Bedlam Bball

[Peeb]

Anyone feelin' it?

I dunno, I'm just kinda- meh. It'll be on ESPN, so I guess I'll DVR it, but for some reason- I've been having trouble getting jazzed about the season since we lost Cobbins.

You guys have the homecourt advantage- I'll be kinda surprised if you don't win. If Smart has a big night, we could sneak out with a win, but ... we'll see.

The game being in Norman, hopefully your attitude is better than mine!

Won't wish you good luck, but WILL wish you an injury free evening.

Be well.

[SoonerorLater]

Anyone feelin' it?

I dunno, I'm just kinda- meh. It'll be on ESPN, so I guess I'll DVR it, but for some reason- I've been having trouble getting jazzed about the season since we lost Cobbins.

You guys have the homecourt advantage- I'll be kinda surprised if you don't win. If Smart has a big night, we could sneak out with a win, but ... we'll see.

The game being in Norman, hopefully your attitude is better than mine!

Won't wish you good luck, but WILL wish you an injury free evening.

Be well.


You may be a little too pessimistic on Poke BB. I think OU can match up petty well against OSU, but that doesn't mean we will play well. OSU is about a 3-4 point favorite depending which Vegas sports book you want to follow. I like OU and the points. What gives me room for pause is covering Smart on the point. I think we are better defensively using Hornbeak to cover Smart. If we want to push the ball then Woodard is the choice. My guess is we see Hornbeak with more minutes tomorrow.

[Soonerjeepman]

this game can go either way...smart is a stud. Plus the other guard...I think. SF...Brown maybe?

[OUSKINS]

Cowboys have the edge in raw talent. Pretty indisputable there.

Sooners have the edge in coaching, which also helps translate into an edge in intangibles.

Sooners also have the obvious advantage of homecourt.

Very much a 50/50 game.

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

Toss up. Sure hope we have a good crowd tonight. We need the place rockin!

[Boomer.....]

Oklahoma has won 11 of the last 17 overall meetings with Oklahoma State and holds a 129-95 all-time series advantage. The Sooners have taken nine straight Bedlam matchups in Norman and 12 of the last 13.

With Ford as their coach, I like our odds.

[Bourbon St Sooner]

Is home court an advantage for us? We've actually played better away from home this year. Hopefully there will be some more energy in the building tonight.

[Boomer.....]

It is "sold out". Let's see how many of the blue-hair, football season ticket holders show up.

[badger]

I don't have loads of confidence, but since the curse avatar/profile/sig has worked the last three wins, here goes once again. I can get lucky twice and thrive. Can I get lucky four-ice?

[birddog]

It's go time

[SoonerorLater]

Talk about playing with some intensity. Hope they can keep this up through four quarters.

[birddog]

26 18 OU with 9:27 left in half

[birddog]

If I was 20 years old and 6 ft 3 I would buy and wear our home jersey. Love the design. 28 23 8 mins left in half

[birddog]

Smart is nonexistent to this point. 32 23 OU

[SoonerorLater]

Hate it Spangler on the bench with 2 fouls. He was eating these guys up.

[Ruf/Nek7]

Little Ford's complaining payed off....officials trying to even out fouls.

[Ruf/Nek7]

Speaking of little Ford, didn't realize he was brothers with the guy from Precinct 99

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[jiminy]

OSU's gonna wear themselves out with this press, if they don't get within ten soon, that's all she wrote

[Ruf/Nek7]

Anyone else noticed that it is basically just the black official making all the calls here lately? Sheesh

[jiminy]

Whistle's broke?

[Soonerjeepman]

OSU's gonna wear themselves out with this press, if they don't get within ten soon, that's all she wrote

well at 7 now...

[jiminy]

Yeah I shouldnta said anything, I don't know nuthin about basketball

[Soonerjeepman]

if we can just keep things balanced. Who the hell would have though Neal would be our leading scorer...lol. not me

[Soonerjeepman]

Yeah I shouldnta said anything, I don't know nuthin about basketball

lol..I was given ya $hit. It's like the announcer talking about a ft streak...next time it's a miss.

[Soonerjeepman]

I'm not watching...got stats on the puter...

[jiminy]

I'm watching a stream... those aggie uniforms are ugly enough but the stream codec is oversaturating the orange making it that much harder to watch

[Soonerjeepman]

crap spang just got his 4th...7 minutes left...only 9 point lead

[Soonerjeepman]

time for Cam or Buddy to step up

[jiminy]

big 3 point play by Spangler

[Soonerjeepman]

wow leaving him in with 4...

[Soonerjeepman]

okay...little white guy is GOING TO SHOOT THE 3...

[jiminy]

yeah 5-5 from 3 point land

[jiminy]

4 fouls on Smart. Attack!!

[Soonerjeepman]

cmon boys...finish this...

[jiminy]

Nervous time. Bad call on that charge didn't help

[freshchris05]

Horrible officiating... Bad calls going both ways.

[Soonerjeepman]

4 fouls on Smart. Attack!!

yes...

[Soonerjeepman]

ok...does Ryan have 3 or 4 fouls?

[jiminy]

Big 3!

[Soonerjeepman]

Spangler is kickin a$$...17/15 wow..

[jiminy]

4 fouls

[Soonerjeepman]

that's what I thought but stats have 3..but had 4..weird

[jiminy]

Woodard gets us a 5 point swing, and Smart is taking Dumb shots... 83-70 1:45 to go

[Soonerjeepman]

okay...ummm...little white guy...SHOOTS the 3....guard him...

[jiminy]

Great block by Spangler

[Soonerjeepman]

unless we fall apart here looks like a very good W. We've done extremely well on the road, but ku/isu/osu prob L. wv, tcu who knows.....ut at home, ksu at home...nothing easy.

[jiminy]

yep, Forte is 7-9 6-6 3's, but Smart is 6-17 3-10 to compensate

[freshchris05]

Woodard gets us a 5 point swing, and Smart is taking Dumb shots... 83-70 1:45 to go

I see what you did there.

[Soonerjeepman]

yep, Forte is 7-9 6-6 3's, but Smart is 6-17 3-10 to compensate

yeah I'm thinking if I'm Ford...I WANT Forte shooting not Smart..but Smart's ego won't let that happen

[freshchris05]

Let this game end. Student section is getting restless lol

[Soonerjeepman]

nice big win...

[jiminy]

Yep great win for us, and since we shot 42 free throws, aggie will have plenty of material for their weekly cheatin refs video, which they love more than winning. It's a win-win all around.

Man we shot 50% 3's

[Soonerjeepman]

Yep great win for us, and since we shot 42 free throws, aggie will have plenty of material for their weekly cheatin refs video, which they love more than winning. It's a win-win all around.

Man we shot 50% 3's

lol...yup

[Eielson]

aggie will have plenty of material for their weekly cheatin refs video, which they love more than winning.

I don't really see it. Smart got at least 3 phantom calls. Not just bad, but absolutely horrible calls. Smart makes it pretty easy for me to enjoy watching OSU lose. Clark is going to make it even easier over the next couple years. He's a prick. About the only Oklahoma guy I'd ever cheer against. I'm glad we got Woodard instead.

[freshchris05]

I don't really see it. Smart got at least 3 phantom calls. Not just bad, but absolutely horrible calls.

You think reality matters to pokes? It was a terribly officiated game all around but when you reside in Stillwater you can't tell when your own **** stinks.

[SoonerorLater]

Nice win for the Sooners. Not one many would have penciled in at the start of the year. Got a couple of @'s coming up. Just need more of the same focus they had tonight and we should be good.

[hawaii 5-0]

Great team effort tonight.

I wish we shot better at the line tho. Maybe 30-42 isn't too bad.

Oh.....and I still hate Mushberger, this time hyping the game as The Marcus Smart Show.

ESPN didn't help by splitting the screen with the game on one half and Smart sitting on the bench on the other half of the screen. Grrrrrrr.

5-0

[Salt City Sooner]

Yep great win for us, and since we shot 42 free throws, aggie will have plenty of material for their weekly cheatin refs video, which they love more than winning. It's a win-win all around.

Man we shot 50% 3's
Gottlieb was screaming to the hills about this when that cute blonde cohort on his show pointed it out. Flat out said that Higgins is a terrible official & he hopes that he gets turned to the league office.

[ouflak]

Glad we got this one. We're going to have to start doing more vBets for this team!

[Boomer.....]

HUGE win! Nice to continue the win streak at home against aggy. We very well might be the second best team in the toughest conference in the nation. Think about that!

[Ton Loc]

Gottlieb was screaming to the hills about this when that cute blonde cohort on his show pointed it out. Flat out said that Higgins is a terrible official & he hopes that he gets turned to the league office.

Higgins is a terrible official. The league would be better without him.

Good win for us though. Tired of hearing about how the cowboys are more talented. They are terrible as a team and their coach is an absolute joke.

[kevpks]

Gottlieb was screaming to the hills about this when that cute blonde cohort on his show pointed it out. Flat out said that Higgins is a terrible official & he hopes that he gets turned to the league office.

Team discipline can overcome "bad" officiating. OSU is a hard team to officiate because they are so out of control. Smart throws himself into a crowd and forces the refs to call something. He gets the benefit of the doubt more often than not or he'd foul out in the first half every game. I know I'm biased but I hate Smart's game. Over at OP, they already started a "what recourse do we have?" thread about officiating. It's hilarious.

[picasso]

I'm not sure either program will ever reach the status we had 10 years ago. I have a feeling oSu basketball died in the melted ice of Eddie's whiskey glass.
Proud of what Kruger brings to the table though, just imagine if he had a few of Caple's squads.

[badger]

The avatar curse lives on! Next up...Iowa State

[birddog]

Cowboys look like Capel coached teams minus Blake. Haven't seen a team do less with so much more in a long time. Im really proud of our boys and Lon. They have defensive lapses but it's much more fun to watch than some of calvins teams when they went 9 minutes without a fg.

[Peeb]

Congrats to the Sooners.

You defended your house marvelously.

Lon called a great game.

[Sooner95]

Fantastic win!

Back on the road for a couple. Lets keep the mo' going!

[Soonerjeepman]

Team discipline can overcome "bad" officiating. OSU is a hard team to officiate because they are so out of control. Smart throws himself into a crowd and forces the refs to call something. He gets the benefit of the doubt more often than not or he'd foul out in the first half every game. I know I'm biased but I hate Smart's game. Over at OP, they already started a "what recourse do we have?" thread about officiating. It's hilarious.

the last foul on Buddy, Smart DEFINITELY made the initial contact and hooked Buddy's arm..then went flying.

[badger]

I wish he'd stay another year so our fans could let him have it again :)

Maybe next time bring giant noodles to illustrate how floppy he is. Also doubles as a free throw distraction!