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Oklahoma Lands 5-Seed in NCAAs Tournament

If the Sooners are successful in the early rounds, the prospect of playing No. 1 overall seed and undefeated South Carolina lies ahead.
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Oklahoma Lands 5-Seed in NCAAs Tournament
Oklahoma Lands 5-Seed in NCAAs Tournament

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Oklahoma is headed west.

The Sooners are the No. 5 seed in the Greenville Regional I and will play No. 12 Portland Saturday in Los Angeles in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

"We're excited to continue our season in the NCAA Tournament," head coach Jennie Baranczyk said in an OU press release. "The chance to keep playing with this team is special and what we've worked toward all season. We're proud that we get to keep representing Oklahoma, and we look forward to next weekend."

If OU wins, the Sooners are paired with the winner of No. 4-seed UCLA and 13-seed Sacramento State in the second round Monday.

Beyond that lies the prospect of playing No. 1 overall seed South Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen. The Gamecocks are 32-0 this season.

NCAA Tournament Bracket

In their second season under Baranczyk, No. 14-ranked OU compiled a 25-6 record and was crowned regular season co-champions of the Big 12, where they went 14-4 this year, followed by a 1-1 mark in Big 12 Tournament play this weekend.

It’s OU’s 21st time in the NCAA Tournament since 2000 and 23rd overall.

Games at the UCLA pod will be played at historic Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. Tip times and broadcast information will be announced Monday.

The 2023 championship will be the second to have 68 teams. First Four games will be played Wednesday and Thursday at four of the top-16 host sites. First- and second-round games will be played Friday, March 17, through Monday, March 20, on the campuses of the top-16 seeds. 

In 2023 the championship will be utilizing a two-site regional format, with eight competing teams playing at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC, and eight teams at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Regional play in Greenville and Seattle will take place March 24-27, with each site hosting two regional semifinal games March 24 and two March 25. In addition, each site will host one regional championship game March 26 and one on March 27. 

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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