OU NCAA bid

[BoulderSooner]

lets say OU sweeps ISU and wins at KSU (i know i know)


I think they would be 1 more regular season win from being a lock for the dance .. 13 regular season wins ..

any more wins really would be about getting a better seed ..

 

[CoachTalk]

at worst split with pokes. I think we can split with texas. Baylor.... tech at tech is winnable if we let Harkless dog McChug!

 

[OULad]

Honestly 8-10 in this league will get us in more than likely. I think we will get at least 9 assuming we keep playing this well and no injuries (knock on wood).

 

[Darwin]

Honestly 8-10 in this league will get us in more than likely. I think we will get at least 9 assuming we keep playing this well and no injuries (knock on wood).

Agree, 9 or more wins without any weird results.

 

[Max Power]

lets say OU sweeps ISU and wins at KSU (i know i know)


I think they would be 1 more regular season win from being a lock for the dance .. 13 regular season wins ..

any more wins really would be about getting a better seed ..

13-13 Might not be enough. Prolly need to win those 3 plus 2 more

 

[OULad]

13-13 Might not be enough. Prolly need to win those 3 plus 2 more

I think that is fine, a normal year would mean 19-13.

 

[OUsky]

If we end up with only 13 wins, that would be awful.

 

[scrybe]

If we end up with only 13 wins, that would be awful.

Agreed. I see at least 15 wins, maybe as many as 17.

 

[stormspencer]

Honestly 8-10 in this league will get us in more than likely. I think we will get at least 9 assuming we keep playing this well and no injuries (knock on wood).

This is the correct take, especially if we sweep ISU and win in Manhattan. At that point, we would've avoided any "bad losses". And we would have two Q-1 wins to go along with that. 12-11 (8-10 in conference) doesn't sound all that great, but this is a strange year with a smaller data set. And our metrics are so strong right now. I expect to see an at large team or two get into the tournament with only 12 wins.

I think it's a moot point though. With the way this team is playing, I really believe we will end up beating osu at least once and will probably get at least one additional scalp between Texas at home, @Tech, or @WV. Beating Bama would be a huge bonus as well.....but that will be a tough one on Saturday.

 

[OULad]

This is the correct take, especially if we sweep ISU and win in Manhattan. At that point, we would've avoided any "bad losses". And we would have two Q-1 wins to go along with that. 12-11 (8-10 in conference) doesn't sound all that great, but this is a strange year with a smaller data set. And our metrics are so strong right now. I expect to see an at large team or two get into the tournament with only 12 wins.

I think it's a moot point though. With the way this team is playing, I really believe we will end up beating osu at least once and will probably get at least one additional scalp between Texas at home, @Tech, or @WV. Beating Bama would be a huge bonus as well.....but that will be a tough one on Saturday.

Yep. The way I see it is we sweep ISU and KSU and home against OSU. That puts us at 9. I would expect us to win at least 1 of the following: @Tex, Tex, @TTU, @WVU, @OSU. So a great chance at 10 wins. Maybe more if we play really well and catch a break or two. The only game that seems almost out of reach is Baylor.

 

[Max Power]

Now I think as long as we sweep ISU and KSU we are in no matter what. Those are quad 3 & 4 games so we need to take care of business there

 

[BoulderSooner]

Now I think as long as we sweep ISU and KSU we are in no matter what. Those are quad 3 & 4 games so we need to take care of business there

yep . .. but this OU team should win far more than those 3 ...

really all but the baylor game are in play ...

 

[OUsky]

yep . .. but this OU team should win far more than those 3 ...

really all but the baylor game are in play ...

It's really hard to go undefeated. So their loss may as well be to OU.

 

[scrybe]

It's really hard to go undefeated. So their loss may as well be to OU.

I like that attitude.

 

[skyvue]

It's really hard to go undefeated. So their loss may as well be to OU.

Right? It would undeniably be an upset and I wouldn't bet the rent money on it, but there's no reason we can't beat them on a given night.

 

[TheMont]

I feel like we'll lose to Iowa State and then turn around and give Baylor their first loss in the next game, lol

 

[stormspencer]

I feel like we'll lose to Iowa State and then turn around and give Baylor their first loss in the next game, lol

If we lose to ISU at home, I will literally eat my shoe, video it, and post it here.

 

[Zimwillett]

There's still a lot of basketball left, but if the tournament were selected today OU I think OU would be a #5 seed. OU is currently #21 in NET. #20 in KenPom. #17 in BPI. They've already got a handful of extremely high quality wins. And the beauty is the schedule presents them with the opportunity to get even more.

Obviously, there's just too much basketball left to say anything definitive. However, I think if OU can take care of business in the 3 remaining games vs. ISU and KSU and win at least 3 of the remaining 7 vs. Bama, Tech, Baylor, WVU, Texas, and OSU (x2), they'll be in a very good position for a top 20ish seed.

In that scenario, they'd be 11-7 or 12-6 in the #1 RPI conference. They'd have a lot of "Q1" wins and no real bad losses. Hard to know exactly how that resume would stack up or where it would put them in the various metrics, but something tells me there wouldn't be more than 20 teams with better resumes by the end of the season.