Kansas vs. Oklahoma: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 Regular Season

A tip-in by Buddy Hield just before the buzzer gave No. 15 Oklahoma its biggest win of the year, a 75-73 upset over No. 9 Kansas.  

After three Frank Mason free throws tied the game with about five seconds remaining, the Sooners' Jordan Woodward drove the length of the floor to put up the potential game-winning shot. His layup attempt missed, but Hield was there for the putback to earn the victory at the buzzer.

Troy Machir of Sporting News provided a look at the final play:

ESPN's Jay Williams summed up the emotion:

Kevin Flaherty of 247Sports shared his opinion on the game-ending series:

Hield finished with a team-high 18 points, though he struggled for much of the game, shooting 6-of-20 from the field. Fortunately, his teammates were able to pick him up in a contest where every basket was important.

As for Kansas, Frank Mason led the way with 21 points, while Kelly Oubre added 12 points and 10 rebounds. Landen Lucas also had a surprise performance with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Despite these strong efforts, the Jayhawks could not overcome the fact it came in severely short-handed, missing a number of top contributors for a variety a reasons. According to Rustin Dodd of The Wichita Eagle, Perry Ellis has a knee injury, Cliff Alexander is dealing with an "NCAA issue" and Brannen Greene was suspended for the game.

When asked whether he would simply decide to treat the Oklahoma game like an exhibition and rest his players, Kansas coach Bill Self responded, per Dodd:

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I think that we could probably not want to treat it that way and turn out treating it that way. Just because, depending on Wayne’s situation (and) Kelly (Oubre) hadn’t played a ton of minutes — there won’t be anybody that’s played a ton of minutes other than Frank (Mason). But I’m not going to do that with Frank.

Frank wants to play. If we want to give him some time off, he can rest on Sunday and Monday.

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People like Doug Gottlieb of CBS Sports expected this to be a blowout because of the light lineup:

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#Oklahoma all day today. No Perry Ellis, No Cliff - no chance.

— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) March 7, 2015"

As the first half got started, CBS Sports' Seth Davis saw the Jayhawks falling apart:

However, the 30-20 Oklahoma lead was threatened when the offensive rebounds started making a major difference. Justin Hite of Scout.com noted the problem at halftime as Kansas was able to close the lead:

The Jayhawks had 14 offensive rebounds in the first half alone to cut the score to two. Dana O'Neil of ESPN discussed her thoughts on the halftime score:

When it seemed the Sooners would pull away again in the second half with a 49-42 lead, Kansas once again battled back thanks to a few big plays from Oubre. The freshman completed a three-point play to cut the lead to one and then hit a three-pointer moments later to move ahead.

Ryan Gerbosi of The Dallas Morning News was impressed:

Some back-and-forth play featured Oklahoma regaining the lead with some quality defensive work, as noted by Ryan Aber of The Oklahoman:

With the game still close in the final minutes, Ryan Spangler helped put the Sooners up three thanks to a tip-in on a Hield miss. Guerin Emig of Tulsa World broke down the play:

A Hield turnover gave the Jayhawks a chance to tie things up, and they did just that with this play that led to three made free throws by Mason:

However, the junior was able to redeem his mistake with the game-winning basket to earn the two-point victory.

Sam Vecenie of CBS Sports argues it was a statement for one of the top players in the nation:

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If that’s not a Big 12 Player of the Year statement from Buddy Hield, I don’t know what is. Hell of a finish in that game.

— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) March 7, 2015"

Kansas and Oklahoma will each get a first-round bye in the Big 12 tournament before getting started in the quarterfinals Thursday. The Jayhawks will have the No. 1 seed and will be favored to win it all, although anything can happen in the deepest conference in college basketball.

While both squads are safely in the NCAA tournament field, a deep run in the league tournament could play a big role in seeding. Therefore, you can expect each team to go into Kansas City with its best effort to bring home a championship.

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