Silence is golden in one sense....

[NMSooner'80]

We're not having to hear this year about how OSU should have gotten in ahead of OU in this year's bracket. It was more annoying than usual to hear both Aggy fans and media (also Aggy fans) try to make the case that "OU got in over OSU and it's so unfair...." Last year, OSU wasn't even getting ahead if it came down to picking between them and Baylor, and their RPI sucked compared to ours.

I make no apologies for last year's bid, or this year's. OU is still the best basketball school in the state, bar none.

 

[Max Power]

We're not having to hear this year about how OSU should have gotten in ahead of OU in this year's bracket. It was more annoying than usual to hear both Aggy fans and media (also Aggy fans) try to make the case that "OU got in over OSU and it's so unfair...." Last year, OSU wasn't even getting ahead if it came down to picking between them and Baylor, and their RPI sucked compared to ours.

I make no apologies for last year's bid, or this year's. OU is still the best basketball school in the state, bar none.

Last year there were 4 11 seeds and 4 NIT 1 seeds at least between us and osu. They were a NIT 2 seed we were the last 10 seed. They never seemed to be able to do the math that it was never between us and them.

 

[SoonerTraveler]

Yesterday (March 20, 2019) was the ten (10) year anniversary since the last time the Oklahoma State Cowboys won a game in the NCAA tournament.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7027

 

[MsProudSooner]

Yesterday (March 20, 2019) was the ten (10) year anniversary since the last time the Oklahoma State Cowboys won a game in the NCAA tournament.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7027

Wow........

 

[BCSooners]

Yesterday (March 20, 2019) was the ten (10) year anniversary since the last time the Oklahoma State Cowboys won a game in the NCAA tournament.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7027

Amazing

 

[SuperHoops]

Travis Ford is back in the tourney this year!

 

[SoonerTraveler]

Travis Ford is back in the tourney this year!

Another former OSU coach (Brad Underwood) is not. In his 2nd season at Illinois, his team finished 12-21 (7-13; Big-10).

 

[Zimwillett]

Last year there were 4 11 seeds and 4 NIT 1 seeds at least between us and osu. They were a NIT 2 seed we were the last 10 seed. They never seemed to be able to do the math that it was never between us and them.

As an admitted NCAA selection nerd, that whole OU vs. OSU debate was incredibly frustrating. As always, fans and media grossly overrated the importance/impact of a single game in a conference tournament. The bottom line was, short of winning the Big 12 tournament, OSU was never in line for an NCAA bid.

The reason: their paper soft non conference schedule---Pepperdine (6-26), Charlotte (6-26), ORU (11-21), Pitt (8-24), Houston Baptist (6-25), Mississippi Valley State (4-28), TxRGV (15-18). Same thing with NC State this year. NCST won 22 games including a pretty "big" win in the first round of the ACC tournament over Clemson. The problem is that 10 of their non conference wins were over teams with 20+ losses, including some of the worst teams from the weakest conferences.

The committee can't have been clearer that it will not reward this sort of scheduling. Wins over South Carolina Upstate and Houston Baptist are essentially meaningless to the selection committee. When 40-50% of your win total comes from that echelon, it becomes a net negative.