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[oketex]

Guys I just looked at the schedule, there are 7 games left and I see us winning four maybe five of those game. I have us losing to TT at their place, losing to KU at there place, wining our home games and toss ups at Baylor and ISU.

There is a good possibility that this team is not and I repeat NOT going to the big Dance, in addition Trae Young will not win the NPY if we are not at the dance.

Last night I don't understand why Odams or James were bring the ball up because WV pressure was to much and the turnovers killed us. Our big guys can't and don't finish under the boards so we have a lot of problems. Now here is where I'm going to get into trouble, I feel part of our problems is Trae Young, here me out before you shoot me. We are know he is going to get his points but I think the team relies on him to much and therefore they are not staying active in the game. I watch a lot of them just standing around instead of moving, basketball is a game of moving towards the basket, trying to setup a play but when your team relies on just one man you are going to fall apart and that is what is going on with this team.

I hope I'm wrong on the prediction of not making the dance but it doesn't look good.

Boomer Sooner:OUbball-logo:

 

[Kewllane]

Lol if they win 5 of their next 7, with losses only coming at TT and KU, they're not only going to the Dance, they're going to be a 4 or 5 seed.

I get it's all doom and gloom around here but this team isn't missing the tournament.

 

[soonerjunky]

This is the team we all thought they were before the season started. They got hot and won some games they shouldn't have, got our hopes up. But, reality set in. Still a good year.

 

[BigDLamb]

We are 16-7 and 6-5 in league play. If we go 4-3 then we finish 20-10 and 10-8 in the toughest league in America. We are still (now tied i believe) for the most top 25 wins in the country as well. We would be a 4-5 see in the tourney...not even close to the bubble so i don't really understand this post.

 

[TINY]

We are 16-7 and 6-5 in league play. If we go 4-3 then we finish 20-10 and 10-8 in the toughest league in America. We are still (now tied i believe) for the most top 25 wins in the country as well. We would be a 4-5 see in the tourney...not even close to the bubble so i don't really understand this post.

The majority of Ou fans have no idea about hoops.

 

[oketex]

Tiny - I do know a lot about basketball but when I made the comments I made I did not take into consideration The Big 12 overall. You guys are right if we win 4 or 5 of the remaining games then we should be in. We still need to be more than a one man team.

oketex

 

[skyvue]

This is the team we all thought they were before the season started. They got hot and won some games they shouldn't have, got our hopes up. But, reality set in. Still a good year.

Or ... we're going through a rough patch right now and will work our back toward that better brand of ball. I don't know which is the case (or if it's something in between). None of us do. But one thing's for sure, we'll know before very long.

For some, the bad games expose the "real" Sooners and the good ones are always the anomalies. And that's true season after season.

 

[Stikboy]

It happens every year, and it will again. Just as everyone thinks there's no possible way OU will win another game against a good opponent, there is always a surprise. It will be such a satisfying win that it will piss everybody off even more because everyone will be wondering why they couldn't have played like that the whole year. And, it won't change the fact that OU has in fact played crappy ball these last few weeks. But, it will happen, it always does. It was Morgantown last year. Predicting OU basketball is impossible, I try to do it every year early/mid conference time and always fail..

 

[Soonerinkc]

I figured 5-5 out of the last 10. That would have been 21-9. I knew wv would be the "toughest" game at home...we now are 1-2 with 7 remaining.

Road:
ku
tt
bu
more than likely losses
isu who knows

Home:
isu, ksu "SHOULD" be wins..along with ut

that would put us at 20-10 with an isu road win...or maybe bu. Winning all at home.

We'll see

 

[Salt City Sooner]

I figured 5-5 out of the last 10. That would have been 21-9. I knew wv would be the "toughest" game at home...we now are 1-2 with 7 remaining.

Road:
ku
tt
bu
more than likely losses
isu who knows

Home:
isu, ksu "SHOULD" be wins..along with ut

that would put us at 20-10 with an isu road win...or maybe bu. Winning all at home.

We'll see

I definitely like your idea better, but I'm not going to put that one in the W column until I see it. Weber's flat worn us out since he hit town.

 

[stormspencer]

Guys I just looked at the schedule, there are 7 games left and I see us winning four maybe five of those game. I have us losing to TT at their place, losing to KU at there place, wining our home games and toss ups at Baylor and ISU.

There is a good possibility that this team is not and I repeat NOT going to the big Dance, in addition Trae Young will not win the NPY if we are not at the dance.

Last night I don't understand why Odams or James were bring the ball up because WV pressure was to much and the turnovers killed us. Our big guys can't and don't finish under the boards so we have a lot of problems. Now here is where I'm going to get into trouble, I feel part of our problems is Trae Young, here me out before you shoot me. We are know he is going to get his points but I think the team relies on him to much and therefore they are not staying active in the game. I watch a lot of them just standing around instead of moving, basketball is a game of moving towards the basket, trying to setup a play but when your team relies on just one man you are going to fall apart and that is what is going on with this team.

I hope I'm wrong on the prediction of not making the dance but it doesn't look good.

Boomer Sooner:OUbball-logo:

Honest question....do you know the process for selecting a team for the NCAA tournament? If not, I think I can help. The selection committee evaluates several criteria in choosing teams and making out the bracket....some criteria is more important than other criteria. For instance, they have now categorized wins in quandrants:

• Quadrant 1 wins (Best wins) - home vs 1-30 rpi; neutral vs. 1-50 rpi; away vs. 1-75 rpi
• Quadrant 2 wins (Good wins) - home vs 31-75 rpi; neutral vs. 51-100 rpi; away vs. 76-135 rpi
• Quadrant 3 performance - home vs 76-160 rpi; neutral vs 101-200 rpi; away vs 136-240 rpi
• Quadrant 4 performance - home 160+; neutral 200+; away 241+

Also, other factors taken into consideration:

• How difficult your conference is and how you finished
• Advanced metrics besides RPI including Kenpom, Sagarin, etc.
• Injuries to key players.

Based upon the criteria laid out above, OU has many quadrant 1 and 2 wins with no bad losses (Quadrant 3/4). We are 26 in Kenpom and are probably going to finish at least .500 in the best conference in the country from a metrics standpoint. Barring an epic collapse, OU is NOT missing the tournament. Currently, we have a 4-5 seed type resume. Even if we ended up 8-10 in conference, we are still making the tournament as a 9 seed or so.

There is nothing to worry about concerning the NCAA tournament. This team just needs to find a way to get better on defense and reduce the lapses on offense that we have seen too much of over the last several weeks.

 

[usedtobe1]

Last night I don't understand why Odomes or James were bring the ball up because WV pressure was to much and the turnovers killed us.

They’re trying to keep Trae fresh. He wears down late in games so they’re trying to take some things off his plate. It’s hard work to bring the ball up against a physical press. I liked the idea, but WVU got several easy baskets off steals.