Big wins this year

[thebigabd]

Oregon, USC, Wichita State, Kansas, and Texas Tech....

Those are the wins Fran Fraschilla was talking about the other night when he said OU was still a 4 seed because of all their great wins... Right?

 

[OUradu]

Oregon, USC, Wichita State, and Texas Tech....

Those are the wins Fran Fraschilla was talking about the other night when he said OU was still a 4 seed because of all their great wins... Right?

Kansas?

 

[thebigabd]

Kansas?

Got it... not sure how I forgot that. Still seems like enough to get in the dance unless they don't win again. You have to imagine they beat KSU and ISU at home which should get them limping into the NCAA Tournament, which, is really all that matters on a season.

 

[WTSooner]

We are not going to be a 4 seed. We're going to finish bottom half in our conference, and probably under .500 in our conference. We're going to be terrible in our last 10+. And our away from home record is going to be pitiful.

 

[Salt City Sooner]

Got it... not sure how I forgot that. Still seems like enough to get in the dance unless they don't win again. You have to imagine they beat KSU and ISU at home which should get them limping into the NCAA Tournament, which, is really all that matters on a season.

This team is in an absolute tailspin & Weber's 8-3 against us, including flat out cleaning our clock earlier this year. I'm going to have to see some MAJOR changes before I count that as a win.

 

[MichaelM]

By the committee's 4-quadrant system, OU has 6 top tier (quadrant 1) wins: KU, Texas Tech, @Wichita State, TCU home and away, and USC neutral. Oregon is quadrant 2 even if you call it a road game.

The one critical game left is Iowa State. OU has no bad losses (quadrants 3 and 4), but losing to Iowa State at home would be by far the worst of the season. Win that one and there's no way OU misses the tournament. Lose out and it's anybody's guess.

 

[sperry]

By the committee's 4-quadrant system, OU has 6 top tier (quadrant 1) wins: KU, Texas Tech, @Wichita State, TCU home and away, and USC neutral. Oregon is quadrant 2 even if you call it a road game.

The one critical game left is Iowa State. OU has no bad losses (quadrants 3 and 4), but losing to Iowa State at home would be by far the worst of the season. Win that one and there's no way OU misses the tournament. Lose out and it's anybody's guess.

OU needs minimum 2 more wins, and probably 3 more to become a lock to make the tournament. 3 of the remaining 4 are winnable games. We are currently in 7th place in the conference, and the 7 seed would actually be a good landing spot because we'd get Iowa St. in the first round of the tournament, which is obviously the best chance for a win in the conference tourney.

 

[oudna]

We are not going to be a 4 seed. We're going to finish bottom half in our conference, and probably under .500 in our conference. We're going to be terrible in our last 10+. And our away from home record is going to be pitiful.

4-seed was before the last 2 losses.

More like a 7 now. Due to #1 SOS and 6 top 25 wins.

 

[MichaelM]

OU needs minimum 2 more wins, and probably 3 more to become a lock to make the tournament. 3 of the remaining 4 are winnable games. We are currently in 7th place in the conference, and the 7 seed would actually be a good landing spot because we'd get Iowa St. in the first round of the tournament, which is obviously the best chance for a win in the conference tourney.

Vanderbilt last year went 19-15 with 6 good wins and one really, really bad loss (to 8-win Missouri in February) and a bunch of losses to mid-majors like Bucknell and Middle Tennessee. They got a 9 seed. OU is in way better shape than you think.