After beating Georgia Tech and Alcorn State last week, the Sooners rose nine spots in the AP Top 25.
NORMAN — Oklahoma added two wins to its undefeated start last week, and as a result, the Sooners got some love in the latest AP Poll.
Oklahoma beat Georgia Tech 76-61 on Tuesday in the ACC-SEC Challenge before taking down Alcorn State 94-78 on Saturday. In both of those games, in Norman, the Sooners overcame early deficits to stay undefeated. At that tournament, the Sooners beat Providence, No. 24 Arizona and Louisville to win the event. Before that, OU won four games over mid-major opponents, all at the Lloyd Noble Center.OU is the No. 43 team in the KenPom rankings, which uses Pythagorean expectation to rate all 362 teams in NCAA Division I college basketball. Oklahoma is No. 44 in the NET rankings, a system that the NCAA Tournament selection committee uses heavily when deciding which teams make and miss out on the tourney.
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