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8-8 in conf (4th)
now need to finish it out ..
now need to finish it out ..
OU 18-11 against the #4 SOS in the country
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I agree. We could really help our seeding with 2 more wins. I know it is not necessarily so but I am looking at the game tomorrow with :fexas-logo: as a must win for locking up a spot. We should create a situation where there is absolutely no doubt we belong and at least .500 in conference and the rest our resume does that. It also moves us clearly above Texas who is trying to nudge their way in. Win at TCU and 1-2 more in KC and we should really improve our seed.
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It's funny that we could potentially get to #3 in the conference, potentially top 25 national, were projected to finish 9th in the coaches poll, but Lon needs to go. Was just reflecting on this and some of the comments about Lon on this board, including my own.
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Such a fine line in college b-ball. I fight the urge every year and try and not get too up or too down. This year has been the hardest I can remember to stay above the weeds on both sides. I’ve been crazy high (post Texas W) and crazy low (osu L).
Good post CM. I feel the same.
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It's been such a fringe season... Maybe more so than others I can remember.
You almost have losses to UCF, Miss State, and North Texas in the non-con that tank your season. 1 point games...
OU is 18-11, and could very easily be 15-14.
I think that is why it's been so high and low.. Then you add to that in conference... you get blown out by ISU, but beat WVU... Get blown out by Oklahoma State, but beat Texas Tech... beat WVU again, but lost to Kansas State.
But, end of the day, they didn't lose those games... They came up on the right side of the coin. Other teams are on the wrong side of that coin.
For example... North Carolina. Lost to Duke by 2, Notre Dame by 1, Florida State by 5, Boston College by 1, Virginia Tech by 2, Wofford by 4. UNC could very easily have a much better record, but they don't.
You almost have losses to UCF, Miss State, and North Texas in the non-con that tank your season. 1 point games...
OU is 18-11, and could very easily be 15-14.
I think that is why it's been so high and low.. Then you add to that in conference... you get blown out by ISU, but beat WVU... Get blown out by Oklahoma State, but beat Texas Tech... beat WVU again, but lost to Kansas State.
But, end of the day, they didn't lose those games... They came up on the right side of the coin. Other teams are on the wrong side of that coin.
For example... North Carolina. Lost to Duke by 2, Notre Dame by 1, Florida State by 5, Boston College by 1, Virginia Tech by 2, Wofford by 4. UNC could very easily have a much better record, but they don't.
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another thing is losing to osu on the road is a Q1 loss
isu and ksu on the road are high Q2 losses ..
OU is playing one of the toughest schedules in the country
these are all facts ..
isu and ksu on the road are high Q2 losses ..
OU is playing one of the toughest schedules in the country
these are all facts ..
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But could go fringe games the other way as well.
WSU, Creighton, and Baylor easily could've been wins.
and if that happens we are top 20
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21-8 OU would be very close to the top 10
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Sometimes people ask too much from an individual yet there are those who will ask too little. Wonder if they are one in the same or not.
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Lol we lost by double-digits to Creighton and we collapsed in the second half and lost by 5 to WSU. We definitely could have pulled the upset at BU.
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Brother, at times I get lost with your literary allegories. I'm a simple man.:ez-roll:
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Did you watch the Creighton game? Easily could've won all 3.
Games get to double digits with fouling and such. You know that.
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Yes I watched them, lol. We collapsed in the WSU game and we never really challenged Creighton.
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Creighton is one game in which we weren't all that close -- we trailed by double digits for nearly the entire final eight minutes (we briefly cut it to nine points once).
That said, Creighton was a top 10 team before their loss yesterday. They're still 13th in the NET rankings (they were previously 8th) and we played them on the road. That's a tough place to play -- there's no shame in losing by 10.
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Has anyone looked into the metrics closely enough to know why W VA and Tech are so far ahead of us in the NET given the similar records, especially since we have played such a good schedule? There are obviously certain metrics that favor those two teams, I just haven't had a chance to figure out what they are.
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There is a component in the NET that accounts for point differential in wins/losses (but not sure how substantial that component is). Both WV and Tech have blown teams out more than we have this year. Not to mention we had some close calls in the non-con against teams we should've beaten worse (UCF, W&M). Also as a whole, WV and Tech's losses have been closer in margin than ours. I think primarily what is holding OU back in the NET a bit is that we lost by double-digits at KSU, at ISU, and at OSU. But like you, I seriously question the gap between WV, Tech, and OU. Not sure if I'm missing something.
Those two teams....along with Arizona tend to be over-ranked in the NET. Believe it or not, we actually have a better resume than Arizona as far as Quadrant wins and losses, but yet they are #10 in the NET. I'm dumbfounded by their ranking.
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