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Final Four: Top 5 impact players to watch

By Blake Cockrum

Mar 11, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) shoots a jump shot as West Virginia Mountaineers forward Devin Williams (41) defends in the second half during the Big 12 Conference tournament at Sprint Center. West Virginia won 69-67. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 11, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) shoots a jump shot as West Virginia Mountaineers forward Devin Williams (41) defends in the second half during the Big 12 Conference tournament at Sprint Center. West Virginia won 69-67. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports /
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Buddy Hield, Oklahoma

Mar 20, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) celebrates with fans after the game against the Virginia Commonwealth Rams in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports /

In a year in which ESPN made an embarrassing effort to showcase LSU’s freshman forward Ben Simmons, it was Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield who stole the show.

From the beginning of the season, it was clear that Hield was going to have a special senior campaign. He opened the season with a 30-point showing against the Memphis Tigers and never really slowed down from there.

He scored 25 or more points in 19 games this season and has scored 36 or more in three of his last six games leading up to the Final Four. It’s numbers like these that landed Hield on every first-team All-American squad known to the sport of basketball.

The Sooners go as Buddy Hield goes, which could take them a long way. But if Hield has a poor shooting night, where does that leave an Oklahoma team that relies so heavily on the jump shots of their superstar?

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