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[OUHoops]

http://www.oudaily.com/sports/oklah...cle_fb002abe-f93f-11e5-9e8d-5334e80bdd49.html

 

[oudna]

I appreciate their optimism but I think they are underestimating the value of Cousins and Hield. If that's possible. Not to mention, no one on the roster has shown the ability to do anything like what Spangler can do - aka, rebound.

I think Woodard is good enough to get us over .500 next year and I think James will be close to a 15 ppg guy.

 

[j2d2]

We may have been a good defensive team in the Big XII but that is not to say we were a good defensive team. Between two good teams, the team with the better defense wins. We allowed more points against than any other team in the Big XII. Not a good sign.

 

[Sooner04]

We may have been a good defensive team in the Big XII but that is not to say we were a good defensive team. Between two good teams, the team with the better defense wins. We allowed more points against than any other team in the Big XII. Not a good sign.

Do you ever get tired of beating that drum? There are lots of really good defensive teams that don't even sniff the NCAA Tournament.

You've got to be good in all facets of basketball, and in those facets we sucked copious loads yesterday.

 

[sdcloud9]

We may have been a good defensive team in the Big XII but that is not to say we were a good defensive team. Between two good teams, the team with the better defense wins. We allowed more points against than any other team in the Big XII. Not a good sign.

OU is never going to be a great defensive team statistically as long as they play the style they are employing.

Quicker shots mean more possessions.

They do need to get better defensively and on the boards. No doubt.

 

[Larry72]

Our biggest need is to improve passing. NC's passing is why they will win on Monday.

 

[chuckb]

We may have been a good defensive team in the Big XII but that is not to say we were a good defensive team. Between two good teams, the team with the better defense wins. We allowed more points against than any other team in the Big XII. Not a good sign.

We played the fastest tempo in the conference, the main reason we allowed more points than other teams. We had the 3rd best adjusted defense in the conference, behind only Kansas and West Virginia, and the 18th best adjusted defense in the country.

It is simply not accurate to continue with this fiction that we are not good defensively. Argue, if you want, that there are things we could do better. There certainly are. And we were dreadful defensively last night. But this team was a very good defensive team all year, and the facts bear that out.

http://kenpom.com/conf.php?c=B12

 

[Chaser728]

We played the fastest tempo in the conference, the main reason we allowed more points than other teams. We had the 3rd best adjusted defense in the conference, behind only Kansas and West Virginia, and the 18th best adjusted defense in the country.

It is simply not accurate to continue with this fiction that we are not good defensively. Argue, if you want, that there are things we could do better. There certainly are. And we were dreadful defensively last night. But this team was a very good defensive team all year, and the facts bear that out.

http://kenpom.com/conf.php?c=B12

I agree we were really underrated defensively this year. And that our pace of play leads to that conclusion for many... The problem I have is our allowance of dribble penetration... When we were at our best this season and in the tourney, we denied easy drives to the basket. That's where we must get better defensively...

 

[chuckb]

I agree we were really underrated defensively this year. And that our pace of play leads to that conclusion for many... The problem I have is our allowance of dribble penetration... When we were at our best this season and in the tourney, we denied easy drives to the basket. That's where we must get better defensively...

I agree that were we vulnerable to dribble penetration and, often, didn't defend the post well. There were better defensive teams (Villanova, for example ). In earlier tournament games we did a much better job helping off of dribble penetration but last night our help defense was atrocious. We looked at times like we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off. The best defensive teams are able to cut it off and recover. We just couldn't last night.

 

[Big Old Booger]

We played the fastest tempo in the conference, the main reason we allowed more points than other teams. We had the 3rd best adjusted defense in the conference, behind only Kansas and West Virginia, and the 18th best adjusted defense in the country.

It is simply not accurate to continue with this fiction that we are not good defensively. Argue, if you want, that there are things we could do better. There certainly are. And we were dreadful defensively last night. But this team was a very good defensive team all year, and the facts bear that out.

http://kenpom.com/conf.php?c=B12

Excellent post. Thank you. :lon

 

[KBaden145]

We played the fastest tempo in the conference, the main reason we allowed more points than other teams. We had the 3rd best adjusted defense in the conference, behind only Kansas and West Virginia, and the 18th best adjusted defense in the country.



It is simply not accurate to continue with this fiction that we are not good defensively. Argue, if you want, that there are things we could do better. There certainly are. And we were dreadful defensively last night. But this team was a very good defensive team all year, and the facts bear that out.



http://kenpom.com/conf.php?c=B12

Thank you. I was about to post this myself.

 

[WTSooner]

We played the fastest tempo in the conference,[/url]

WVU was faster. Not by much though.

 

[WTSooner]

OU is never going to be a great defensive team statistically as long as they play the style they are employing.

Not true. Depends what stats you are using. Counting stats? Sure. Efficiency stats? Those were designed to take tempo into consideration. And yes, I realize according to Ken Pom we were 18th in the country in D efficiency.

It's like the OU football fans that just don't get it. With the pace we typically move on offense, and that goes for the Big 12 in general, and for spread teams, our D stats (counting stats) are NEVER going to look like Bama's. But if you start looking at efficiency, that is a much better comparison.

 

[Mookie]

I appreciate their optimism but I think they are underestimating the value of Cousins and Hield. If that's possible. Not to mention, no one on the roster has shown the ability to do anything like what Spangler can do - aka, rebound.

I think Woodard is good enough to get us over .500 next year and I think James will be close to a 15 ppg guy.

Buddy was a great shooter. No handles though, turnover machine.

Cousins.. neither.

We will be fine. This was all Lon had to work with and he gets us a final 4. Think about now that we have big time recruits coming.

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