While most people’s focus has been on the the men’s march madness, the women are also doing their thing this week. The Lady Sooners took on and beat Central Michigan this past weekend in the opening round of the Women’s NCAA tourney.

They will face the UCLA Bruins on Monday night in Round 2. The No. 3-seeded Bruins and the No. 6-seeded Sooners have faced one-another this season already.

The Bruins came to Norman and beat the Sooners on their home court, 86-80. That was the second game of the season for the Sooners, so quite a bit has changed since then – injuries, growing as a team, etc, etc.

The Bruins, much like the Sooners, were also hit with the injury bug throughout the season. They have only had three players who have been in the line-up consistently all season.

UCLA is coming off a 66-49 win over Stetson in their first round game.

The Sooners/Bruins series is tied at 2-2 all-time. They have never played on a neutral court. Both teams split the series one and one at their respective home courts.

The winner of this game will take on the winner of Creighton and Tennessee who also play on Monday.

The streak is alive and well as the Oklahoma Sooners women’s basketball team found out on Monday night that they are going dancing for the fourteenth consecutive year.

The Sooners made it in as No. 6 seed and will face No. 11 seed Central Michigan on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, which is part of the Oklahoma City Regional. UCLA and Stetson are the other two teams playing in Columbus this weekend and will take on the winner of that game for Round 2.

The second game will be played sometime on Monday, with time yet to be determined.

Sooners head coach Sherri Coale:

I’m very excited with a 6 seed and very proud of the representation of the Big 12 Conference in the NCAA Tournament. That’s amazing and, I think, because of the respect the committee had for the league, that’s probably why we got the seed we did.

On the possibility of getting a Sweet 16 spot in Oklahoma City:

That’s maybe the best part of it. I know we have to do big things, tough things before we have the opportunity to come back here, but that’s the lure. That’s the carrot that’s out there. Just win two and you get to come home and anything can happen at home. It’s a really special opportunity.

In 2012, the Sooners went out in Round 2, losing to St. John’s, 74-70 in Norman. For the last seven seasons, the Sooners have advanced past the first round.

Good luck to both Sooners teams – men and women – as their tournament journey’s start this weekend.

Both Oklahoma and Baylor took home the Regional title on Monday, moving on to play in the CWS Super Regionals. Oklahoma played a double header Monday against Appalachian State to win the Charlottesville Regional. They won the first game 14-6, then moved on to win the second game 5-2. Baylor beat Dallas Baptist in their own Waco Regional, winning 8-2.

The Sooners will take on 2-time defending National Champions, South Carolina in Columbia. The last time the Gamecocks lost in post-season play was to the Sooners, back in 2010. You can find out more about the Yardcocks from our South Carolina writer, Katie and her site, Cocky Country.

The Bears will be hosting their Super Regional and are slated to play former conference foe, Arkansas. Future conference mate, TCU also advanced to the Super Regionals in College Station and will be taking on UCLA.

All Super Regional action will begin on Friday, June 8th. The Big XII has had 27 Super Regional appearances since the format was established in 1999. The Big XII is 34-31 in Super Regional games and they improved on that number to 176-131 in NCAA Regional play after this weekend’s games.

Also in Sooner bat sport action, the Lady Sooners started their run for the National Title Monday night in Oklahoma City. Game 1 of the National Championship resulted in a Sooner win over Alabama. Once again, Keilani Ricketts was solid, striking out 13. The Crimson Tide was up early in the game, 1-0 but after the 5th inning, it was all Sooner bats. The Sooners won 4-1 and will play again Tuesday night. If they win tonight, they are the new Champions.

The last time that the Oklahoma softball team won a National Championship was in 2000. The exact same year the football team won one. Just saying.

The Sooner Women’s Gymnastic team has been selected as the No. 1 seed in the Regional to be held in Champaign, Illinois on April 7th. The other No. 1 seeds include: UCLA, Nebraska, Georgia and Alabama. The Sooners finished the season 19-3 and No. 2 in the country.

They will compete in the Regional against Illinois, Denver, Stanford, Kentucky and Illinois-Chicago.  The top two from the Regional will move on to the Championship in Georgia, which will be held April 20-22.

The Sooners have won 4 Big XII Championships out of the last 5 under head coach, K.J. Kindler. Coach Kindler is the Big XII coach of the year, while Junior Brie Olson was named Big XII All-Around Champion. Senior Megan Ferguson was named Big XII Specialist of the Year.

The Regional is scheduled to start at 4:00 PM, April 7th at the University of Illinois. You can view the Regional Draw Results HERE.

*In other news, the football team is back on the field this week after Spring Break, so more football news should be coming in soon.*

In complete PAC-12 fashion, what was a boring football game between UCLA and Arizona actually got exciting in the closing minutes of the 2nd quarter. A streaker dressed as a ref, in shorts of all things, charges the field and tries to take the ball from the real ref after a play. After doing this, he starts to strip down to his skivvies…

During the middle of the strip-show, a fight breaks out on field. Classy guys. Classy. At least the fight brought some excitement to the game. It was 42-7, Arizona going into half time.

So presented to you without further commentary…