The Oklahoma Sooners and UCLA Bruins are playing live on the Battle 4 Atlantis NCAA college basketball tournament schedule on Wednesday and the game from Imperial Arena starts up at 2:30 pm ET on ESPN2 and streaming from the WatchESPN website as the two major schools matchup and the Bruins come in ranked in the top 25 this season and are 4-0 already.
The Bruins come into the game after a win against Long Beach State and now they have Oklahoma before a matchup with CS Fullerton. The Bruins are looked at as one of the better teams in the Pac-12 and they are currently undefeated on the season heading into the battle. The team is averaging 95 points per game and while that won't hold up all season, they are currently ranked fifth in points per game. The team is ninth in assists per game and they are already in the top 50 in rebounds and field goal percentage.
Norman Powell is leading the team in scoring and point guard Bryce Alford has the team playing well on offense and he has been firing on all cylinders. Alford is the son of Steve Alford and he is leading the team with nearly 10 assists per game in the early goings of the season. UCLA has some tough matchups coming up next month, as they play against Gonzaga and they also have a matchup with Kentucky and that will be one of the best early matchups of the season.
Oklahoma comes into the game ranked seventh in the nation in rebounding and they are currently 2-1 on the season. The team won over Northwestern State before playing against UCLA and now they have this matchup ahead of a game against the Missouri Tigers and that will be on Friday. The team is averaging 77 points this season and coming up they have some tough games with Washington and Baylor ahead of a game against number seven Texas.
Oklahoma could be a spoiler in the Big 12 this season and they have a tough conference to deal with, as Iowa State, West Virginia, Kansas and Texas are all currently ranked. OSU should be decent this season as well despite losing Marcus Smart and Kansas is a team to watch along with the Longhorns, who are ranked in the top 10. Alford is the main player to watch on Wednesday and he comes in after putting up 17 points and seven assists in the last win for the Bruins. Alford is now averaging 20 points and 9.8 assists per game and he could be a Pac-12 player of the year hopeful this season.
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