#783 ASA PLAY ON Oklahoma +5.5 over UConn, Friday a 9:25 PM ET - Too many points here for 2 teams we have power rated almost dead even. UConn is obviously getting respect for their back to back National Championships but this team is nowhere near the caliber of those 2 teams. This team is ranked 34th per KenPom while those 2 were #1. The Huskies are solid offensively but their defense simply isn’t very good this year, barely ranked inside the top 100 in efficiency. The only teams in the Dance that have a worse defensive efficiency than UConn are all seeded 10th or lower. They were 14-6 in Big East regular season play but 9 of those wins were by 8 points or fewer or in OT. The Sooners have a very good offense averaging 79 PPG and shooting inside the top 35 nationally both eFG% and 3 point FG%. They should be able to take advantage of a Connecticut defense that struggles to defend the arc (257th). They also hit 80% of their FT’s and UConn fouls a lot with 23% of their opponent’s points coming from the stripe (17th most in the country). On the other end OU defends the arc very well (20th) and they have the better overall defensive efficiency. Down the stretch the Sooners were playing quite well beating tourney teams Miss State, Georgia. Texas and Missouri. Their losses down the stretch were all tight losing to Kentucky by 1 point twice and Ole Miss by 3 points. Oklahoma has covered 7 in a row as a dog winning 4 of those outright. This will be a battle and we’ll take the points.