Bubble Watch

[NickZepp]

Agreed. And that’s why the committee should have had OU in because could have actually made a run. Why not give the last spot to a talented team playing top 20 basketball for last 2 months of season in the best conference? College baseball committee did it a few years ago for Ole miss, and they ended up winning it all.

The bubble logic is not very logical or consistent. Fact is we should be better than this as a program though.

 

[BoulderSooner]

So you’re saying 4-5 teams didn’t deserve to get it.

Yes

 

[WichitaSooner]

Agreed. And that’s why the committee should have had OU in because could have actually made a run. Why not give the last spot to a talented team playing top 20 basketball for last 2 months of season in the best conference? College baseball committee did it a few years ago for Ole miss, and they ended up winning it all.

Last two months? It was one month.

 

[TINY]

Last two months? It was one month.

A month and a week is more accurate but still my point stands. Why not put a team who is playing its best ball when pretty much everything else is equal?

 

[WichitaSooner]

A month and a week is more accurate but still my point stands. Why not put a team who is playing its best ball when pretty much everything else is equal?

Then why play the regular season? What’s the purpose of teams playing a noncon schedule? And I think in the eyes of the committee, things weren’t equal. We had dug ourselves such a hole that we needed that one more win to get in the field. I think there is a reason every bracketologist had us out. There was obviously enough separation that it was easy for those folks because I don’t think they have ever been unanimous like they were this year.

 

[NMSooner'80]

Like the other poster mentioned…I simply struggled with the logic the committee member mentioned. “They are getting back a player who is a good defender”. . And this “lock down defender” didn’t even play tonight!! SMU finished 11th in a weaker league…so yeah, we as OU fans can be irritated about it. Not sure why that bothers you.

Could we have won another game or two, absolutely..but don’t go on the air and spew some BS as to why you picked SMU as the last team in. That’s all.

As I recall, in '24 OU was supposed to get back Javian McCollum and Rivaldo Soares in time for what was expected to be an at-large bid into the NCAA tourney. We sure didn't get that benefit of the doubt like SMU did.