16-29 in Big 12 play since Buddy left

[sooner 1234]

OU was a tourney team last season that is not close to "horrible"

and OU still very likely will make the tourney this season

OU finished the season as a bad team .
Making the tourney because you are worthy as a team and making the tourney because you have a star that everyone wants to see play are two different things.
maybe we have a different definition of bad .
I could would call having a lotto pic and still finish towards the bottom of your conference as a bad season .

I would say three straight seasons with a losing conference record Three straight seasons finishing towards the bottom of your conference. Three straight seasons getting WORSE evey game ......as horrible .
But like I said some of this board have a different definition of what OU basketball is about .
I consider us a top 20 program , obviously you don’t.

 

[WichitaSooner]

OU finished the season as a bad team .
Making the tourney because you are worthy as a team and making the tourney because you have a star that everyone wants to see play are two different things.
maybe we have a different definition of bad .
I could would call having a lotto pic and still finish towards the bottom of your conference as a bad season .

I would say three straight seasons with a losing conference record Three straight seasons finishing towards the bottom of your conference. Three straight seasons getting WORSE evey game ......as horrible .
But like I said some of this board have a different definition of what OU basketball is about .
I consider us a top 20 program , obviously you don’t.

So you think the committee put us in because of Trae, thinking ratings would shoot through the roof for that 11:15 Thursday morning tip? :facepalm

I guess that's why Ben Simmons and LSU made it in 2016. Oh, wait ...

March Madness ratings don't depend on individual players. Millions of people watch every year precisely because they enjoy seeing no-name schools and players. This conspiracy that we got in because the NCAA wanted Trae in is as bizarre as the conspiracy that Kelvin was forced out. The fact is, we made the tournament. I know that makes it tougher to argue that we were horrible, awful, embarrassing, etc.

 

[Max Power]

I think the talent level is a small part, but I think the bigger problem since the final four is replacing Henson and Hill.

 

[uberjamb]

Last year was a disaster. Last year was a team that should have been very good absolutely imploding. There is no excuse for last year. This year, however, is a transition year. We are all disappointed by the recent play, but no one thought before the season this team would be very good. They overachieved in the non-con.

 

[TINY]

Last year was a disaster. Last year was a team that should have been very good absolutely imploding. There is no excuse for last year. This year, however, is a transition year. We are all disappointed by the recent play, but no one thought before the season this team would be very good. They overachieved in the non-con.

Great post right here!

 

[Max Power]

Last year was a disaster. Last year was a team that should have been very good absolutely imploding. There is no excuse for last year. This year, however, is a transition year. We are all disappointed by the recent play, but no one thought before the season this team would be very good. They overachieved in the non-con.

The team last year imploded because outside of trae, it’s the same guys back this year imploding

 

[sooner 1234]

So you think the committee put us in because of Trae, thinking ratings would shoot through the roof for that 11:15 Thursday morning tip? :facepalm

I guess that's why Ben Simmons and LSU made it in 2016. Oh, wait ...

March Madness ratings don't depend on individual players. Millions of people watch every year precisely because they enjoy seeing no-name schools and players. This conspiracy that we got in because the NCAA wanted Trae in is as bizarre as the conspiracy that Kelvin was forced out. The fact is, we made the tournament. I know that makes it tougher to argue that we were horrible, awful, embarrassing, etc.

LSU wasn’t a fringe team that year . Yes I do think they put OU because of a young .
It wasn’t because of their play the last two months .

 

[sooner 1234]

Last year was a disaster. Last year was a team that should have been very good absolutely imploding. There is no excuse for last year. This year, however, is a transition year. We are all disappointed by the recent play, but no one thought before the season this team would be very good. They overachieved in the non-con.

I really wish people would quit using the term “transitional” year.

Transitional would be the year after the FF run . Going from something great to a below average year so to attrition and/ coaches leaving .

We haven’t transitioned from anything this year . We were bad last season ( didn’t belong in the NCAA tourney ) and we have CONTINUED on that same level this year .
Sure nobody expected much this year , why because we weren’t good by the end of last season ......now minus a lotto pic this season .

We weren’t ina the transitional year , it’s just what are program has become the last three seasons .....below average .

Replacing legends ( 16-17) ,McDonald’s All american/lotto pic(17-18) oldest team in college basketball (18-19)........Its doesn’t matter , they all have one thing in common ......bad basketball .
This season isn’t a transitional year , it’s just what we have become .

 

[WichitaSooner]

LSU wasn’t a fringe team that year . Yes I do think they put OU because of a young .
It wasn’t because of their play the last two months .

Correct. It was because of their play from game one through game 31.

 

[BoulderSooner]

Correct. It was because of their play from game one through game 31.

bingo

 

[hoopsaustin]

Correct. It was because of their play from game one through game 31.

Right on this one

 

[TINY]

Correct. It was because of their play from game one through game 31.

Some weirdos on this board think ou could have gone winless and they would have still included Trae young in the tournament.

 

[sooner 1234]

Some weirdos on this board think ou could have gone winless and they would have still included Trae young in the tournament.

I know you guys live on the board but I didn’t know you lived under a rock as well .

 

[WichitaSooner]

Some weirdos on this board think ou could have gone winless and they would have still included Trae young in the tournament.

Lol so true. Apparently the NCAA managed to keep itself afloat financially by the extra revenue generated by our matchup with Rhode Island. My office can't be the only one that declared a holiday so people could stay home to watch that!

 

[Ghost of Gar Heard]

Lol so true. Apparently the NCAA managed to keep itself afloat financially by the extra revenue generated by our matchup with Rhode Island. My office can't be the only one that declared a holiday so people could stay home to watch that!

You know, the same way they put LSU in the tournament just bc of Ben Simmons.

What? That didn't happen?

To some people, the only games that count are the ones OU loses. Of course, since those are the only ones they comment on, maybe those are the only ones they know about.

 

[MrAnderson]

16-31 record now. Good for dead last. The writing's on the wall.

 

[coolm]

yes, keep making fun of those who think OU's team last year was piss poor. OUr motivation is the health and future of the program. It seems as though the motivation of others is to win by the spread so making bets is safe. you would leverage the programs' future just to make some cash off of the next game. we get it. not all of us view it that way.

 

[MrAnderson]

yes, keep making fun of those who think OU's team last year was piss poor. OUr motivation is the health and future of the program. It seems as though the motivation of others is to win by the spread so making bets is safe. you would leverage the programs' future just to make some cash off of the next game. we get it. not all of us view it that way.

Was this directed at me? I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[coolm]

Was this directed at me? I have no idea what you're talking about.

some people are only concerned about their personal experience vis a vis the program while others views are more altruistic. I'm sure you can figure out where you fit in that gamut.

 

[MrAnderson]

some people are only concerned about their personal experience vis a vis the program while others views are more altruistic. I'm sure you can figure out where you fit in that gamut.

Dont shoot the messenger. Also, my fandom is none of your concern, thank you.