Road Games

[Stikboy]

I find it weird that OU chose to not schedule a true road game until conference? Cincinnati is not at their normal arena i don't believe. Would have been nice to have a couple of true road tests. Oh well, baptism by fire in the Big 1?!!!!!

 

[Big Old Booger]

I find it weird that OU chose to not schedule a true road game until conference? Cincinnati is not at their normal arena i don't believe. Would have been nice to have a couple of true road tests. Oh well, baptism by fire in the Big 1?!!!!!

Meh...we had those last year and got beaten like a borrowed mule at Arkansas and Arizona.

With this team, it was imperative to get them some confidence (check) and pad the win/loss results (check) to help us have a chance to get into postseason. Kind of the Bill Snyder scheduling mantra...

 

[MsProudSooner]

Does it really make a difference if we play Cincy in a different gym or New Mexico plays us in OKC instead of Norman? The home team might not be as familar with the venue, but they still have the home crowd behind them and I would think that was more important. It's not like a true neutal site game.

 

[seniorsooner]

Meh.

 

[boksooner]

US Bank Arena is less than 5 miles from Fifth Third Arena (Cincy's home arena). I feel like that is close enough to call it a true road game.

 

[Big Old Booger]

US Bank Arena is less than 5 miles from Fifth Third Arena (Cincy's home arena). I feel like that is close enough to call it a true road game.

We did the same thing with West Virginia a few years back. Played them in 2005 in the All-College then in a neutral site game in WV in 2007.

 

[boksooner]

We did the same thing with West Virginia a few years back. Played them in 2005 in the All-College then in a neutral site game in WV in 2007.

I, honestly, don't think the All College counts in the same way. For one, Chesepeake Arena is 20+ miles from campus and two we have to share it with one of our rivals. There have been many an All College Classic with more non-OU fans (OSU + our opponent) than OU fans at the games.

 

[AdaSooner]

We did the same thing with West Virginia a few years back. Played them in 2005 in the All-College then in a neutral site game in WV in 2007.

You were close.

The All-College game was actually in 2006. We played WVU at a neutral site (Charleston) in 2008. OU won that game by 6 in two overtimes. It was a great win and sweet revenge for the beating they gave us in the All-College tourney two years earlier.

Neutral sites are anything but "neutral." The area/regional/home team always has the advantage. Any win OU gets is usually the result of mental toughness and gut-it-out basketball. That was certainly the case in our win against WVU in the Charleston Civic Center.

 

[Crocker's Long Sleeves]

You were close.

The All-College game was actually in 2006. We played WVU at a neutral site (Charleston) in 2008. OU won that game by 6 in two overtimes. It was a great win and sweet revenge for the beating they gave us in the All-College tourney two years earlier.

Neutral sites are anything but "neutral." The area/regional/home team always has the advantage. Any win OU gets is usually the result of mental toughness and gut-it-out basketball. That was certainly the case in our win against WVU in the Charleston Civic Center.

It was Blake's freshman year which was 07-08 when we played them in WV. I remember Keith Clark having a huge dunk that game, and i think we were sporting the gray unis

 

[BruinSooner]

It was Blake's freshman year which was 07-08 when we played them in WV. I remember Keith Clark having a huge dunk that game, and i think we were sporting the gray unis

That was a great game. I believe it went into OT. Blake was just a couple of months into his freshman year and he was fantastic. He made that one play dribbling on his knees and then taking it to the hoop....

 

[BruinSooner]

You were close.

The All-College game was actually in 2006. We played WVU at a neutral site (Charleston) in 2008. OU won that game by 6 in two overtimes. It was a great win and sweet revenge for the beating they gave us in the All-College tourney two years earlier.

Neutral sites are anything but "neutral." The area/regional/home team always has the advantage. Any win OU gets is usually the result of mental toughness and gut-it-out basketball. That was certainly the case in our win against WVU in the Charleston Civic Center.

I looked it up. WVU at All College in Dec 2005 in that dreadful dreadful 92-68 loss. I really thought Sampson had lost the team that night.

Of course, the game at Charleston was in Dec 2007 and was a MUCH better game.

 

[AdaSooner]

I looked it up. WVU at All College in Dec 2005 in that dreadful dreadful 92-68 loss. I really thought Sampson had lost the team that night.

Of course, the game at Charleston was in Dec 2007 and was a MUCH better game.

Not that it matters, but Soonerstats.com shows the All-College game in 2006 and the Charleston game in 2008. I've found that site's data to be very reliable over the years.

http://www.soonerstats.com/basketball/men/seasons/index.cfm?decade=all

 

[JBaker]

Not that it matters, but Soonerstats.com shows the All-College game in 2006 and the Charleston game in 2008. I've found that site's data to be very reliable over the years.

http://www.soonerstats.com/basketball/men/seasons/index.cfm?decade=all

SoonerStats schedule is only showing the year of the Spring semester.
So, for example, they are counting this season as 2012.

Since both those WVU games happened in the fall, they were in '05 and '07.

'08-'09 was the year we went to the Elite Eight. We didn't play WVU that year. Davidson, Purdue, USC, and Arkansas (which we lost), were our big non-con games that year.

 

[Crocker's Long Sleeves]

Were splitting hairs here but we played at WV on 12/29/07, almost in 08 Ada

 

[Crocker's Long Sleeves]

Here is Clarks dunk in that game, and we were rocking the grays. That was a great game


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[BruinSooner]

Watching that brings me back to all of the disappointment of losing Clark. I think he could've developed into quite a player.

 

[BoulderSooner]

I find it weird that OU chose to not schedule a true road game until conference? Cincinnati is not at their normal arena i don't believe. Would have been nice to have a couple of true road tests. Oh well, baptism by fire in the Big 1?!!!!!

cinn plays games in that arena every season .. and they are the listed HOME team this is not like the all college when OU vs houston was a neutral site


this is a true road game ..


and keith clark had all kinds of talent .. he could have been a great college basketball player

 

[AdaSooner]

SoonerStats schedule is only showing the year of the Spring semester.
So, for example, they are counting this season as 2012.

Since both those WVU games happened in the fall, they were in '05 and '07.

Oops! :facepalm My bad, guys.

Were splitting hairs here but we played at WV on 12/29/07, almost in 08 Ada

Thanks for trying to make me feel better, CLS!