Alabama rode an 8-1 lead through four innings to an 8-6 victory in Tuscaloosa, meaning OU also dropped the weekend series 2-1. The Sooners won rubber games against South Carolina and Mississippi State to begin life in the SEC the past two Sundays, but could not sustain that success this time and fell to 22-5 overall/5-4 in league play.

Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points, setting a UConn record for the NCAA Tournament, to lead a dominant 82-59 win over OU on Saturday in the Sweet 16.

OU is two wins away from advancing to their first Final Four since 2010. Here are the reasons why the Sooners will accomplish the feat and reasons why they might not.

NORMAN — Second-ranked OU blasted five home runs to beat Kansas 8-0 in five innings Saturday at Love’s Field. The Sooners (17-0) will take on Marshall at 6 p.m. in the second game of the night. Kasidi Pickering hit a pair of home runs in the win.

UConn is favored by 13.5 points against Oklahoma. K-State has won 28 games this season. It reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002 by defeating Fairfield and Kentucky in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

NORMAN — The second-ranked OU softball team pulled off another run-rule sweep Friday, opening the Oklahoma Omni Classic with a pair of 9-1 wins, first over Marshall and then over Kansas at Love’s Field. The Sooners have won nine games this season so ...

The No. 2-ranked OU softball team will finish its Oklahoma Omni Classic run with a game against Kansas City at 1:45 p.m. CST Sunday. OU (18-0) delivered a dominant performance during its Saturday doubleheader. It earned an 8-0 win (five innings ...