Remaining Schedule

[DenverSooner]

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.

 

[TheMont]

We HAVE to go undefeated at home. No excuses.

 

[stormspencer]

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?

 

[stormspencer]

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.

 

[skyvue]

• All other games are projected as 12 pt wins or more

Wow. I'm not particularly confident of a big win in Austin. I'll happily take a 1-pt. victory there.

 

[DenverSooner]

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.

 

[stormspencer]

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.

Yep....@KSU and @UT are both projected as 4 pt wins.

 

[Zimwillett]

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.

 

[oudna]

Wow. I'm not particularly confident of a big win in Austin. I'll happily take a 1-pt. victory there.

Or in Norman!

 

[sooner 1234]

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 .

 

[scrybe]

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.

 

[chuckb]

West Virginia is definitely among the top 3 or 4 in the conference.

 

[sooner 1234]

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 .

 

[WTSooner]

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.

 

[DenverSooner]

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.

 

[sooner 1234]

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