He's not on the committee

[sybarite]

If you just saw the weekly Toby Rowland Show with Sherri, Toby asked Sherri about what she had said to the press, when he wasn't there, about the NCAAs. Apparently, she was rather firm with the press that OU would be in the NCAAs. He mentioned that the bracketologists still had OU outside the tournament. She said, "he's not on the committee, Is he?"

That was enough of a dismissal. She was rather confident that the NCAA shares her ideas that it is more important to showcase basketball by having good teams play in non-conference play, that it builds the game, and there is no way thatt they will punish a team for playing a tough schedule.

She mentioned that in February, we lost two games to top five or six teams on their home court (Baylor and Texas). We won the rest of our games in February. We were 5-2 in February. We didn't get blown away in either loss. She thinks the NCAA will reward us for the fact that we have the #2 SOS and are now in the top 29 rpi.

She also said there is no way that there are 64 teams in the nation better than OU. She thinks we are about as good as Baylor and Texas. She is looking forward to the opportunity to win the tournament title. We haven't done that recently. If Wallace is done, we might actually win it. Who steadies Baylor.

I was just pleased at her dismissal of the bracketologists.

 

[gwydion]

You lost me when she said we were about as good as Baylor or Texas. We are nowhere close to Baylor. But when the audience is your fans, you tell them what they want to hear.

 

[sybarite]

You lost me when she said we were about as good as Baylor or Texas. We are nowhere close to Baylor. But when the audience is your fans, you tell them what they want to hear.

I don't think she specifically said that we were as good as Baylor and Texas. She did indicate that she thought we could win the Big Twelve tournament. I think she believes that we are better than a lot of fans believe. She did indicate that we made mistakes at the end of each quarter and didn't hit free throws, or we would have beaten Texas on their home court.

 

[kimard]

Here are her comments after the Texas game...

We played the #2 toughest schedule in the country. We have a top 30 RPI. You look at what our conference has done this year. You look at the number of conference champions we played in pre-conference. You look at the performance that just occurred on that court and you tell me we're not one of the best 64 teams in the country. I don't even think it's a conversation. I'll tell you what's going to happen here too. The message would be sent, just buy a bunch of games, guarantee a bunch of games in pre-conference to get enough wins because the only negative thing we have is our losses. We went to Oregon, we went to Connecticut, we went to South Dakota State, we went to DePaul and played one of the best women's games of the entire season, it was an unbelievable women's basketball game. The way we have played in February. The two losses we have are to the #3 and #6 team in the country and both of those have been very competitive games. The way we won the other games, we have been unbelievably competitive and very resounding, boisterous, and bold. At the end of the day, what we are supposed to do in women's basketball is grow this game. That's why I go to DePaul and play, that's why we go to Connecticut and play, we want to grow women's basketball. So not only are you going to get maybe not rewarded for that but you're going to get punished for that, no way. I'm very confident. And you know what the best part of this whole thing is? That schedule taught our players a million and one lessons and I'd rather do that than go 10-0 or whatever it is and go into conference play, regardless of what anyone else thinks. It's not about our record, certainly not about my record, it's about what can we teach our team. The reason our team has played so well in February is cause we played all those guys (Oregon, Connecticut, South Dakota State, and DePaul) in November and December and it prepared us and it forced us to grow up. Guess what my guys learned? They learned that the outside noise doesn't have to have any value. You guys have been talking about the tournament for a month and my team hasn't. And you know what? You can insulate kids and say "Don't read it, don't listen to it." That's naive, they're going to hear it, they're going to see it. What you do is you teach them to look at it and handle it and assign it value. What this group of kids has done is they've decided to be the master of their own destiny. That outside noise is a tool. You can use it to create your own confidence if the noise is all positive about what you're doing. Or you can use it to be the chip on your shoulder and let it be that fire. That stuff has a shelf life. What our kids have been able to figure out is that they get to choose, as human beings, they get to choose and decide how they feel about themselves and their play.
It's not up to anybody else to else to tell them that. I don't know if we get that lesson if we don't play that schedule.

 

[sybarite]

What she said tonight was very, very similar. She did address the Big Twelve tournament because that is the next opponent.

 

[soonerstar]

If you just saw the weekly Toby Rowland Show with Sherri, Toby asked Sherri about what she had said to the press, when he wasn't there, about the NCAAs. Apparently, she was rather firm with the press that OU would be in the NCAAs. He mentioned that the bracketologists still had OU outside the tournament. She said, "he's not on the committee, Is he?"

That was enough of a dismissal. She was rather confident that the NCAA shares her ideas that it is more important to showcase basketball by having good teams play in non-conference play, that it builds the game, and there is no way thatt they will punish a team for playing a tough schedule.

She mentioned that in February, we lost two games to top five or six teams on their home court (Baylor and Texas). We won the rest of our games in February. We were 5-2 in February. We didn't get blown away in either loss. She thinks the NCAA will reward us for the fact that we have the #2 SOS and are now in the top 29 rpi.

She also said there is no way that there are 64 teams in the nation better than OU. She thinks we are about as good as Baylor and Texas. She is looking forward to the opportunity to win the tournament title. We haven't done that recently. If Wallace is done, we might actually win it. Who steadies Baylor.

I was just pleased at her dismissal of the bracketologists.

All 5 February wins were against the bottom half of the conference.

 

[O-State2009]

Gotta keep an eye on other bubble teams. Bad news is the A10 is going to get 2 teams in. Dayton lost in their conf tourney and will make it as an at-large bid.

 

[SuperHoops]

Unfortunately I think this puts TCU ahead of OU for a spot as the 4th Big 12 team based on overall record and head to head results.

 

[Southie]

Unfortunately I think this puts TCU ahead of OU for a spot as the 4th Big 12 team based on overall record and head to head results.

No. TCU has an RPI of #71, while OU is at #31. TCU won't get in unless they win the Big 12 tourney.

http://warrennolan.com/basketballw/2018/rpi-live

As a Texas fan, I don't agree with a lot of the comments Sherri made after the loss in Austin, claiming that OU was a Top 16 team. If you make that comment, don't go lose to TCU in the conference tourney quarterfinals, and in OKC.

I applaud Sherri for playing such a tough non-conference schedule. But, your best win is against USF. The Big 12 is not very strong this season, and you went 0-6 against the top 3 teams.

Crème got 62 of 64 teams correctly last year in his final bracket prior to the actual announcement.

As OU fans, you need to cheer for the favorites in the other conference tournaments. Each team who wins the conference tourney and was not a shoe-in for the NCAA tourney bursts the bubbles of teams on the fence right now.

 

[sdcloud9]

OU has ONE quality win all year.

They played a tough schedule but lost every game on it except one.

I'd love for them to get in but they don't deserve it.

 

[SuperHoops]

Good wins: USF

Bad losses:

UCA
SDSU
Florida

1 win and 8 losses against the top half of the Big 12.

It's nice to claim you have played a hard schedule but when you lose almost all of the tough games it almost proves the point that you aren't tourney worthy.

 

[SoonerSpock]

I don't think she specifically said that we were as good as Baylor and Texas. She did indicate that she thought we could win the Big Twelve tournament. I think she believes that we are better than a lot of fans believe. She did indicate that we made mistakes at the end of each quarter and didn't hit free throws, or we would have beaten Texas on their home court.

If we don't make mistakes and but we didn't free throws are excuses. We did make mistakes and we did miss free throws. Texas won the ball game it is what it is. Most games are lost more so than won and we lost that game because be were the worst team and we proved in on the court.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

If we don't make mistakes and but we didn't free throws are excuses. We did make mistakes and we did miss free throws. Texas won the ball game it is what it is. Most games are lost more so than won and we lost that game because be were the worst team and we proved in on the court.

I have to agree with you on that. In that game at Texas, no one shot great from outside and Gabbi missed all 5 she took. In addition, we missed too many free throws. If you want to win on the home court of an excellent team, you must hit your free throws, rebound, and shoot well from outside if you decide to build a team around that. SC has taken that outside shot route and it guarantees a pretty inconsistent path through the season.

Look at today. TCU hit a huge percentage of their 3's compared to their actual skill through the year. They win. Had they hit 15% or 25% they probably would have lost.

 

[Sooner81]

IF Sherri thinks we are anywhere close to Baylor or Texas she must have had a head injury!!

OU is not in the same Universe as those two LOL. Sherri is in LALA land. Someone, Joe C, needs to wake her up and give her an ultimatum- start working again and getting our program competitive again or retire!!!

 

[sybarite]

Both #3 teams lost their first game in the Big Twelve tournament. WV beat OSU.