Travis "Trailer Park" Ford on the clock(thanks Boca)

[Max Power]

I think OSU makes the tournament if Williams doesn't get caught with his fingers in the cookie jar.

well then he shouldn't be raping people

 

[5hrenergy]

well then he shouldn't be raping people

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cihmrPEmZI0&feature=related[/ame]

 

[bocabull]

And hillbilly ford knowingly played the rapist so thanks to lots of help from the refs he narrowly avoided being swept by the worst OU team in 40 years.

Lol @ hillbilly & that team of scrubs making the tournament.

He's on the clock.

 

[CarlWeathers]

three 20 win seasons and hes on the clock? haha.

Most programs fire guys who make the tourney 2 out of 3 years, bring in a top 10 recruit and have 3 20 wins seasons. Who do you think OSU is, duke?

 

[skyvue]

three 20 win seasons and hes on the clock? haha.

If they keep scheduling the way they did last season, there'll be no excuse for ever having another season of fewer than 20 wins. Whoever's currently handling the scheduling cleared their lessons well from the football team: Patsies a-plenty means you're at least on the bubble well into February (or, in football terms, you're almost assured of a bowl game).

 

[HoHum]

If they keep scheduling the way they did last season, there'll be no excuse for ever having another season of fewer than 20 wins. Whoever's currently handling the scheduling cleared their lessons well from the football team: Patsies a-plenty means you're at least on the bubble well into February (or, in football terms, you're almost assured of a bowl game).

Why is this such an accepted argument on this board? OSU didn't "schedule patsies a plenty" this season. V Tech, DePaul, Murray State, Tulsa, Missouri State, Stanford, Gonzaga, Alabama, UTSA (tournament team).

Actually, according to kenpom, OSU had the 4th toughest non-con schedule besides KU, UT and K State.

On another note, looks like Roger Franklin is transferring. Which is a surprise.

 

[stoops4pres]

Well, we're not talking about a huge swing here.

I'm not saying that with a healthy Gulley OSU goes 12-4 in the conference and is an absolute lock.

But I think his steady play and defense at the point guard position would have been worth at least two more Big 12 wins when bad point-guard play was OSU's biggest problem for the first 3/4 of the season.

Sounds like wishful thinking to me.

I wasn't saying nor trying to imply that Ok. State would've been one of the top-tier teams in the conference had he not gone down. My opinion still stands that he wasn't valuable enough to make a statement that he would've "probably" lifted Ok. State to "at least" two more Big 12 wins, though.

Its all conjecture anyways, and you guys had more problems than just Gulley's absence.

 

[stoops4pres]

Why is this such an accepted argument on this board? OSU didn't "schedule patsies a plenty" this season. V Tech, DePaul, Murray State, Tulsa, Missouri State, Stanford, Gonzaga, Alabama, UTSA (tournament team).

Actually, according to kenpom, OSU had the 4th toughest non-con schedule besides KU, UT and K State.

On another note, looks like Roger Franklin is transferring. Which is a surprise.

Agreed that its a myth that Ok. State went out and scheduled cupcakes.

But I think the point can stand without including DePaul, a perennial doormat.... That's like including Duke in football.

 

[HoHum]

Agreed that its a myth that Ok. State went out and scheduled cupcakes.

But I think the point can stand without including DePaul, a perennial doormat.... That's like including Duke in football.

I was just running off either teams in major conferences or teams that won their conference made the tournament. I agree that Depaul has been consistently awful, and bad mid-major level. But, I'm a pretty big fan of scheduling bad high major teams, since their RPI will never be awful because they'll play so many high RPI teams.

 

[stoops4pres]

I was just running off either teams in major conferences or teams that won their conference made the tournament. I agree that Depaul has been consistently awful, and bad mid-major level. But, I'm a pretty big fan of scheduling bad high major teams, since their RPI will never be awful because they'll play so many high RPI teams.

I see what you're saying, and it is a good strategy to imploy given the RPI's flaws.

That's why I think Sagarin and KenPom's systems are more reliable.

 

[Dignon003]

True OSU had more problems than Gulley. Gulley got hurt, Penn quit, obviously there is the Williams issue. It will be interesting to see what Ford Does with Williams, Penn and Franklins scholarships.

Aaric Murray is hopefully one. I'm curious if OSU is going to go with a frontcourt of Cobbins, Shaw, JPO and Nash for 2011 and leave the other two schollies for 2012