Big 12 tourney

[pnkranger]

OU is 7-1 against teams on our side of the bracket. Don't know if that's good or bad news.

 

[SoonerTraveler]

There is an old saying that goes ... it is difficult to beat a team for the third time.

The OU program really needs to start winning some post-season games.

 

[coolm]

I expect OU to win this first game. It IS time for them to start playing like they can in the post-season.

 

[pnkranger]

That semifinal round is going to be elite eight level competition. Potentially four top 15 teams going at it.

 

[stoopified]

I expect OU to win this first game. It IS time for them to start playing like they can in the post-season.

true dat

 

[tsou89]

Just want to get past osu and into the next round. We desperately need some post season success.

 

[stormspencer]

There is an old saying that goes ... it is difficult to beat a team for the third time.

The OU program really needs to start winning some post-season games.

This mantra is constantly repeated, but the statistics/articles I have read prove that statement is pretty much a myth. I don't have any hard metrics on that assumption, but after some quck research, virtually every article written (usually around a local conference or conference tournament) dispells that myth. People cite Nova over G'Town in 85 or OU failing to beat KU in the '88 final, but those cases of a team failing to beat a team for a 3rd time in a season seem to be the exception rather than the norm.

This idea of "beating a team 3 times in a season" persists to give sports fans (already a pessimistic bunch) another reason to be pessimistic. And it has happened to OU several times recently (last year to Baylor and in Blake Griffin's senior season to osu) so that is clearly on our mind.

But in most cases, if a team has demonstrated the ability to beat a team twice already and is a better team, then the probability is high that they will beat them again.

 

[Swans]

Just wish we had another shot at K-State.....to test that theory.

 

[kbsooner]

Also saw that we haven't made finals since 2003. Ready to make some noise in the postseason again!