GAME 7 - OKLAHOMA (4-2) vs Marquette (4-3) from Chicago 1:00pm CST on NBC

[IndySooner]

Radio said 80/20 Marquette folks.

“Neutral site” closer to them just like zags game.

Porter said pregame on radio it’s an NIL money maker. No brainer in his mind to play

80/20 is a MASSIVE stretch. There was one OU section, half full. There were two OU fans outside of my family in my section. There was another section with 30 or so Sooners. Every other section had 10 max. I say there were 200-300 Sooners there. That’s my guess. It was 90/10 at best.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Radio said 80/20 Marquette folks.

“Neutral site” closer to them just like zags game.

Porter said pregame on radio it’s an NIL money maker. No brainer in his mind to play

And again, for the thousandth time, Gonzaga was not a neutral site game. It was a road game. It isn’t difficult, folks.

 

[Eielson]

80/20 is a MASSIVE stretch. There was one OU section, half full. There were two OU fans outside of my family in my section. There was another section with 30 or so Sooners. Every other section had 10 max. I say there were 200-300 Sooners there. That’s my guess. It was 90/10 at best.

But were they hostile?

 

[WaymanFan]

The NCAA tournament Selection Committee is obviously not going to care about the percentage of fans cheering for Marquette or how loud they cheered. If OU is in the conversation for making the Dance, they will simply look at the fact the game was played close enough to Marquette's campus to know they had most of the fans (or should have). That works in OU's favor a lot more than if the game was played in Tulsa. As I stated prior, we were at a disadvantage playing Michigan in Charlotte because the Committee simply looked at that as a true neutral court game based on GEOGRAPHY. I doubt anyone in that room said: "I saw the game on TV and it sounded like Michigan had 80-90% of the fans so let's elevate OU even higher for winning that game". Three words were said: "Neutral court win".

Nothing really to debate here. It all comes down to "common sense."

 

[WichitaSooner]

The NCAA tournament Selection Committee is obviously not going to care about the percentage of fans cheering for Marquette or how loud they cheered. If OU is in the conversation for making the Dance, they will simply look at the fact the game was played close enough to Marquette's campus to know they had most of the fans (or should have). That works in OU's favor a lot more than if the game was played in Tulsa. As I stated prior, we were at a disadvantage playing Michigan in Charlotte because the Committee simply looked at that as a true neutral court game based on GEOGRAPHY. I doubt anyone in that room said: "I saw the game on TV and it sounded like Michigan had 80-90% of the fans so let's elevate OU even higher for winning that game". Three words were said: "Neutral court win".

Nothing really to debate here. It all comes down to "common sense."

They look at whether it was road or neutral for purposes of quad rankings. Could be played on the moon or an hour from one team’s campus.

Initial NET rankings are out. We are 94. Marquette (our best win) is 167. We have tons of ground to make up.

 

[BoulderSooner]

Radio said 80/20 Marquette folks.

“Neutral site” closer to them just like zags game.

Porter said pregame on radio it’s an NIL money maker. No brainer in his mind to play

zags game was a road game officially

 

[Sooner04]

And again, for the thousandth time, Gonzaga was not a neutral site game. It was a road game. It isn’t difficult, folks.

I must've been asleep. Did the criteria change recently? When we played up there on NYE 2009 it was considered neutral because it wasn't inside "The Kennel". That was the night Tiny Gallon busted the backboard. Same thing a few years earlier when we played WVU in Charleston.

 

[WichitaSooner]

I must've been asleep. Did the criteria change recently? When we played up there on NYE 2009 it was considered neutral because it wasn't inside "The Kennel". That was the night Tiny Gallon busted the backboard. Same thing a few years earlier when we played WVU in Charleston.

It always depends on how the game day ops are handled. If everything is handled by the Gonzaga game day ops crew, it is a home game for them. Easiest way to think of it -- if they are playing their walkout music, using their pregame intros, playing their in-game videos, etc., it is a home game. Teams like Gonzaga and UConn always play at least a couple home games at their alternative site, but they are still home games because they are run by the Gonzaga/UConn folks.

 

[CoachTalk]

zags game was a road game officially

I must've been asleep. Did the criteria change recently? When we played up there on NYE 2009 it was considered neutral because it wasn't inside "The Kennel". That was the night Tiny Gallon busted the backboard. Same thing a few years earlier when we played WVU in Charleston.

It was technically a road game. I was wrong there. usually the bigger sites consider it neutral.