Better,worse, or about as expected?

[stoopified]

Before the season I picked OU to go 9-3 in noncom,11-7 in conference for 20-10 in regular season.Had us going 1-2 in the Bahamas but beating Creighton and in conference I thought we would beat KSU in Norman and lose to UT in Austin. If we finish 4-3 my overall pick will be dead on. Now that the season has reached this point,I will be upset if we don't finish 12-6 at least.

 

[DapperDan]

I had similar expectations.

I thought 2 losses in the non con, and 10 or 11 wins in the Big 12. Most other years, I'd have us at 13 conference wins, but this league is incredibly deep and 11 seems pretty likely. I think we get a 4 or 5 seed, and make it to the sweet 16. Anything else is gravy, IMO.

 

[IndySooner]

I thought we would start quicker, but we're about where I thought we'd be in the conference. Maybe one game off.

That said, we're playing as well as I thought we would be at this time of the year, and in basketball, that's what really counts.

 

[Kewllane]

We're right where I would've projected us. How we've gotten there has been unfortunate though. Those losses to Creighton, Washington, and KSU still sting. We're that close from being 19-4 and around the Top 10.

 

[WTSooner]

When we play well, we probably are in line with what I expected. The problem is, we rarely put a full game together at that level. I thought we'd be more consistent. We have a lot of guys that have been in college long enough, and have logged enough minutes, that we shouldn't be struggling to bring our A game, and energy, to start games. Yet we still do. Almost every game.

 

[MI Sooner]

We're a little better team than I thought we'd be with a worse record than I thought we'd have, mostly due to a harder than expected strength of schedule but also partly due to losing our closest games.

 

[coolm]

given the conference strength we're about where many of us figured ... which is why the chicken little routine a few seem to pull is so surprising.

 

[DenverSooner]

but also partly due to losing our closest games.

This really hurts OU. Creighton, Washington, Baylor, KSU and KU were all winnable games but OU when 0-5. If OU goes 3-2 (Creighton, Washington and KSU), OU is 19-4 and likely a top 10 team. If OU had won all five, OU is 21-2 and likely a top 5 team.

 

[stormspencer]

We're a little better team than I thought we'd be with a worse record than I thought we'd have, mostly due to a harder than expected strength of schedule but also partly due to losing our closest games.

This right here. I expected 10-2 in the non-con and 11 wins in conference. We are still on target for that (21-9) and with the depth of the Big 12, I think it is a good season.

Last year, I thought our record was a bit inflated because we won our share of close games...and maybe we weren't as good as our record indicated. This year, it's the complete opposite. Due to close losses, I think we are better than our record indicates and we are suited for a deeper run in the tournament. Our improved defense and metrics efficiencies are the main reasons for my optimism.

 

[jerry]

This right here. I expected 10-2 in the non-con and 11 wins in conference. We are still on target for that (21-9) and with the depth of the Big 12, I think it is a good season.

Last year, I thought our record was a bit inflated because we won our share of close games...and maybe we weren't as good as our record indicated. This year, it's the complete opposite. Due to close losses, I think we are better than our record indicates and we are suited for a deeper run in the tournament. Our improved defense and metrics efficiencies are the main reasons for my optimism.

Yeah I think North Dakota State proved that we were not as good as our record last year. This team is better than last year except the bench scoring. Hopefully that translates to some wins in March.

 

[stoopified]

With the win over the Screaming Blue Chickens, we finish 1 game ahead of my preseason pick. However with the talent we have and the ability we showed most of the season we should have won 3-4 more games and been conference champs. Still a good season and lays the foundation for an even better season next year.l

 

[MercedeSooner]

better, but as always a lot has to do with how we played and how we lost some of these games. As a body of work I don't know how any Sooner fan can could really be upset about how our season went overall but when you break down our play it's just so up and down I think it still leaves you with a little bitter taste.

 

[Max Power]

I expected 3rd or 4th in conference before the season, we were 1 game worse than I thought we would be in the non con so overall I would say about the same as I expected. I expected two losses in the Bahamas, but wins over Creighton and Washington.

 

[opsooner]

I predicted 12-6 which was right but after non-conf I was hoping we would do better than that. I was hoping we would continue to improve a little more than we did but no complaints. Still not far from what I expected overall.

 

[jackson_supersooner]

I think the best question is if someone told you "OU will finish 2nd in the big 12 and have a 3 seed in the NCAA tourney" would anyone here be upset? Not this guy...

 

[furge]

Figured 2nd-3rd in the Big XII, 22 wins pre-tourney, a 4 seed, and the Sweet Sixteen based on the fact that guard play influences tourney success. So if we play to the Big XII tourney semis, and garner a 3 seed, we're on pace to beat my gut feeling. Can't wait to be wrong in that way.

 

[NickZepp]

I would say we are probably about right. I may have picked about 1 or 2 more wins. But this is about right. But I probably wouldn't have thought this record would give us a 3 seed and it probably will.