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Physics: Water vapor is Earth's most abundant greenhouse gas. The impact of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption on the climate…

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Study examines how massive 2022 eruption changed stratosphere chemistry and dynamics​

by Leah Burrows , Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Massive 2022 eruption reduced ozone levels
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Study examines how massive 2022 eruption changed stratosphere chemistry and dynamics

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022 in the South Pacific, it produced a shock wave felt around the world and triggered tsunamis in Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Peru and the United States.
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Football Monstrous end-of-season roundtable: Riley criticisms, team MVPs, most likely to improve in 2024, DC thoughts, bowl projections, etc.

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Myself, Tajwar and Jeff finish off with our most thorough roundtable of the season ...

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TrojanSports - TrojanSports Roundtable: End of season thoughts, accolades and expectations

Our TrojanSports.com staff covers the important questions coming off this disappointing season and picks team MVPs.
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My Notes on SC’s 72-70 loss to OU at Day 2 of the Rady Children’s Invitational

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My Notes on SC’s 72-70 loss to OU at Day 2 of the Rady Children’s Invitational

Founded in 1890, the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the twin territories became the state of Oklahoma in 1907. Enrollment is 31,655 (22,046 undergrads) on the 3000-acre campus.

A Big 12 conference member since 1996, OU moves to the SEC in June 2024. Previous member of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Assn (1920-28) and the Big Six/Seven/Eight Conferences until they dissolved.

Their nickname is the Sooners, their mascot is Sooner Schooner (Conestoga wagon pulled by 2 crème white ponies Boomer and Sooner), fight song is Boomer Sooner. Basketball Student Section is the Boom Squad. What exactly is a “Sooner”? Sooner is the name first applied 6 months after the Land Run of 1889 to people who entered the Oklahoma District (Unassigned Lands) before the designated time in the President’s proclamation.

OU claims 43 National Championships, 30 men’s (Gymnastics 12, Wrestling 7, Football 7, Baseball 2, Golf 2) and 13 women’s (Softball 7, Gymnastics 6).

Their Men’s basketball season was 1908-09, their all-time record is 1742-1139 (.605).

OU played in 2 NCAA Finals (1947-1988), 5 Final Fours (including the first ever Final Four in 1939, their last was in 2016), 9 Elite Eights, 11 Sweet Sixteens, 33 NCAA appearances. Their 5 Final Four appearances tie University of Illinois for second-most appearances without winning a national championship (Houston is first with 6). They hold the record for most NCAA tournament wins without a championship (record 42-33). They’ve won 14 Conference regular season plus 7 tournament championships.

OU has had 53 NBA draft picks (9 in 1st rd, 12 in 2nd round). Trae Young was the last Sooner drafted in 2018 by the Atlanta Hawks. They have retired the jerseys of Mookie Blaylock, Wayman Tisdale, Blake Griffin, Alvan Adams and Stacey King. They were All-Americans along with Harvey Grant, Ryan Minor and Hollis Price.

Notable OU coaches: John MacLeod, Dave Bliss, Billy Tubbs, Kelvin Sampon, Jeff Capel, Lon Kruger. The current coach is Porter Moser in his 3rd season, He took Loyola Chicago to the Final Four in 2018 – you go Sister Jean!

Big 12 Preseason Rankings:

1. Kansas, 2. Houston, 3. Texas, 4. Baylor, 5. TCU, 6. Kansas St., 7. Iowa St., 8. Texas Tech, 9. WVU, 10. OK St., 11. Cincinnati, 12. Oklahoma, 13. BYU, 14. UCF

SC is ranked No 23 in the AP poll, OU is unranked. Kenpom has OU at No. 24 and SC at No. 30, SC is a -2.5 pt favorite, the Over/Under is set at: 140.5. SC is 5-8 all-time against Oklahoma, the last meeting an 81-70 loss in 2018 in Tulsa.

After a 15-17 last season, the Sooners are 5-0, with wins over Central Michigan, Mississippi Valley State, UTRGV and Iowa (79-67) on the first day of this invitational.

OU averages 84.2 ppg (+24.4 margin), 50.4% FG, 33.6% 3FG, 77.5% FT. They get 40.8 reb/g (+9.3 margin), 14.3 assists, 12.2 TO (+2.0 margin), 7.2 steals, 4.5 blocks/game

SC averages 74.8 ppg (+7.6 margin), 44.6% FG, 36.4% 3FG, 76.1% FT. They get 37.7 reb/g (+0.0 margin), 13.3 assists, 14.7 TO (-1.5 margin), 6.5 steals, 6.0 blocks/game

The Sooners have 3 players averaging double digits in scoring: Ortega Oweh 15.0 ppg (66.1% FG, 100% 3FG (4/4), 66.7% FT. Javian McCollum 13.3 ppg (49.2% FG, 32.3% 3FG, 85.7% FT). John Hugley 11.5 ppg (72.7% FG, 70% 3FG, 87.5% FT).

Sam Godwin leads with 6.7 reb/g, Hugley 5.5, Rivaldo Soares 5.5. Milos Uzan leads with 4.5 assists, McCollum 2.7. Oweh leads with 2.3 steals/g, Sam Goodwin leads with 1.5 blocks/g.

SC’s Big 3 average double digits: Boogie 20.2 ppg (43.8% FG, 40% 3FG, 77.8% FT). Collier 18.2 ppg (52.9% FG, 41.2% 3FG, 76.9% FT). Kobe 14.8 ppg (45.5% FG, 42.1% 3FG, 84.6% FT). Our Big 3 are all shooting over 40% on 3-pointers – WOW!

Josh Morgan leads with 5.7 reb/g, Kobe 5.0. Collier leads with 4.0 assists, Boogie 3.6. Kobe leads with 3.0 steals/g and Josh leads with 3.3 blocks/g.

The Game

Day 2 and SC fans have come out, almost filling half of the sold-out 3912 seat arena. There is a large SC presence in the section behind the SC bench. I think I spy the Hornery’s from Down Under. I met them last year at the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix – nice people. They must be pleased with how much Harry has improved his body and his game since last season. He looks like a different player. With the Sooners our opponent, my untrained eyes are scanning for Lincoln Riley – haha.

The team looks more serious in warm-ups. Bronny is going through the full warm-up with the team and looks ready to play. He is being rechecked by his doctors at the end of the week and should be cleared to begin practicing. This likely December start reminds of Vince Iwuchukwu last year when he was recovering from his heart issue.

SC will start the same lineup as Day 1: Boogie, Kobe, Isaiah, Josh, DJ

The game tips off and it immediately feels like there is more of a playoff type intensity to this one.SC strikes first on a fastbreak layup from Collier, with OU answering with a 3 from Ortega Oweh (remember that name). The back and forth would continue with 3 ties and 4 lead changes in the half. SC’s largest lead was 5 pts (39-34 at the 1:00 minute mark). OU’s largest lead was 3 pts (10-7) after big man Hugley knocked down a 3 (get used to that). Both sides were draining threes in a well-played, entertaining first half, which ended with the Trojans up 39-36. These non-Pac 12 refs are letting the teams play more than yesterday’s Pac-12 crew in the Seton Hall game, that called 34 fouls. I would rather that refs allow physical play and not call ticky-tack fouls. I hope those Pac-12 refs are not following us into the B1G conference.

For the half, SC shot 45.5% FG (15-33), 50% 3FG (6-12), 75% FT (3-4).

OU shot 46,7% FG (14-30), 50% 3FG (7-14), 25% FT (1-4).

There was an amazing half-time show performance by The Red Panda, Rong “Krystal” Niu a Chinese American acrobat from Shanxi, China. Her act involves riding a 7-foot-tall unicycle while catching and balancing ceramic bowls on her feet and head. Her mother, grandmother and great grandmother performed the act before her. She performs at many NBA games. ESPN article:

NBA halftime acrobat Red Panda: Performing 'gives me a sense of worthiness'

The second half is also a barn burner with 4 ties and 5 lead changes. SC’s largest lead was 8 pts at 47-39 after a Kobe 3-ptr. OU led by as many as 6 at 68-62 at the 4:02 mark and would fight back SC challenges, holding a 70-66 lead with 2:00 remaining, before SC hit 4 straight FTs (Boogie and DJ Rodman) to tie the game at 70-70 with 29 seconds left. OU coach Moser called a timeout to set up the last shot. The ball would be in the hands of deadly shooter McCollum who dribbled the game clock down before launching a high arching shot from just inside the 3-point line. SC needed to grab the rebound to send the game into OT. They had four players closer to the basket than their opponents, but instead of boxing out, they ball-watched the missed shot and allowed Ortega Ohweh to fly to the rim over Rodman and tip the ball in with 1.4 seconds remaining. 72-70 - GAME OVER. That was a dagger to end a great game. SC played its heart out, but there are no moral victories when you are playing for post-season consideration. SC needed this game after losing short-handed to UCI, but it wasn’t to be.

Final stats for SC: 45.6% FG (26-57), 39.1% 3FG (9-23), 75% FT (9-12); 30 pts in the paint, 8 fastbreak pts, 16 bench pts; 28 rebs, 15 assists, 6 steals, 6 blocks, 11 TOs

For OU: 50.0% FG (30-60), 45.5% 3FG (10-22), 28.6% FT (2-7); 38 pts in the paint, 8 fastbreak pts, 22 bench points; 36 rebs, 15 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, 15 TOs

Leading scorers for SC: Boogie 16, Kobe 16, Isaiah 10, DJ 10. For OU, Tournament MVP McCollum had 18 pts, Oweh had 16, including the game winning tip and Hugley had 14, including 4-4 on threes for the big and large man.

This was just a good basketball game with both teams stepping up the intensity and effort and playing well. It came down to a few mistakes, and OU making the big play at the end.

DJ had a dickensian performance, it was the best of times with 10 pts and 2 clutch FTs for SC’s final pts to tie the game at 70, but it was the worst of times when he didn’t box out and Oweh sailed over him for the game winner.

I thought our bigs were improved in this game. Josh played 23 min, made his only shot, had 6 rebs, 2 blks, an assist, a steal and No PF or TOs! I remember saying “Good hands Josh” after he deflected a pass and then telling my wife “I never thought I’d say that” - haha.

Vince is starting to look more comfortable; he needs more minutes. He was active, made 2 FGs and 2-3 FTs for 6 pts and 4 rebs in 14 min, with no PF or TOs! – who are these guys?

Kijani had 4 pts in only 5 mins but picked up 2 PF. Harry made a 3 and had 2 rebs but was fairly quiet. Arrinten is still learning but didn’t make any freshman mistakes.

Collier has been better than advertised with his shooting but must stop turning the ball over so much. He leads the team with 24 assists – yay!, but also with 32 TOs – boo!. That is more than 3X the next highest guy, Kobe with 10 TOs. Get this fixed please Isaiah.

Next up for SC is Eastern Washington University on Wednesday night at Galen. Please come and show your support.

Fight on!
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