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OU is a really good position. The Sooners only have 2 road games left against teams with winning records (WVU and Texas). Personally I do not believe either of those teams re in the top 3 in the conference and might not even be in the top 4 in the conference.

OU has six games left against the bottom four teams. Obviously, if you take a night off in the Big XII you can and probably will be beat but I feel confident OU wins all 6.

If they win at home that is another 3 wins. Simply splitting with WVU and Texas would put OU at 15-3 in the conference.

There is a lot of basketball left but I really think OU is going to win the conference this year. Lets hope ISU beats KU tonight.
 
OU is a really good position. The Sooners only have 2 road games left against teams with winning records (WVU and Texas). Personally I do not believe either of those teams re in the top 3 in the conference and might not even be in the top 4 in the conference.

OU has six games left against the bottom four teams. Obviously, if you take a night off in the Big XII you can and probably will be beat but I feel confident OU wins all 6.

If they win at home that is another 3 wins. Simply splitting with WVU and Texas would put OU at 15-3 in the conference.

There is a lot of basketball left but I really think OU is going to win the conference this year. Lets hope ISU beats KU tonight.

I think we will split @WV/@texas, but I also believe we will drop one more game at some point....maybe at KSU? All things being equal, I think we end up at 14-4 and that will win the conference by at least 1 game or maybe 2 games as of now.

Having said that, things can certainly change. The way KU has been sluggish over the past two weeks, I certainly think WV could finish 2nd. And people forget that ISU is playing really well now (for the past 3 games)....even though lack of depth will probably cost them a game they should have won otherwise. And if KU rights their ship, they could go on a run. I also want to see how Baylor responds after we slapped them around on Saturday....will they regroup or will they go into a funk?
 
Also, this is a list of remaining games in terms of difficulty (according to kenpom):
  • @WV (projected 2 pt loss)
  • @KSU/@Texas (we are projected as 4 pt win)
  • @Tech (projected as a 5 pt win)
  • @LSU (projected as a 7 pt win)
  • KU (projected as an 8 pt win)
  • Baylor (projected as a 10 pt win)
  • All other games are projected as 12 pt wins or more

Obviously, these projections are dynamic and subject to change based upon daily results, but needless to say, the computers/metrics love OU.
 
Wow. I'm not particularly confident of a big win in Austin. I'll happily take a 1-pt. victory there.

It is projected as a 4 point now, if I read that correctly. Texas is tied with KSU and listed with KSU so it is not as noticeable.
 
We HAVE to go undefeated at home. No excuses.

Protecting home court is the key. It's how KU does it year after year. They haven't lost a conference game Lawrence since the Marcus Smart back flip game in February 2013, and they've only lost like 4 total during this 11 year run. And they NEVER lose more than 1 conference game at home.

That's the formula. Win 8 or 9 at home, win the 3 or 4 road games you "should" against the bottom tier teams, and steal a couple @ the better teams, and you'll have a very good shot at winning the conference. That's all easier said than done, but this OU team is easily good enough to pull it off.
 
We need to win 2 out of 3 of our loseable road games and the big 12 is ours .

I expect a loss at WV , but we have to take of business at Kstate ( where we struggle ) and at Texas who is picking up steam every game .

Obviously we have to win remaining home games .
 
We need to win 2 out of 3 of our loseable road games and the big 12 is ours .

I expect a loss at WV , but we have to take of business at Kstate ( where we struggle ) and at Texas who is picking up steam every game .

Obviously we have to win remaining home games .

I'll be surprised if we don't beat UT by double digits in Austin. The whorns, in my opinion, are what some poster called OU in a recent thread: Pretenders.
 
West Virginia is definitely among the top 3 or 4 in the conference.
 
I'll be surprised if we don't beat UT by double digits in Austin. The whorns, in my opinion, are what some poster called OU in a recent thread: Pretenders.

I just feel that Texas and K state are both loseable road games . Obviously WV is , we could be a underdog there.

I think this team is just too talented to lose at Tech or TCU .

I honestly feel the season comes down to those three road games . Win 2 out 3 and I think we win the big 12 ( at least share) if we go 3 for 3 then we win it outright .
 
I just feel that Texas and K state are both loseable road games . Obviously WV is , we could be a underdog there.

I think this team is just too talented to lose at Tech or TCU .

I honestly feel the season comes down to those three road games . Win 2 out 3 and I think we win the big 12 ( at least share) if we go 3 for 3 then we win it outright .

If this OU team is as good as we want them to be, we shouldn't lose to KSU on the road. UT is better, and it's a rivalry game, so I won't peg that one as a shouldn't lose.
 
Every road game is losable but WT is correct. If OU is a number one seed they shouldn't lose to KSU on the road. KSU is not that good.
 
Kansas could easily make a final four and have a great chance to win this conference and get a number 1 seed.

They got killed by a horrible osu team and we escaped at the buzzer. Manhattan on a sat night will be no cake walk , we have struggled there many times

Hell KSU was a close game in the second half at Norman . Kstate is very talented just very young . They have a really good head coach
 
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