Patty Gasso pulled Jocelyn Alo into her office and told college softball's eventual career home run queen to go home. It was early April 2019, and Gasso, then in her 25th season coaching Oklahoma, had watched her budding superstar struggle for months.

Patty Gasso had a different chore bringing together a new group. But with team-building exercises and a book reading, the Sooners are rolling.