preview: NCAA Tournament – (5) Oklahoma vs. (12) North Dakota State

2014 NCAA Tournament
Second Round Game
Spokane Arena – Spokane, Wash.

OKLAHOMA SOONERS (23-9)

•  Oklahoma comes in having won five of its last seven games.  OU lost to Baylor, 78-73, in the quarterfinal of the Big 12 Tournament.
• The Sooners are the eighth highest scoring team in the country at 82.2 ppg.
• Coach Lon Kruger was named the AP Coach of the Year.
• Buddy Hield was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.  Cameron Clark was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team.  Ryan Spangler was an honorable mention All-Big 12 teamer.  Tyler Neal was tabbed as co-Sixth Man of the Year in the league.
• This is the second straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 28th overall.  The Sooners are 36-27 all time in the tournament.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (25-6)

• This is NDSU’s second NCAA Tournament appearance and highest seed.  The Bison lost to Kansas in 2009.
• The Bison have never beaten a member of the Big 12 (0-7) since being in Division I.
• As a team, the Bison are No. 1 in the country in field goal percentage (.509) and Marshall Bjorklund is No. 1 individually (.636).
• There are four active 1,000-point scorers on the team: Taylor Braun (1,633 points), Bjorklund (1,419),  TrayVonn Wright(1,113) and Lawrence Alexander (1,100).
• NDSU has won nine straight, including the Summit League Tournament, and 14 of its last 15.