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OUmillenium
1/28/2012, 07:13 PM
What channel in Tulsa?

Looks like payperview but more like a sports package deal in the 600s.

Need help

OUmillenium
1/28/2012, 07:14 PM
and there it is on FSW 722

StoopTroup
1/28/2012, 07:20 PM
691ATT UVerse

kevpks
1/28/2012, 07:26 PM
Clearly mugging is legal in Manhattan.

Eielson
1/28/2012, 07:48 PM
Beautiful looking oop from Blair to Clark. Up 27-24 with 3:00 left in the half. This would look great on our NCAA Tournament resume. :P

Eielson
1/28/2012, 07:51 PM
ANOTHER OOP TO CLARK! RAWR!

kevpks
1/28/2012, 07:55 PM
Great defense so far! We need to get Osby going in the 2nd half

Eielson
1/28/2012, 07:57 PM
Pledger puttin' the team on his back. Up 6 heading into half. This would be a might impressive victory. Only Baylor was able to come in here and win, and that was only by 2 points. Missouri wasn't as lucky.

Interesting note: we're outrebounding KSU...

kevpks
1/28/2012, 08:09 PM
Interesting note: we're outrebounding KSU...

Didn't K-State have a huge rebounding edge in the Norman game?

Eielson
1/28/2012, 08:12 PM
Didn't K-State have a huge rebounding edge in the Norman game?

+20 I believe.

SoonerInFortSmith
1/28/2012, 08:24 PM
And everything the Sooners do is a foul now.

Eielson
1/28/2012, 08:31 PM
10-0 run for K-State and it's tied up at 40 now.

Eielson
1/28/2012, 08:34 PM
Grooms is turning into more and more of an offensive liability. I hope he comes back next year with the ability to knock down and open jump shot. That would help so much.

Eielson
1/28/2012, 08:39 PM
4 on Pledger. 4 on Fitz. 3 on Osby. 3 on Washington. Not looking good...

Eielson
1/28/2012, 08:42 PM
First lane violation in the history of ever called on OU. Cost us a point.

Eielson
1/28/2012, 08:43 PM
Clark with another oop! I could get used to this.

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 08:46 PM
Refs are determined to destroy us. BS call on Fitz because the crowd was upset about call on other end.

Eielson
1/28/2012, 08:47 PM
CJ now has 4. Double bonus from here on out says announcer. Yuck.

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 08:53 PM
Pledge. Bang Biscuit.

Eielson
1/28/2012, 08:54 PM
Pledger having one of the best performances of recent years by a sooner basketball player.

SoonerInFortSmith
1/28/2012, 08:54 PM
Pledger on fire!

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 08:57 PM
OU by 4 with 4 to play.

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 09:03 PM
2 charges taken by Osby in the last couple of minutes

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 09:03 PM
OU by 1 with 1:20 to go.

AlboSooner
1/28/2012, 09:04 PM
Kruger is a good coach. /capt obvious

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 09:06 PM
Pledge with 2 FT. OU by 3 with 1:01.

AlboSooner
1/28/2012, 09:09 PM
Sooners might pull this one out. Crucial offensive rebound with 9.3 seconds left. KSU fouls. Ou makes both free throws.

SoonerInFortSmith
1/28/2012, 09:09 PM
2 huge free throws by Osby

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 09:09 PM
2 FT by Osby. OU by 3 with 7 secs.

SoonerInFortSmith
1/28/2012, 09:10 PM
Get a rebound and win!

AlboSooner
1/28/2012, 09:11 PM
Ou fouls, willing to give up two, rather than three. Sends to the line a 49% shooter.

Eielson
1/28/2012, 09:11 PM
Kruger sacrifices Fitz to put a bad FT shooter at the line. Not sure about this...

Eielson
1/28/2012, 09:13 PM
We really need to get rid of this "holding, but not intentional" call late in the game. Pure garbage that you get to pick who you foul with no time off the clock. It's absolutely intentional.

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 09:15 PM
OU wins 63-60!!

AlboSooner
1/28/2012, 09:15 PM
Sooners win. Krugers' strategy was successful.

SoonerInFortSmith
1/28/2012, 09:15 PM
What a win. Pledger was off the charts tonight. Good defense and rebounding. Awesome!

kevpks
1/28/2012, 09:16 PM
Great win Sooners! The hard work is paying off.

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 09:16 PM
We need 5 more games against K-State.

oumartin
1/28/2012, 09:16 PM
good win, I couldn't find it on the tube so spent quite a bit of time in my truck listening to it via radio..

Eielson
1/28/2012, 09:17 PM
Phew! I'm definitely gonna have to second guess Kruger on fouling with Fitzgerald with 5.2 seconds and not on that last shot, but it feels good to finally get a good W on the road!

Bourbon St Sooner
1/28/2012, 09:17 PM
We've really played well since the game in stoolwater.

SoonerMom2
1/28/2012, 09:18 PM
OU has K-State's number. What an awesome game on the road no less! Great win by the Sooners! I can now relax. Long last ten seconds!

LRoss
1/28/2012, 09:20 PM
Great win! I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting this one!

I watched on espn3 and I don't know if it's the same feed that you all got to watch locally, seemed like K-State announcers. So I don't know if anybody else saw the quick interview with the Wildcat coach at halftime, when asked about how to slow down Pledger he said "Well he was number one on our scouting report, so obviously Will Spradling wasn't paying attention." Wow! What young kid wouldn't want to go to Manhattan and play for that charmer! I don't think I've ever heard a coach on any level be that demeaning toward a player publicly.

Lott's Bandana
1/28/2012, 09:20 PM
Conference wins are gold.

Road conference wins are buttah.

Soonerus
1/28/2012, 09:24 PM
Very good win...

S.PadreIsl.Sooner
1/28/2012, 09:27 PM
Woo Hoo! Big win, boys! Big win!

Eielson
1/28/2012, 09:31 PM
Great win! I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting this one!

I watched on espn3 and I don't know if it's the same feed that you all got to watch locally, seemed like K-State announcers. So I don't know if anybody else saw the quick interview with the Wildcat coach at halftime, when asked about how to slow down Pledger he said "Well he was number one on our scouting report, so obviously Will Spradling wasn't paying attention." Wow! What young kid wouldn't want to go to Manhattan and play for that charmer! I don't think I've ever heard a coach on any level be that demeaning toward a player publicly.

Yeah, those were definitely K-State announcers. I heard the part about Pledger being number one on their scouting report, but I guess I tuned out the part about Spradling. What a dick. That's something you don't do. I don't know what he's really like, though. I know a guy who started for Martin and Huggins at K-State and he seemed to be much more fond of Martin. Maybe he's not as bad as he seems.

TopDog8025
1/28/2012, 10:22 PM
What an awesome win! You can check out the recap here :) Boomer Sooner! http://isportsweb.com/2012/01/28/oklahoma-basketball-kruger-earns-win-over-alma-mater-as-sooners-top-kansas-state/

StoopTroup
1/29/2012, 12:40 AM
Close friend of ours Mother Passed away yesterday so we were busy tonight. I did tape the game though and just finished watching.

We look like a Basketball Team again. Haven't seen us look this good since Sampson was Coach.

We looked OK when Blake and his Brother were here but we look better now as a Team IMO so If you are a Blake Griffin fan, don't start tripping'. I think Blake was a Great Player too.

Eielson
1/29/2012, 01:25 AM
Close friend of ours Mother Passed away yesterday so we were busy tonight. I did tape the game though and just finished watching.

We look like a Basketball Team again. Haven't seen us look this good since Sampson was Coach.

BLAKE WAS THE BEST EVER!!!

StoopTroup
1/29/2012, 01:39 AM
That Capel ever Coached.

S.PadreIsl.Sooner
1/29/2012, 09:41 AM
Blake was the best....Big Man

Mookie was the best....Guard

Waymon was best!!!!

Grant is #4.

Najeira was no slouch, either.

Lott's Bandana
1/29/2012, 10:27 AM
Tough closing stretch, especially with the Sighclones beating the Jawks last night.


Feb 1


@
#5 KU (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2305/kansas-jayhawks)

9:00 PM ET


Feb 4


vs
ISU (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/66/iowa-state-cyclones)

6:00 PM ET


Feb 6


vs
#2 MIZZ (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/142/missouri-tigers)

7:00 PM ET


Feb 11


@
TTU (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2641/texas-tech-red-raiders)

8:00 PM ET


Feb 14


vs
TEX (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/251/texas-longhorns)

8:00 PM ET


Feb 18


@
ISU (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/66/iowa-state-cyclones)

1:30 PM ET


Feb 22


vs
OKST (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/197/oklahoma-state-cowboys)

8:00 PM ET


Feb 25


@
#7 BAY (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/239/baylor-bears)

1:30 PM ET


Feb 29


@
TEX (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/251/texas-longhorns)

9:00 PM ET


Mar 3


@
TA&M (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/245/texas-aggies)

4:00 PM ET

OUmillenium
1/29/2012, 11:00 AM
Phew! I'm definitely gonna have to second guess Kruger on fouling with Fitzgerald with 5.2 seconds and not on that last shot, but it feels good to finally get a good W on the road!

Great plan. When the game is on the line you make the play. Doesn't matter who it is. Even if it is your best player. If you are not good enough to seal the game after the FTs, it doesn't matter.

Was Fitz going to bring the ball down the court - no

Was Fitz going to be the shooter we try to get the ball to in order to get fouled - no

Don't overthink it. That's an easy one for the camp who believes in fouling in that situation...which I do.

King Crimson
1/29/2012, 11:42 AM
put me in the not expecting a road win group. hooray. loved the quote from Martin about us making it a physical game. box score doesn't look like rebound domination (Osby with 3) but hey.

PalmettoSooner
1/29/2012, 12:38 PM
Tough closing stretch, especially with the Sighclones beating the Jawks last night.


Feb 1


@
#5 KU (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2305/kansas-jayhawks)

9:00 PM ET


Feb 4


vs
ISU (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/66/iowa-state-cyclones)

6:00 PM ET


Feb 6


vs
#2 MIZZ (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/142/missouri-tigers)

7:00 PM ET


Feb 11


@
TTU (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2641/texas-tech-red-raiders)

8:00 PM ET


Feb 14


vs
TEX (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/251/texas-longhorns)

8:00 PM ET


Feb 18


@
ISU (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/66/iowa-state-cyclones)

1:30 PM ET


Feb 22


vs
OKST (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/197/oklahoma-state-cowboys)

8:00 PM ET


Feb 25


@
#7 BAY (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/239/baylor-bears)

1:30 PM ET


Feb 29


@
TEX (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/251/texas-longhorns)

9:00 PM ET


Mar 3


@
TA&M (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/245/texas-aggies)

4:00 PM ET



You're right, that is a tough stretch...6 of our last 10 games are on the road. 3 of our last 10 games are against top 10 teams.

LRoss
1/29/2012, 01:08 PM
That last game against A&M should be at home, no? That at least evens out the home/away to 5/5.

StoopTroup
1/29/2012, 01:53 PM
Blake was the best....Big Man

Mookie was the best....Guard

Waymon was best!!!!

Grant is #4.

Najeira was no slouch, either.

Alvin Adams was the best Big Man.

Blake definitely was a close 2nd.

Maybe some day OU will retire Blake's Jersey and he will be in that highly respected Group you are so quick to toss him in. He left for the NBA but Adams Also was a great NBA Player and also Rookie of the Year in the NBA. His Rookie Season the Suns go to the NBA Finals and in 1977 Alvin recorded a triple-double with 47 points, 18 rebounds and 12 assists against the Buffalo Braves. He is one of four players in NBA history (along with Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain and Vince Carter) to have as many as 46 points and 16 rebounds in a triple-double performance.

I'm not trying to take to much away from Blake but many folks forget or never saw Alvin play and IMO he put OU Basketball on the Map and is just one of those Players that you might try and replace or ignore when great OU Basketball Greats are talked about but if you do your homework and ask folks who saw him play like I did, you should quickly come to the conclusion that Alvin deserved to be mentioned and IMO still is the Greatest Big Man In OU History .

Also Alvin was a 4.0 Student and I believe hishe was Studying to be a Doctor. Incredible Talent and incredible Scholar.

Also, plenty of ways to compare the two...Blake played 68 games for the Sooners in 2 years and Alvin played 76 games in 3 Seasons. Blake had 484 FGs in 2 years and Alvin had 710. Blake's 2nd Season he had 300 FGs in 35 games and in Alvin's 3rd year he had 279 FGs in 26 Games.

We can continue to argue and disagree but one thing you'll never be able to deny is that Alvin was indeed a Great Sooner Player and iMO it would have been possible for Blake to indeed be the Greatest Big Man and Greatest Player in OUs History had he played a 3rd or even 4th year here.
Watching him play in the NBA the last two years, he obviously made the right decision for his career and has already proved that he is capable of a 13 year NBA Career like Alvin and may even be an NBA Hall of Famer some day if he continues to stay healthy and play at the level he is playing at right now.

kevpks
1/29/2012, 02:56 PM
Alvin Adams was the best Big Man.

Blake definitely was a close 2nd.


Blake was the first Naismith winner in school history. That should show up in your analysis somewhere. It would be like comparing Sam Bradford to Josh Heupel and leaving out that whole Heisman thing.

Eielson
1/29/2012, 04:20 PM
Great plan. When the game is on the line you make the play. Doesn't matter who it is. Even if it is your best player. If you are not good enough to seal the game after the FTs, it doesn't matter.

Was Fitz going to bring the ball down the court - no

Was Fitz going to be the shooter we try to get the ball to in order to get fouled - no

Don't overthink it. That's an easy one for the camp who believes in fouling in that situation...which I do.

If that game goes to OT we would've been really hurt not to have Fitz. I'm not saying it was a bad call, though. You missed the last part of that sentence. Why did we not foul before that lost shot?

Eielson
1/29/2012, 04:43 PM
I just want to say that Blake Griffin made Tyler Hansbrough look like child's play in that Elite 8 game. If we had a second Taylor Griffin instead of a Blake Griffin down there, we would've lost by about 40. UNC was throwing out two and three McDonald's All-Americans at a time at him and it was not working. Hansbrough was a senior who won the national player of the year the year before and even with help, he wasn't a challenge for Blake. I'm not old enough to have seen the likes of Wayman, but there are very few players over the last 10-15 years that Blake wouldn't have manhandled. He's one of the best of all-time and there is no doubt about it. The only reason anybody says he's not is because he's so recent...which is a terrible reason. Just because somebody played a long time ago doesn't mean they are somehow magically better.

Sooner95
1/29/2012, 05:18 PM
As I've said before. ANY road win in this conference is awesome. We own them Wildcats azzes this year.

Truley make or break coming up in the next 3 games.

@KU
ISU
MU

They will all be ranked, getting 2 of 3, nothing less, will at least open the door again for NCAA talk.

StoopTroup
1/29/2012, 06:22 PM
Blake was the first Naismith winner in school history. That should show up in your analysis somewhere. It would be like comparing Sam Bradford to Josh Heupel and leaving out that whole Heisman thing.

Yeah....so let us ask why Blake didn't win the Naismith in his Freshman and Sophomore Year since when Adams Played in 72-75 Bill Walton and UCLA owned College Basketball during those years.

Walton was a 3 Time Winner. Nobody else had a chance of taking away the Naismith from Walton. The guy was nearly a National Treasure and the Media Darling.

Also the Naismith first was issued in 1969 so before Walton claimed a 3 year lock on that prize we saw Lew Alcindor (Kareem Aldul Jabbar), Pistol Pete Maravich and Austin Carr were they only guys before Walton to ever win the Award.

Comparing the Heisman to the Naismith is a bit odd. The Heisman was a bit more of a storied award and was created in 1935. When Adams played it was in it's infancy. Indeed it has become a very prestigious award but back then if anyone beat UCLA in Basketball it was considered a pretty huge upset.

So I guess your attempt to toss in a Blake has one of these and Alvin doesn't...I guess it has some merit of measure but only in claiming that someone was voted the best College Player that Year. It's not necessarily a measure of this player was better than that Player as most Basketball Fans all agree that Micheal Jordan was and still is the best Player in Basketball ever. Some may object that Jordan is the best ever but that's again not much different than arguing that Adams was better then Griffin or Griffin was better than Adams. They never played against each other....they meerly represented OU as Players and IMO Adams as a Center had a bit bigger impact on OU than Blake. As far as the Greatest OU Player overall....Many might even argue that Wayman or Mookie were the best.

Just don't go making lists and leaving an OU Player who's Jersey was retired out of the list of OU's Greatest Basketball Players. I don't leave out Blake. I meerly think Alvin's Impact on OU's History is overshadowed by Blake and recent History and popularity. When talking about who is best...the guy who was around 35 years ago is always going to be at a distinct disadvantage but it doesn't mean he should be. Alvin was an awesome Player and I became an OU Basketball Fan because of him. I'm sure I'm not the only OU Fan that will remind you of his impact.

I might even agree that Blake's jersey be retired due to winning the Naismith. It's a heck of an accomplishment especially now days when KU, Duke and UNC seem to be the Teams to beat year after year.

Lott's Bandana
1/29/2012, 07:08 PM
Alvin was awesome.
Wayman was Über awesome.
Mookie was awesome.
Blake was/is Über awesome.

Sometimes being an old ballodust has its advantages. Loved watching all of these guys.


We may not be a basketball school, however, we have had some pretty noteworthy individuals wearing the C&C.

badger
1/29/2012, 07:21 PM
I just want to say that Blake Griffin made Tyler Hansbrough look like child's play in that Elite 8 game. If we had a second Taylor Griffin instead of a Blake Griffin down there, we would've lost by about 40. UNC was throwing out two and three McDonald's All-Americans at a time at him and it was not working. Hansbrough was a senior who won the national player of the year the year before and even with help, he wasn't a challenge for Blake. I'm not old enough to have seen the likes of Wayman, but there are very few players over the last 10-15 years that Blake wouldn't have manhandled. He's one of the best of all-time and there is no doubt about it. The only reason anybody says he's not is because he's so recent...which is a terrible reason. Just because somebody played a long time ago doesn't mean they are somehow magically better.

Fond memory here:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2lkwtpw.gif

:D

StoopTroup
1/29/2012, 07:21 PM
Alvin was awesome.
Wayman was Über awesome.
Mookie was awesome.
Blake was/is Über awesome.

Sometimes being an old ballodust has its advantages. Loved watching all of these guys.


We may not be a basketball school, however, we have had some pretty noteworthy individuals wearing the C&C.

Exactly. The Naismith wasn't Uber in 1972.....matter of fact uber was probably something you'd be prosecuted for treason for.

badger
1/29/2012, 07:24 PM
I might even agree that Blake's jersey be retired due to winning the Naismith. It's a heck of an accomplishment especially now days when KU, Duke and UNC seem to be the Teams to beat year after year.

What we should do:

1- Wait for Blake to get named to the 2012 Olympic team (he's currently one of 20 finalists... I think the final roster is 12 with two alternates) then sit back as Blake earns a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.

2- Wait for rest of the Sooner fanbase to catch on that Wayman also won a gold medal.

3-???

4- SOONER OLYMPIC PARK WITH BOTH BLAKE AND WAYMAN STATUES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

(or profit)

StoopTroup
1/29/2012, 07:30 PM
You will hear the words "Rookie Sensation Alvin Adams" in this...

So Adams was Sensational

Mookie was Awesome

Wayman was Uber Awesome

and until someone changes the terminology...

I guess Blake is also Uber - awesome...LMAO


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvBxzd9heLo

King Crimson
1/29/2012, 07:40 PM
i'm all for honoring Alvan. great Sooner. however, i do have to say Blake made Hansborough look like a chump. BG beats him baseline on one of our first possessions, it was stupid. that UNC team was really good, no one tested them in the tournament. ours was the closest game they played and they beat us by double diggies. Crocker beating Syracuse was pretty sweet though. take that ESPN Cuse loverboys.

that Sooner team with the good Juan Patillo would have been a tough out in March. PG was a weakness, compared to Ty Lawson let's say....but, playing at a high level before the road loss to an Elite 8 Mizzou team with Demarre Carroll.

StoopTroup
1/29/2012, 07:41 PM
What we should do:

1- Wait for Blake to get named to the 2012 Olympic team (he's currently one of 20 finalists... I think the final roster is 12 with two alternates) then sit back as Blake earns a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.

2- Wait for rest of the Sooner fanbase to catch on that Wayman also won a gold medal.

3-???

4- SOONER OLYMPIC PARK WITH BOTH BLAKE AND WAYMAN STATUES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

(or profit)


Adams was considered a Pro so no Olympics.

However....his rookie season ended in Game 5 in the Boston Garden against one of the most Storied Franchises in NBA History and in a Game that will never be forgotten....3 OTs.

picasso
1/29/2012, 11:24 PM
Wayman was the first consensus frosh All American. And had he not left early he would have been the first 4 time AA.
That's some heavy chit bro.

Eielson
1/29/2012, 11:56 PM
Wayman was the first consensus frosh All American. And had he not left early he would have been the first 4 time AA.
That's some heavy chit bro.

Wayman had the best career, no doubt. It gets trickier if you define "best" by just one season/when they were at the top of their game, though.

kevpks
1/30/2012, 01:22 AM
Just don't go making lists and leaving an OU Player who's Jersey was retired out of the list of OU's Greatest Basketball Players.

I'm not making any lists, so I don't know if that was directed at me. All I was saying is that out of the thousands of words you've written in this forum I would think that Blake being player of the year in all of college basketball deserved a mention.

C&CDean
1/30/2012, 11:04 AM
I'm just happy somebody spelled Alvan's name right.

badger
1/30/2012, 12:01 PM
Pledge was Big 12 player of the week :)

Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OSU/article.aspx?subjectid=93&articleid=20120130_93_0_Olhmtv345238)

StoopTroup
1/30/2012, 02:44 PM
I'm just happy somebody spelled Alvan's name right.

yeah...I feel bad about that. I just hadn't talked about him in a long time. It really brought back some cool memories of games I saw as a kid.

I thought Pistol Pete Maravich, Nate Archibald, The Big O, Jerry West, Rick Barry's Granny Shot Free Throws, Walt Frazier, John Halicek etc....were the bomb growing up. They all brought magic to the game. I'm sure I'm leaving out some guys too.

Alvan was one of the Big Men like Wilt the Stilt, Lew Alcindor, Walton, Bill Russell, Cowens that changed the game in a different way.

Good times.

StoopTroup
1/30/2012, 02:46 PM
Pledge was Big 12 player of the week :)

Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OSU/article.aspx?subjectid=93&articleid=20120130_93_0_Olhmtv345238)

That's awesome. He was on fire the other night.

Eielson
1/30/2012, 04:44 PM
Fond memory here:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2lkwtpw.gif

:D

Believe it or not, I was actually thinking about that as I posted. That sums up Blake vs. Hansbrough pretty well. It's a shame Blake's team didn't win. Somehow people overlook how badly he outplayed him because of that.

badger
1/30/2012, 04:47 PM
Believe it or not, I was actually thinking about that as I posted. That sums up Blake vs. Hansbrough pretty well. It's a shame Blake's team didn't win. Somehow people overlook how badly he outplayed him because of that.

It's cuz our shooter decided to have his shooting night against Michigan, not UNC. :(

I think "Psycho T" was psyching him up in front of the mirror that day before the game, picturing that slam dunk poster shot moment that he was gonna have against the best player in the country and future top pick in the NBA draft. He was Psycho T and he was gonna dunk on Blake Griffin!

Or not :P

badger
1/30/2012, 04:52 PM
Speaking of gifs, as soon as the Sooners earn my avatar back, I'm gonna use the one I gave to the ouhoops gif thread in honor of our KSU sweep :)

http://i.picasion.com/pic49/0648e776e1ed5aaa2daed79952644bdc.gif

And yeah, it'll probably blink a lot faster when it's tinier :D

badger
1/30/2012, 11:56 PM
Wayman was the first consensus frosh All American. And had he not left early he would have been the first 4 time AA.
That's some heavy chit bro.

We got the first one eventually, although it was on the women's side. I am referring to none other than Courtney Paris, the first four-time AA in womens college basketball :)

picasso
1/31/2012, 12:14 AM
Wayman had the best career, no doubt. It gets trickier if you define "best" by just one season/when they were at the top of their game, though.
Just how tricky? I'm not taking anything away from Blake but there were some bad *** college basketball players in the early to mid 80's. Those teams and players on the east side of the country were flat out good (Big East, ACC in particular). It was a bit tougher for Wayman to pull a POY honor.

picasso
1/31/2012, 12:15 AM
We got the first one eventually, although it was on the women's side. I am referring to none other than Courtney Paris, the first four-time AA in womens college basketball :)
Good point!

StoopTroup
2/4/2012, 04:43 PM
Just how tricky? I'm not taking anything away from Blake but there were some bad *** college basketball players in the early to mid 80's. Those teams and players on the east side of the country were flat out good (Big East, ACC in particular). It was a bit tougher for Wayman to pull a POY honor.

Same point I was trying to make as far as Alvan.