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Old issues conspire to end Sooners' fantastic season in Sweet 16
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Old issues conspire to end Sooners' fantastic season in Sweet 16

Loss to Connecticut a road map of what must be done moving forward

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Oklahoma’s Payton Verhulst operates against Connecticut Saturday in the Sweet 16. (OU Athletics Photo)

The good news is Raegan Beers, Payton Verhulst, Sahara Williams and Zya Vann are coming back. Presumably, Reyna Scott and Beatrice Culliton, too

That and Aaliyah Chavez, the nation’s No. 1 prospect, who’s committed to play her college ball in Norman, should be arriving and the last time something like that happened, Courtney Paris entered the fold.

Fabulous.

The bad news?

It’s never good to be embarrassed and the Oklahoma women were embarrassed by Connecticut Saturday evening at the Sweet 16 in Spokane, Washington, and not for the first time this season, nor others, and not for new reasons either, which is a little maddening.


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