OU and the Bubble...

[thebigabd]

Indiana beat Michigan State
Texas beat Iowa state

Wait.... is that good or bad?

 

[Max Power]

Wait.... is that good or bad?

Well if you want other bubble teams to lose, both are not ideal. Michigan state and Iowa starw are both safely in

 

[thebigabd]

It's hilarious that this is KU's worst team in a long time and they are a projected 3 seed. You know you are insanely good when your bad season nets you a 3-4 seed.

 

[WichitaSooner]

If we are 7-11 do we make it? I think we can beat KU but not KSU on the road. Do we need to beat KU and then win one in the tourney?

Have you read this thread at all?

 

[sheepdogs1]

Have you not read my posts in this thread at all?

Fify

 

[stormspencer]

Have you read this thread at all?

Lol.....exactly.

 

[BoulderSooner]

If we are 7-11 do we make it? I think we can beat KU but not KSU on the road. Do we need to beat KU and then win one in the tourney?

7-11 OU is a lock. No matter the conf tourney

We are almost a lock at 6-12 with 1 win in the conf tourney

 

[thebigabd]

7-11 OU is a lock. No matter the conf tourney

We are almost a lock at 6-12 with 1 win in the conf tourney

This

 

[WichitaSooner]

I'm a clown

Fixed that one.

 

[oudna]

This

This

 

[Sooner81]

Have you read this thread at all?

Wichita, what a butt!!

NO, I don’t have all day to read through threads DUH. I have a life. And thanks to a couple of the posters who answered, wow what a rear end.

 

[Eielson]

NO, I don’t have all day to read through threads DUH. I have a life. And thanks to a couple of the posters who answered, wow what a rear end.

This is unacceptable. A hand-written apology to Wichita is in order.

 

[Sooner81]

This is unacceptable. A hand-written apology to Wichita is in order.

I’m assuming you are joking LOL. LOL to the whole thing

 

[OhioBornSoonerBred]

Indiana beat Michigan State
Texas beat Iowa state

I wouldn't quite say Indiana is even on the bubble yet. They're #54 in the NET after that win over Michigan State and the only games they have left are Illinois and Rutgers, which won't move the needle. They'd probably have to make it to the Big 10 Championship game to have a shot.

Texas, on the other hand, is certainly on the bubble, but them winning isn't a complete deterrent since OU split with them.

As of right now, OU is in a pretty good spot considering the teams that are in the first few out are teams like Georgetown, Temple, Murray State, Minnesota, and Seton Hall, all of whom has resumes that don't stack up with OU.

Bubble is quite soft this year, and if some of those folks at ESPN pull their heads out of their ass and stop saying "but their conference record", it's easy to see why OU is pretty much in for now. It amazes me how they think that just because you're sub .500 in conference play that non-conference games should be treated like exhibitions.

Just have to hope there aren't a ton of bid stealers in conference tournaments, which is yet to be determined.

 

[Max Power]

I wouldn't quite say Indiana is even on the bubble yet. They're #54 in the NET after that win over Michigan State and the only games they have left are Illinois and Rutgers, which won't move the needle. They'd probably have to make it to the Big 10 Championship game to have a shot.

Texas, on the other hand, is certainly on the bubble, but them winning isn't a complete deterrent since OU split with them.

As of right now, OU is in a pretty good spot considering the teams that are in the first few out are teams like Georgetown, Temple, Murray State, Minnesota, and Seton Hall, all of whom has resumes that don't stack up with OU.

Bubble is quite soft this year, and if some of those folks at ESPN pull their heads out of their ass and stop saying "but their conference record", it's easy to see why OU is pretty much in for now. It amazes me how they think that just because you're sub .500 in conference play that non-conference games should be treated like exhibitions.

Just have to hope there aren't a ton of bid stealers in conference tournaments, which is yet to be determined.

The committee has done strange things before letting a team like Indiana in over more deserving teams. When the rpi was the driving ranking, they let several 60+ rpi teams in as at larges

 

[WichitaSooner]

Huge loss last night by Florida, at home, to Georgia. UF has been right around us on the bubble so that definitely helps. That loss is every bit as damaging as a home loss to West Virginia would have been.

 

[WaymanFan]

If we are 7-11 do we make it? I think we can beat KU but not KSU on the road. Do we need to beat KU and then win one in the tourney?

I originally thought we would have to be 8-10, but we’ll get in at 7-11. If we make it at 6-12, we’ll be the first and last team to ever do it. That’s a loophole that will get closed quickly. I never thought I would live to see the day that either a team could make it as an al-large at 6-12 or a team could actually make it going 0-10 or 0-11 against the top 5 teams in the conference. It’s a one-year thing, so we may as well be the one that benefits...though I hope we can win another game this coming week to leave out the controversy.

 

[WichitaSooner]

St. John's loses at Depaul. Another good result for us.

 

[oudna]

I originally thought we would have to be 8-10, but we’ll get in at 7-11. If we make it at 6-12, we’ll be the first and last team to ever do it. That’s a loophole that will get closed quickly. I never thought I would live to see the day that either a team could make it as an al-large at 6-12 or a team could actually make it going 0-10 or 0-11 against the top 5 teams in the conference. It’s a one-year thing, so we may as well be the one that benefits...though I hope we can win another game this coming week to leave out the controversy.

Disagree on them closing a loophole

The committee isn’t going to set rules on their selection

 

[NY Soonerfan]

I originally thought we would have to be 8-10, but we’ll get in at 7-11. If we make it at 6-12, we’ll be the first and last team to ever do it. That’s a loophole that will get closed quickly. I never thought I would live to see the day that either a team could make it as an al-large at 6-12 or a team could actually make it going 0-10 or 0-11 against the top 5 teams in the conference. It’s a one-year thing, so we may as well be the one that benefits...though I hope we can win another game this coming week to leave out the controversy.

It's not anywhere near a one-year thing, it will be the norm going forward to have several well under .500 teams get in. You're still viewing this like it's the old days, when conferences had a reasonable number of teams, and didn't play as many games and therefore teams didn't have as many losses and (more importantly) didn't have to play so many other good teams. But in this day and age of some of the power conferences having way, way, way too many teams, there are going to continue to be lots of solid (though obviously unspectacular) teams like OU who are going to be in the 7-11 range but still worthy of a bid.

For the record, I don't think we are anywhere near a lock at 6-12. I desperately want us to get that seventh B12 win. I said on here long ago, well before I created this post, that we were a mortal lock at 7-11. If we leave it up the committee at 6-12 then all bets are off IMO, especially if a Wofford or a Buffalo loses in Championship Week.