Predictions for Next Year

Northbase said:
We need a Jordon Woodard, Jan Pannell type point guard.
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Do you not remember 2016/2017 when Jordan Woodard ran the point? We don't need that again. Jordan was a great Sooner just wasn't a great PG.
 
perryj74 said:
Do you not remember 2016/2017 when Jordan Woodard ran the point? We don't need that again. Jordan was a great Sooner just wasn't a great PG.
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He was also hurt almost all year.
 
I will enjoy next season just fine watching the team get better thru the year.
 
152219 said:
Hopefully that happens because it hasn't happened the previous two years IMO.
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you're exactly right. thats why this season seemed so sad. for me at least. I like improvement. thats my gauge.
 
coolm said:
you're exactly right. thats why this season seemed so sad. for me at least. I like improvement. thats my gauge.
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We haven’t improved in 2 years since the new assistants took over. Jamuni and James (to a lesser degree) are the only players who have improved individually and the rest have probably regressed. It is a disturbing trend.
 
TINY said:
We haven’t improved in 2 years since the new assistants took over. Jamuni and James (to a lesser degree) are the only players who have improved individually and the rest have probably regressed. It is a disturbing trend.
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exactly man. couldnt agree more.
 
TINY said:
We haven’t improved in 2 years since the new assistants took over. Jamuni and James (to a lesser degree) are the only players who have improved individually and the rest have probably regressed. It is a disturbing trend.
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This year's team won 7 more games than last year's and made the NCAA tournament. That's the definition of improvement.
 
Ghost of Gar Heard said:
This year's team won 7 more games than last year's and made the NCAA tournament. That's the definition of improvement.
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All because of Trae Young. If you look at individual player development it hasn't been there outside of Jamuni and CJ to a certain extent.
 
In November 2016, I went to Orlando to watch OU in their early season tourney. The field was not strong, to say the least, based on how those teams ended up doing that season. But, 6 of the 8 teams made the tourney this season -- OU, Arizona State, Mizzou, Xavier, Davidson, and Clemson. Xavier was the only team to make it last season. That shows that significant improvement can, and does, happen from one season to the next, even for teams that don't bring in an All American newcomer like Trae. I agree with those of you who think a lot of our returning players didn't show much, if any, improvement this season. But that doesn't mean that it won't happen moving forward. Kam and Doo didn't lose the talent they had as freshman, and I am confident they will both be better next year. Muni has improved each season and should continue to do so. With increased playing time, Shep should be better. I think Polla will be better than most people seem to expect. Add in a talented new freshman and likely a grad transfer or two, and I don't think we are looking at anything close to 11-20. Whether we will be a tournament team remains to be seen, but I just don't anticipate the disaster that so many of you do.

I also think that this season likely will cause Lon to focus much more attention on the defensive end. Same thing happened a few years ago -- the 2014 team was great on offense but very poor defensively. They emphasized that over the offseason, and the following year played much better D, which was a big part of why they were a high seed in the Sweet 16 run.
 
WichitaSooner said:
In November 2016, I went to Orlando to watch OU in their early season tourney. The field was not strong, to say the least, based on how those teams ended up doing that season. But, 6 of the 8 teams made the tourney this season -- OU, Arizona State, Mizzou, Xavier, Davidson, and Clemson. Xavier was the only team to make it last season. That shows that significant improvement can, and does, happen from one season to the next, even for teams that don't bring in an All American newcomer like Trae. I agree with those of you who think a lot of our returning players didn't show much, if any, improvement this season. But that doesn't mean that it won't happen moving forward. Kam and Doo didn't lose the talent they had as freshman, and I am confident they will both be better next year. Muni has improved each season and should continue to do so. With increased playing time, Shep should be better. I think Polla will be better than most people seem to expect. Add in a talented new freshman and likely a grad transfer or two, and I don't think we are looking at anything close to 11-20. Whether we will be a tournament team remains to be seen, but I just don't anticipate the disaster that so many of you do.

I also think that this season likely will cause Lon to focus much more attention on the defensive end. Same thing happened a few years ago -- the 2014 team was great on offense but very poor defensively. They emphasized that over the offseason, and the following year played much better D, which was a big part of why they were a high seed in the Sweet 16 run.
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But this assumes we are going to get a grad transfer or two. We have consistently struck out with those.
 
Max Power said:
But this assumes we are going to get a grad transfer or two. We have consistently struck out with those.
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I think we'll be much better than people think, even without a grad transfer. With one, the improvement would likely be even greater. I know we tried to get a couple last season and missed, but we did get Thomas fiour years ago. Other than that, I don't specifically recall us going after many. We didn't really need any in advance of the Final Four season.
 
perryj74 said:
Do you not remember 2016/2017 when Jordan Woodard ran the point? We don't need that again. Jordan was a great Sooner just wasn't a great PG.
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Woodard was a good PG

‘17 wasn’t on him
 
perryj74 said:
Do you not remember 2016/2017 when Jordan Woodard ran the point? We don't need that again. Jordan was a great Sooner just wasn't a great PG.
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Brother, Woodard looks like Chris Paul compared to what we have to run the point next season (right now). I would love to have Woodard for next year.
 
allday92 said:
All because of Trae Young. If you look at individual player development it hasn't been there outside of Jamuni and CJ to a certain extent.
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Even if that was true, winning 7 more games and making the tournament isn't improvement?
 
WichitaSooner said:
In November 2016, I went to Orlando to watch OU in their early season tourney. The field was not strong, to say the least, based on how those teams ended up doing that season. But, 6 of the 8 teams made the tourney this season -- OU, Arizona State, Mizzou, Xavier, Davidson, and Clemson. Xavier was the only team to make it last season. That shows that significant improvement can, and does, happen from one season to the next, even for teams that don't bring in an All American newcomer like Trae. I agree with those of you who think a lot of our returning players didn't show much, if any, improvement this season. But that doesn't mean that it won't happen moving forward. Kam and Doo didn't lose the talent they had as freshman, and I am confident they will both be better next year. Muni has improved each season and should continue to do so. With increased playing time, Shep should be better. I think Polla will be better than most people seem to expect. Add in a talented new freshman and likely a grad transfer or two, and I don't think we are looking at anything close to 11-20. Whether we will be a tournament team remains to be seen, but I just don't anticipate the disaster that so many of you do.

I also think that this season likely will cause Lon to focus much more attention on the defensive end. Same thing happened a few years ago -- the 2014 team was great on offense but very poor defensively. They emphasized that over the offseason, and the following year played much better D, which was a big part of why they were a high seed in the Sweet 16 run.
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Well said.
 
I really hope I am wrong, but I think next season will be Lon’s last. I don’t see how OU will compete in the Big XII.
 
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