NORMAN Kur Kuath hesitated for the slightest of moments, then let it fly.
On Saturday inside Allen Fieldhouse, OU’s 6-foot-10 big man hit his first career 3-pointer in the first half of an eventual 63-59 loss to the Jayhawks.
It was the only one of Kuath’s three 3-point tries that found their way through the net, though he also showed a willingness to take long jumpers from inside the arc.
Kuath isn’t going to start firing up outside shots all the time, but with Brady Manek out for the second consecutive game Tuesday when the Sooners host TCU (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), Kuath could start making it a habit to take those shots when they are presented instead of staying close to the basket or passing them up.
NORMAN As she walked down the Lloyd Noble Center tunnel to be introduced before Sunday’s OU women’s gymnastics season opener, there were no chills running down Anastasia Webb’s spine this year.
Those chills, especially last year, came from hearing the roar of the crowd as introductions got underway. A socially distanced crowd of 1,792 lacks the same effect.
But once the competition got underway, things settled back into something resembling normal, and the results bore that out as the No. 2 Sooners rolled to a 197.450-195.725 win over No. 21 Arizona State to stretch their home winning streak to 33.
Webb played a big part in that, winning the all-around with a 39.600.
Her most impressive event was the
NORMAN Nearly 10 months ago, OU’s women’s gymnastics team was No. 1 and poised to make a run at a second consecutive national championship and a fourth in five seasons.
But then, in a short span, everything came crumbling down.
First, the Sooners’ final regular-season meet was canceled, then the Big 12 championship and soon after, the NCAA postseason.
“It was heartbreaking,” Carly Woodard said. “Because we’d put so much work into it.”
Sunday, the second-ranked Sooners open the 2021 season against No. 21 Arizona State at Lloyd Noble Center hoping to pick up where they left off last season and appreciating the opportunity a bit more.
The meet starts at 1:45 p.m. and will be televised on Fox
There was a time when the Big 12 Conference dominated the Jim Thorpe Award ceremony.
From 2001-06, five Big 12 players won the award, presented by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame to the top defensive back in college football.
Thursday, TCU’s Trevon Moehrig became the conference’s first winner since that streak, taking home the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award at the College Football Awards Show on ESPN.
Moehrig will be in Oklahoma City on March 30 for the award banquet at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
“It’s just unbelievable,” Moehrig said Friday. “I thought about it last night and I still can’t believe it. Seeing those guys before me, it’s just an honor to even be on the same list as