This is going to be another high-scoring game as the Bison, champions of the Summit League, take on Oklahoma (23-9) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. North Dakota St are the top shooting team in NCAA Division I and will be facing Lon Kruger's Sooner team that ranks 7th in points per game. This is only the second NCAA appearance for North Dakota St., while the Sooners have not won an NCAA game since 2009. The statistics look pretty gaudy for the Bison, who defeated IPFW in the Summit finals, but we are drilling down a little bit deeper when finding a winner here. Basically, we are siding with the Sooners here because Kruger has much more NCAA experience and will know the buttons to push to get the Sooners ready. More importantly, you want teams that are motivated and battle-tested, and we think you are geting both of those with the Sooners. They haven't won an NCAA Tourney game in five years and have played a much, much more difficult schedule than the Bison, so they are used to the big lights and pressure. We think the Sooners take care of business in this one! The Sharps say...
3 UNITS - OKLAHOMA (-3)