Selection Sunday with reactions

[BoulderSooner]

and here we go

 

[dksooner]

 

[TEvans4Three]

Optimism and hope... Dangerous drugs

 

[StoopsBros]

Selection Sunday is today, Sunday, March 17. The 68-team fields for the men's and women's NCAA DI basketball tournaments will be announced during selection shows. The men's tournament will be revealed at 5 p.m. CT on CBS, with the women's tournament reveal set for 7 p.m. CT on ESPN.

Here's the schedule for the 2024 men's tournament:

• Selection Sunday: 5 p.m. CT Sunday, March 17 on CBS | Watch the Selection Show
• First Four: March 19-20
• First round: March 21-22
• Second round: March 23-24
• Sweet 16: March 28-29
• Elite Eight: March 30-31
• Final Four: April 6 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
• NCAA championship game: April 8 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

These are the sites for the men's tournament in 2024:

ROUND	CITY	VENUR	DATES	HOST
First Four	Dayton, Ohio	UD Arena	March 19 - 20	University of Dayton
First/Second	Brooklyn. N.Y.	Barclays Center	March 22 -24	Atlantic 10 Conference
First/Second	Charlotte, N.C.	Spectrum Center	March 21 - 23	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
First/Second	Indianapolis	Gainbridge Fieldhouse	March 22 - 24	IUPUI / Horizon League
First/Second	Omaha, Neb.	CHI Health Center	March 21 - 23	Creighton University
First/Second	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena	March 21 -23	Duquesne University
First/Second	Salt Lake City	Vivint Smart Home Arena	March 22 - 24	University of Utah
First/Second	Spokane, Wash.	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	March 21 - 23	University of Idaho
First/Second	Memphis, Tenn.	FedExForum	March 22 - 24	University of Memphis
East Regional	Boston	TD Garden	March 28 - 30	Boston College
South Regional	Dallas	American Airlines Center	March 29 -31	Big 12 Conference
Midwest Regional	Detroit	Little Caesars Arena	March 29 - 31	University of Detroit Mercy / Oakland University
West Regional	Los Angeles	Crypto.com Arena	March 28 - 30	Pepperdine University

 

[MercedeSooner]

Get healthy, get in (play in whatever) make some noise. About time for some March Moser.

 

[WTSooner]

Only location/day I can make in person is probably Friday the 29th in Dallas. Doubtful OU is in the South (or makes the Sweet 16). Houston should be. Might try to make it down to watch them. Tell Kellen "maybe next year".

Next time the first two rounds are in Oklahoma aren't until 2026 (OKC).

 

[StoopsBros]

Best guess for OU:

10 seed.

The question is: Will OU play a 7 seed (Clemson, Gonzaga, Washington State, Saint Mary's, etc) or will they face another 10 seed (St. John's, Texas A&M, Oregon, etc) in a play-in game?


What I'm hoping for:


1.

or

2.

 

[IndySooner]

Only location/day I can make in person is probably Friday the 29th in Dallas. Doubtful OU is in the South (or makes the Sweet 16). Houston should be. Might try to make it down to watch them. Tell Kellen "maybe next year".

Next time the first two rounds are in Oklahoma aren't until 2026 (OKC).

If we play Tuesday in Dayton, I might be there. If we get sent to Indy this weekend, same.

 

[CoachTalk]

Best guess for OU:

10 seed.

The question is: Will OU play a 7 seed (Clemson, Gonzaga, Washington State, Saint Mary's, etc) or will they face another 10 seed (St. John's, Texas A&M, Oregon, etc) in a play-in game?


What I'm hoping for:


1.

or

2.

I’ll take it. 2 wins

 

[hoopsaustin]

Best guess for OU:

10 seed.

The question is: Will OU play a 7 seed (Clemson, Gonzaga, Washington State, Saint Mary's, etc) or will they face another 10 seed (St. John's, Texas A&M, Oregon, etc) in a play-in game?


What I'm hoping for:


1.

or

2.

If we are in the play in the game then imo we arent really in the tournament unless we win the play in game.

 

[MercedeSooner]

If we are in the play in the game then imo we arent really in the tournament unless we win the play in game.

Seems to be a bunch of OU fans spouting this right now. And ? We were safely in the tourney before however many bid stealers came through this week. A large enough group of OU fans just want this team to get $hit on as opposed to getting behind it and I don’t get it.

 

[Speedy17]

ESPN and Joe Lunardi has OU as the last team in this morning. I don't know how because they have Indiana State with RPI of 28 and St Johns both out.

The one thing that bothers me this year is that Moser didn't play the Freshmen when they played an absolutely weak Non-Conference schedule. He then played them against TCU. Of course, he was desperate because of injuries. It would have helped if they had gotten time against the door mats. This is going to be tight.

 

[TEvans4Three]

If we are in the play in the game then imo we arent really in the tournament unless we win the play in game.

Completely disagree.

But that's why they are opinions. Regardless, they will count as a march madness win in every record book.

 

[opsooner]

Conference tournaments always throw this for a loop. I hope we are in but won’t be screaming about injustice if we don’t make it.

 

[IndySooner]

Conference tournaments always throw this for a loop. I hope we are in but won’t be screaming about injustice if we don’t make it.

Last year there were ZERO bid stealers. This year, an unprecedented number. It was a bad year to be anywhere NEAR the bubble. We weren't even on the bubble going into conference tourney week and it all changed slowly as the week went on.

 

[sooner333]

Last year there were ZERO bid stealers. This year, an unprecedented number. It was a bad year to be anywhere NEAR the bubble. We weren't even on the bubble going into conference tourney week and it all changed slowly as the week went on.

And yet the season could go from a positive trajectory into the tournament to a major disappointment considering our start. But that’s the nature of the tournament.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Last year there were ZERO bid stealers. This year, an unprecedented number. It was a bad year to be anywhere NEAR the bubble. We weren't even on the bubble going into conference tourney week and it all changed slowly as the week went on.

lol again, that’s exactly what the bubble is. Just because YOU thought we were safely in doesn’t make it so. There is a reason not a single site had moved us to lock status. Every one of them noted that we were still in a situation where we could miss out if things shook out a certain way over the course of the conference tournaments.

 

[IndySooner]

lol again, that’s exactly what the bubble is. Just because YOU thought we were safely in doesn’t make it so. There is a reason not a single site had moved us to lock status. Every one of them noted that we were still in a situation where we could miss out if things shook out a certain way over the course of the conference tournaments.

It took an historic shake up.

 

[WichitaSooner]

It took an historic shake up.

Care to back that up with facts? That three bid thieves is historic?

Also, what it actually took was the University of Oklahoma winning one basketball game against a team not named OSU over the last several weeks of the season. A complete gag job. That, and a terrible record against the field and inability to even play competitively in most of those games, is why we are in this position.

 

[IBSooner]

No watch party for the team. Does that mean not likely to get in?