It’s absolutely the biggest game of the season for the Oklahoma basketball team.

     When Texas A&M comes to town tomorrow afternoon it’s a game that the Sooners must win. If the Aggies come away with a victory, OU’s hopes of getting an NCAA tournament berth is finished. The only way that could happen would be to win the Big 12 tournament. There’s little chance for that.

     OU must win two of its three regular season games to finish at 8-8 in the conference. The game against the Aggies and Missouri at home next week are the best bets. The Sooners travel to Oklahoma State next week, and the way the Cowboys are playing right now it will be very difficult to win in Stillwater.

     Offense has left Jeff Capel’s team. Two straight games of 45 points. That’s pretty embarrassing, not to mention the 12 points Oklahoma scored in the first half at Nebraska Wednesday night.

     When the Sooner guards play porrly, so does Oklahoma. Basketball isn’t that complicated of a game. You put the ball in the basket you have a good shot of winning. That hasn’t been happening lately.

      Also, Blake Griffin has to get more shots than anyone else. He’s the high percentage shooter. He had only eight shots against Nebraska. That’s not near enough. Of course it didn’t help him when he turned the ball over eight times. That’s unacceptable.

     The Big 12 will get at least five teams into the Big Dance. Right now Texas, Kansas and Kansas State are locks. It looks like Baylor has a decent shot to finish at 9-7 in the league. That will get the Bears into the tournament.

     If OU can finish 8-8 and win a first round Big 12 tournament game, it should get into the NCAA event because of its strength of schedule and its high RPI.

     The key against the Aggies will be the guard play. How will Austin Johnson, Tony Crocker and David Godbolt perform? If they don’t play well, say good-bye to the Sooners chances of getting into the NCAA tournament.