Oklahoma State vs. Liberty Hurdles, Prediction: Pickle Flames

Although Oklahoma State certainly has the ability to run a deep NCAA tournament and that is a lot more than a one-man show that is future top five NBA draft-pick Cade Cunningham, the Liberty one for a young Friday Trouble is the first round matchup. , Although the talented Cowboys team. The flames did not defeat themselves, as they only rotate the ball at more than 15.6 percent of possessions (19th best nationally).

Only No. 1 seed Gonzaga and Baylor rank better among NCAA tournament teams in effective field-goal percentage (57.4 percent). No team in Turney is more dependent on 3 than Liberty, but the Flames also hit 38.8 percent of them (10th in the nation).

Under Richie McKay, the Flames run a pack-line defense, which McKay learned as a Virginia assistant under Tony Bennett. They don’t offer many looks at the rim, which wants to go to Oklahoma State. As the Cowboys rank just 295th in the 3-point field-goal rate, they are highly reliable to get the tin.

Liberty, largely because of its slow pace (ranking 340th of 347 teams) and not crashing the offensive glass, limits opponents to transition. A young team like Oklahoma State may fall into the trap of falling in love with the 3s which Liberty will allow them to take.

Flames erupted 12–5 against Mississippi State two years ago and three veterans who played in that team two years ago are present here as well.

drama: Liberty, +7.5.

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