Sooners trying to stay loose even through struggles

Oklahoma's Steele Walker said he's not worried about the Sooners' recent struggles and that he feels good about the potential for a turnaround beginning this weekend against Kansas State. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]

NORMAN — After Thursday's practice at L. Dale Mitchell Park, Oklahoma's baseball team scurried into the clubhouse.

Their coach, Skip Johnson, wasn't waiting on his team to chew them out for their recent struggles — the Sooners enter this weekend's home series against Kansas State having dropped seven of nine Big 12 games.

Instead, the team was ready to play Team Mafia, a game Oklahoma has used for several year to kill time on long road trips and to help bring the team together.

It had been awhile since they'd played and Thursday seemed as good a time as any.