Conference Predictions?

[pnkranger]

We know our non-con is not going to get us into the tournament, so we have to be .500 or better in conference at a minimum. What's everyone's take? I'll give two thoughts:

• Are we really this bad defensively? If so, 6-12
• Will we play hard consistently and show defensive improvement week-to-week? 10-8

All that to say, it's probably somewhere in between, and we'll finish 8-10 and have to win games in the SEC tournament to have a chance.

 

[Skeeter1]

12-6. Boomer.

 

[TINY]

10-8

 

[WichitaSooner]

8-10 seems about right. We are 13 games in and have seen no signs this team cares enough to play defense for more than short spurts, and the coach obviously doesn’t demand it. We will win a couple games against good teams and look really good doing it because our shots are falling and the offense is humming, but we will also have the typical Moser lapses in home games we have no business losing. I’ve seen people say how good we can be “if we play defense,” but we are almost halfway through the season. I think we are who we are at this point.

 

[mict085]

I just don’t know. If we start 3-0, we have a chance to win 10 conference games. If we struggle and go 1-2, we’re in trouble.

 

[soonertrash77]

I’ll play. Seeing that PM is not much of a coach in conference since he got here, 25-45, l would use those percentages and say we will finish 6-12. But being the optimist, lol, I will say 8-10.

 

[daqman]

I just don’t know. If we start 3-0, we have a chance to win 10 conference games. If we struggle and go 1-2, we’re in trouble.

we could easily start out 1-6 or 2-5

 

[mict085]

we could easily start out 1-6 or 2-5

If that happens, it’s over. Everyone gets fired.

 

[Boom Soon]

This team is the hardest team to predict in recent memory.

Ceiling: 11 wins
Floor: 7 wins

Most likely? 8 or 9 wins

 

[TEvans4Three]

KenPom has us predicted 8-10 but with only winning 6 games by the percentages. (So giving us a favor of 2 50/50 toss up games, assuming bc of home court advantge, which means nothing in the Moser era.




-I am going to go 7-11 if we can't figure out defense.
-12-6 if we start Kirill Elatontsev...

 

[WichitaSooner]

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KenPom has us predicted 8-10 but with only winning 6 games by the percentages. (So giving us a favor of 2 50/50 toss up games, assuming bc of home court advantge, which means nothing in the Moser era.

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-I am going to go 7-11 if we can't figure out defense.
-12-6 if we start Kirill Elatontsev...

This should be sobering for all the people who expect/think we may/should win our first three games. Those teams aren’t very good, but they can also say the same thing about us.

 

[Eielson]

It feels like it's been a decade since we won 10 games in conference, so I avoid conference predictions like the plague.

 

[TEvans4Three]

It feels like it's been a decade since we won 10 games in conference, so I avoid conference predictions like the plague.

Easy, pick anything under 10.

 

[soonertrash77]

Easy, pick anything under 10.

 

[Skeeter1]

Bunch of trolls. Pick a different team if you’re not a fan of OU. Boomer

 

[WichitaSooner]

Kai is available and Dayton probable tomorrow. Somewhat surprising since they hadn’t even returned to practice as of a few days ago. Dayton needs to pick up his play, especially with JN looking as bad as he has in all but a couple games. Will be interesting to see how Moser handles the rotation at the 5 with all three guys available.

 

[daqman]

Kai is available and Dayton probable tomorrow. Somewhat surprising since they hadn’t even returned to practice as of a few days ago. Dayton needs to pick up his play, especially with JN looking as bad as he has in all but a couple games. Will be interesting to see how Moser handles the rotation at the 5 with all three guys available.

hope to see elatonsev starting by conference game 5 or 6 at the latest.
so he needs as many minutes as possible saturday.

as for forsythe....i don't see him getting many minutes going forward.

 

[cmdsooner]

hope to see elatonsev starting by conference game 5 or 6 at the latest.
so he needs as many minutes as possible saturday.

as for forsythe....i don't see him getting many minutes going forward.

Forsythe is going to get minutes, we only have two other primary handlers. He’ll also get out of the funk. It’s not a skill issue, just had some rough outings.

 

[cmdsooner]

Going with 10-8. I feel like teams in conference, while talented in most cases, are more gettable than what we’ve seen in years past. They’ll have to win some road games to get that done but I like how the conference schedule sets up overall.

This team takes care of the ball on a level we haven’t seen with Moser at OU, and they can score it at a good rate. Defense is still a work in progress but I think as rotations become shorter and they form more of an identity on that end it can get to an acceptable level. The two small guards were always going to make it tough. Need Reid to play with more urgency defensively. Everyone, really, but I think he specifically could make a big difference just by staying locked in. He has a handful of lapses a game, but he’s potentially a game changer there if he just wants to be. I’ve seen it from him before.