OU's metrics AFTER last night

[OUSKINS]

Who's moving ahead of us in seeding?

UNC? As many losses as we have, they lost last night, just like we did, and we rank higher in all the metrics. Iowa? More losses than we have, they lost last night (to a much worse team) and we rank higher in the metrics. Maryland, Virginia, MSU? As many or more losses than we have (correction: Maryland has just 4 losses to our 5).

If other teams were surging and I really thought our troubles would continue, I'd be more worried, but who's surging? None of the teams I cited above. The longest current winning streak in the entire group is one game.

KU could be said to be surging and Villanova (though we've got the head-to-head against Nova, and our schedule is much tougher); that's it. West Virginia, whom I didn't mention above, has lost 2 of 3.

That's what I'm saying, we've been fortunate so far that things have played out to where this slippage hasn't really cost us. But IMO, it's likely that it will if it keeps up-- odds are that some of those teams will start winning games. If we lose at WVU and UT (and certainly if we lose one of the other three) I don't want to have to bank on EVERYONE else also tanking at the same time. We've survived playing poorly thus far-- I just don't think our margin for error will remain much longer.