Bracket matrix

[WichitaSooner]

Has us as a 10 seed currently. I think that's a great website this time of year year because it averages out all the different sites. It also shows that very few of the experts currently have OU on the wrong side of the bubble. We have very little margin for error, but the same is true for all the teams in the 9-12 range.

 

[152219]

NCAA Net 38th
Kenpom 36th
Sagarin 30th
BPI 37th
Realtime RPI 31st

 

[152219]

I would argue that the Texas game is likely the make or break game. Have to win that one to give the team a legit chance to make the tourney. Lose that one and then they are really behind the 8 ball.

 

[geeoh]

I think OU needs 3 more wins to get in (18 got us in last year). Beat Texas and WVU in the regular season and then win one in the Big 12 tourney (likely against OSU or WV).

 

[AdaSooner]

I think OU needs 3 more wins to get in (18 got us in last year). Beat Texas and WVU in the regular season and then win one in the Big 12 tourney (likely against OSU or WV).

Agreed. Two more wins in conference play and one in the tourney gets us in. Nothing scientific, just good old fashioned logic.

 

[oudna]

Agreed. Two more wins in conference play and one in the tourney gets us in. Nothing scientific, just good old fashioned logic.

I don’t think we get in at 6-12 in conference. I think we need 3 more.

 

[Swans]

We will go 2-3 the rest of the regular conference season......hopefully. Then we get to play one of the other four worst teams in the conference tournament? A win there gets us KU, KSU,TT, or ISU.

We’re done as far as the NCAA tournament goes.

OR.....

We beat KU at home and go 3-2 then win two in the conference tournament......oh s(8t..... I get so damn tired of fantasizing.

 

[AdaSooner]

I don’t think we get in at 6-12 in conference. I think we need 3 more.

You’re probably right. A bit of wishful thinking on my part. Yet, nothing would surprise me. This is not a typical Big 12 or NCAA season.

 

[oudna]

What’s the worst conference record to ever make a tourney? I recall the ACC having some bad ones.

 

[sheepdogs1]

What’s the worst conference record to ever make a tourney? I recall the ACC having some bad ones.

I think Iowa State made it in 91-92 with a 5-9 conference record.

 

[soonerczech]

But the PAC12 is so bad this year, so more iffy conference records might get you in.

 

[WichitaSooner]

What's the worst record ever for a team on games that start on Saturday at 3:30 in Feb? Figured since we are tossing our irrelevant stuff, maybe someone can look into that.

 

[sheepdogs1]

What's the worst record ever for a team on games that start on Saturday at 3:30 in Feb? Figured since we are tossing our irrelevant stuff, maybe someone can look into that.

It was a simple query which relates to our situation and that's why it was asked, nothing else. That you believe that everything needs your stamp of approval indicates your ego driven madness. Dude, could you possibly shut the hell up and in the process realize its value. Something tells me you and Ralph Cramden would get along just fine.

 

[mict085]

I think we need 3 more regular season wins, but I’ll take whatever gets us in.

 

[NY Soonerfan]

What’s the worst conference record to ever make a tourney? I recall the ACC having some bad ones.

Florida State has the worst conference record to get an at-large bid, at 6-10 in the 97-98 season.

I think we are a lock at 7-11, at 6-12 all bets are off, but hardly impossible this NCAA year.

 

[sheepdogs1]

Florida State has the worst conference record to get an at-large bid, at 6-10 in the 97-98 season.

I think we are a lock at 7-11, at 6-12 all bets are off, but hardly impossible this NCAA year.

ISU was 5-9. Lost 2nd round conference tournament game to OSU thus no automatic bid.

From Wiki:

Iowa State's fortunes improved during the 1991–92 season, with the Cyclones finishing 21–13 overall (5–9 in conference play) and earning the #10 seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament. The Cyclones defeated #7 seed UNC Charlotte in the opening round before losing 106–98 to #2 seed Kentucky in the round of 32.

 

[WichitaSooner]

TCU didn't do themselves any favors tonight. They have a very tough closing schedule, if they keep going this direction they could find themselves on the wrong side. Things change fast, a week ago they were coming off a road win over ISU and were a minute away from knocking off KU and now they are on a three-game skid.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

What's the worst record ever for a team on games that start on Saturday at 3:30 in Feb? Figured since we are tossing our irrelevant stuff, maybe someone can look into that.

I think conference record is a very good stat to look at when deciding how good a team is.

It used to be a pride thing to do better in your conference and atleast get to .500 to have a decent shot of making the tourney.

I can't find one thing about the conference record that is irrelevant.

 

[WichitaSooner]

I think conference record is a very good stat to look at when deciding how good a team is.

It used to be a pride thing to do better in your conference and atleast get to .500 to have a decent shot of making the tourney.

I can't find one thing about the conference record that is irrelevant.

It's not that it is completely irrelevant, it's that it is no more important than any other part of a team's record. If conference record was emphasized as much as you'd prefer, then the worst conferences would end up with multiple bids because those leagues always have a couple teams that dominate and end up only losing a couple conference games. Put OU in the Missouri Valley and we are probably going to be something like 14-4 or 15-3 in league, without being any better than we are as a 6-12 or 7-11 Big 12 team.

 

[152219]

If anyone is interested in the NCAA Team Sheets, here is the link to the current set.

https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi/Stats Library/NET Team Sheets - Games through Feb. 18, 2019.pdf

FWIW, OU is 3-8 in Q1 games and 6-2 in Q2 games.
9-10 in combined Q1 and Q2 games.

9 total Q1 and Q2 wins is actually high.

7-0 vs. Q3 teams (WVU in Norman will be a Q3 game)
And as been pointed out previously, OU is the only NCAA team without a Q4 game.

So, unless OU loses to WVU at home, the Sooners won't have a single bad loss on their record.