I haven't done the research, but this has to be the worst year for college basketball in this state in many years.
I decided to delve into this a bit.
I went back to the 1983-1984 season.
Before I get started; what happened with ORU during Ken Trickey's second go round from 1987-1993? Getting information about the 1989-1990 thru 1992-1993 seasons was very difficult. In fact, I couldn't find any win/loss records at all for 1989-1990 & 1990-1991. Did they stop playing Men's basketball for a couple of seasons? If anyone has records for those season's I would appreciate it if you would post them.
Now for the good stuff.
Since 1983-1984 overall records for the programs are as follows:
Oklahoma
666-284 .701, 21 NCAA Tournaments, 8 sweet 16's, 5 elite 8's, 2 final 4's, 1 championship game & 4 NIT's
Oklahoma State
580-337 .632, 15 NCAA Tournaments, 5 sweet 16's, 3 elite 8's, 2 final 4's, & 5 NIT's
Tulsa
587-335 .637, 12 NCAA Tournaments, 3 sweet 16's, 1 elite 8, 5 NIT's, 1 NIT championship,and 1 CBI championship.
Oral Roberts
426-379 .529, 4 NCAA Tournaments, 2 NIT's & a CIT.
Most combined wins by the four schools in a season:
- 99, 1999-2000
- 98, 2001-2002
- 94, 2008-2009
- 90, 2002-2003
- 90, 1983-1984
Best combined winning %
- .733, 1999-2000
- .726, 1983-1984
- .721, 2001-2002
- .709, 2002-2003
Most Teams in Postseason:
- 4, 2007-2008 (2 NCAA, NIT, CBI)
- 4, 1996-1997 (2 NCAA, 2 NIT)
Most Teams in NCAA Tournament:
- 3, 2002-2003 (OU, OSU, TU)
- 3, 2001-2002 (OU, OSU, TU)
- 3, 1999-2000 (OU, OSU, TU)
- 3, 1998-1999 (OU, OSU, TU)
- 3, 1994-1995 (OU, OSU, TU)
- 3, 1983-1984 (OU, TU, ORU)
Most Teams in NCAA 2nd Round:
- 3, 2002-2003 (OU, OSU, TU)
- 3, 1998-1999 (OU, OSU, TU)
Most Teams in Sweet 16:
- 2, 1999-2000 (OSU, TU)
- 2, 1994-1995 (OSU, TU)
Most Teams in Elite 8:
- 2, 1999-2000 (OSU, TU)
Most combined losses by the four schools in a season:
- 61, 1987-1988
- 60, 2010-2011
***This season there are 42 losses and counting.
*****OU went 35-4 and reached the NCAA Championship game in 87-88 but the other 3 schools were awful (OSU 14-16, TU 8-20, ORU 8-21).
Worst Combined Winning %:
- .513, 1992-1993
- .516, 1987-1988
- .542, 1986-1987
- .545, 2010-2011
Least # of Teams in the Postseason:
- 1, 1987-1988 (OU, NCAA Runner Up)
- 1, 1988-1989 (OU, NCAA Sweet 16)
My Vote for best combined season:
1999-2000, 99-36 .733, 3 NCAA Tourney Teams, 2 Elite 8 teams.
My Vote for worst combined season:
2010-2011, 72-60 .545, only time during this time period that none of the teams went dancing.