Our Schedule - SOS

Krugerfan52 · Feb 28, 2011

Looking at it in October I expected it to be tough, but we currently have the #36 SOS in the nation. That is a recipe for a losing record with a team like this with little experience and lacking size.

Had we known this many teams on our schedule would be this good we probably should have seen 16+ losses coming pretty easily.

Kansas - final four contender
Texas - may win the Big 12
Arizona - will win the Pac 10
Texas Southern - will win the SWAC, has won 14 of 15
Oral Roberts - has won 8 straight and 12 of 14
Kentucky - #15 RPI
Cincinatti - has won 22 games and recently beat Louisville and Georgetown
Texas A&M - #29 RPI
Baylor - should win 20 games and go to the NCAA tourney
at Texas - #9 RPI, final four contender
at Missouri - #28 RPI, hasn't lost a home game this season
at ATM - 20 game winner NCAA team as always
at KSU - #25 RPI, was picked to win the Big 12
at Baylor
at Arkansas
at OSU

Nebraska was one of the few Big 12 games I thought we could win and even they may win 20 games and get to the NCAA having beaten Texas and Texas A&M.

okcsooner83 · Feb 28, 2011

Just another excuse, to be a tournament team OU should play at top 40 schedule.

SoonerBounce13 · Feb 28, 2011

okcsooner83 said:
Just another excuse, to be a tournament team OU should play at top 40 schedule.

nobody is using it as an excuse. just a reason

Sam · Feb 28, 2011

okcsooner83 said:
Just another excuse, to be a tournament team OU should play at top 40 schedule.

Did you really expect OU to be a tournament team this season?

I don't look at stuff like this as excuses. Its more of "factors", we're young, only 3 guys coming back, etc. Add in the rough end to November with that five game stretch and its a recipe for disaster.

bgrch1350 · Feb 28, 2011

okcsooner83 said:
Just another excuse, to be a tournament team OU should play at top 40 schedule.

Its not an excuse...its just facts.

trueou · Feb 28, 2011

okcsooner83 said:
Just another excuse, to be a tournament team OU should play at top 40 schedule.

Everyone knew we were not a tournament team this year. The OP's point is that if our SOS had been less strong this year we might have made the NIT. The NIT is not what we should be satisfied with by any means. But we might have finished above 500 this year if our schedule had not included the Kentucky, Arizona and Arkansas road games. We got Cincinnati when they were hot. But the Chaminade game is just a bad, bad loss.

bgrch1350 · Feb 28, 2011

Sam said:
Did you really expect OU to be a tournament team this season?

I don't look at stuff like this as excuses. Its more of "factors", we're young, only 3 guys coming back, etc. Add in the rough end to November with that five game stretch and its a recipe for disaster.

Not too mention, our non-conference schedule was made before they knew that they wouldn't have TMG, Warren, and Gallon.

And personally, I am glad that this team had to play such a tough schedule. This schedule will pay off next season.

Sam · Feb 28, 2011

After these past two seasons I would take a NIT bid in a heart beat. Has to be similar to OU football going to the mighty Independence bowl after Blake and Smells of Bourbon

StoopsBros · Feb 28, 2011

Sam you don't like football do you? Not being condescending, just asking...

Max Power · Feb 28, 2011

jessegl25 said:
Sam you don't like football do you? Not being condescending, just asking...

not gonna lie, i was very excited in 1999 when we made it back to a bowl

NickZepp · Feb 28, 2011

bgrch1350 said:
Not too mention, our non-conference schedule was made before they knew that they wouldn't have TMG, Warren, and Gallon.

And personally, I am glad that this team had to play such a tough schedule. This schedule will pay off next season.

I think we had parts of the schedule there. Ark and Arizona. Most the home schedule was real weak. Our home schedule was the weakest in school history probably. We should have 10 wins based off of that.

bgrch1350 · Feb 28, 2011

trueou said:
Everyone knew we were not a tournament team this year. The OP's point is that if our SOS had been less strong this year we might have made the NIT. The NIT is not what we should be satisfied with by any means. But we might have finished above 500 this year if our schedule had not included the Kentucky, Arizona and Arkansas road games. We got Cincinnati when they were hot. But the Chaminade game is just a bad, bad loss.

Exactly...but the whole Maui tournament was not good for this years team. Having to play Kentucky, then Virginia...and having to play Chaminade in their own back yard...just wasn't the greatest thing that could have happened to us.

Max Power · Feb 28, 2011

bgrch1350 said:
Exactly...but the whole Maui tournament was not good for this years team. Having to play Kentucky, then Virginia...and having to play Chaminade in their own back yard...just wasn't the greatest thing that could have happened to us.

true, but under no circumstances should we make excuses for Chaminade. That should never happen no matter what else happened that weekend

okcsooner83 · Feb 28, 2011

I didn't expect OU to be a tournament team but I also don't want to play a weak nonconference schedule. OU didn't have one nonconference home game that was worth paying to see.

For OU to get any national exposure OU should play a tough schedule. This was the first year I can remember not having a big monday game. Nobody is going to want to put OU on national tv unless its to see the other team play because of two losing seasons.

SoonerBounce13 · Feb 28, 2011

okcsooner83 said:
OU didn't have one nonconference game that was worth paying to see.

okcsooner83 · Feb 28, 2011

Would everyone rather play a weak nonconference schedule that makes OU look better than they are?

Sam · Feb 28, 2011

jessegl25 said:
Sam you don't like football do you? Not being condescending, just asking...

I like football, its just a solid second behind OU basketball for me. I was being somewhat serious as given my age the 1999 team and Independence Bowl was my first taste of OU football success. Before that all I knew is DeMond Parker was good, OU always beat Baylor and lost the rest of the time. So in some ways NIT = Independence Bowl with a better location.

NickZepp · Feb 28, 2011

okcsooner83 said:
Would everyone rather play a weak nonconference schedule that makes OU look better than they are?

This really what you should do when you aren't very good. Especially if you are in a major conference.

bgrch1350 · Feb 28, 2011

okcsooner83 said:
Would everyone rather play a weak nonconference schedule that makes OU look better than they are?

It makes you look worse..b/c then your on ESPN and having Joe Lanardi, Gottlieb, J. Williams...etc...telling everybody that we haven't played anyone and that we aren't any good and that we padded our schedule. You don't look any better when your on ESPN getting ripped.

Why not play a tough schedule...find out how good you really are and then go from there. Your not helping anybody by playing a crappy schedule....you don't help your chances(the committee will see right thru it), You don't help your team with this year or the next.

NickZepp · Feb 28, 2011

If we play a tough OOC schedule last year, Jeff Capel has no chance of making the post season.

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