Soonerfan I agree with that completely, right onYou say balanced, I say down after KU and UT. There is no team in the conference as good as those OU teams that routinely finished 3rd. There are no teams as good as the teams that were finishing fourth back a few years ago. I think what has happened is the middle of the pack has stayed about the same, but OU and to some degree, OSU have fallen off a bit. You could argue aTm is down from what they were 3-4 years ago as well.
There is no team in the conference as good as those OU teams that routinely finished 3rd.
I think Kansas State is.
They just beat Baylor in Waco, which will be tough for anyone this year.
Had they beaten OSU in Manhattan last Saturday, they would probably be ranked in the top 5.
My opinion of the quality of teams in the league currently*:
* Note that this can and will change as the season progresses
KU/Texas
[small gap]
Kansas State
[small gap]
Baylor
[bigger gap]
OSU/Texas A&M/Missouri
---------------- NCAA Tournament teams above this line
[small gap]
OU/Texas Tech
[gap]
Colorado/Iowa State/Nebraska
I think OU fits on the same line as OSU, Missouri, AM...
We beat two of those teams and almost beat AM at home...
Let's let the season play out. I don't think KSU will end the year with nearly the hype they have now. I think they are primed to fall.
are we talking about the baylor team that lost at colorado.
are we talking about the baylor team that lost at colorado.
Watching them last night showed again why drew can't coach. I'd be surprised to see them finish higher than 6th.
you obviously didn't watch the game or don't know a whole lot about basketball. I don't mean to be confrontational, but how in the world would you draw the conclusion that Drew can't coach from last nights Kansas State versus Baylor game?
Because Drew didn't call a timeout with 8 seconds left? He chose instead to let Lace Dunn go one on one for the last shot? If you surveyed 10 really good coaches how many of them would have inbounded the ball and called a timeout at half-court with less than 5 seconds left? You let KSt set their defense at that point and lose some potential advantage.
Is Drew a bad coach because he didn't extend the zone to 30 feet? When Baylor extended their defense KSU brought Kelly in to the top of the key to hit open 12 footers. There comes a point when you say if a guy is going to hit contested 25+ foot jump shots, then he's going to hit them. Pullen was just in a zone last night and I don't think Drew could have coached any better than he did.
Pullen goes 8 over his average. Dunn is 10 under his average. And Baylor still has a chance to win the game at the end. Sorry for the rant but I think some people just get this idea that Drew can't coach in their mind and then ignore all evidence to the contrary. And that includes many Baylor fans who kneejerk over losses to good teams.