2016 Big12 Mens Tourney

[Sooner95]

Well, here we go. #3seed in this one, a little disappointed but still a good year.

We drew ISU, which will be a good one once again.

http://www.big12sports.com/fls/10410/championships/pdfs/2016_mbasketball_bracket.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=10410

BOOMER!!

[hawaii 5-0]

Could be an early exit if we play like we did today.

5-0

[Eielson]

ISU, WVU, and then potentially KU? We're gonna have to earn that 1 seed.

[Sooner95]

TCU advancing has been the only mild surprise so far. KU is firing on all cylinders as they dissembled KSU today.

KU/Baylor in one semi. I don't expect WVU to struggle to bad with TCU.

Our game looks to be the best one of the Big12 Quarters.

[Rock Hard Corn Frog]

TCU advancing has been the only mild surprise so far. KU is firing on all cylinders as they dissembled KSU today.

KU/Baylor in one semi. I don't expect WVU to struggle to bad with TCU.

Our game looks to be the best one of the Big12 Quarters.

Always good to get a win at "Hilton South" lol.

ISU was tough tonight. Best win in a while.

Give Buddy the Wooden!

[nighttrain12]

We nearly choked it in the last few minutes but it goes down as a good win against a tough opponent. West Virginia will be even tougher on Friday night!

[hawaii 5-0]

Great team effort tonight against the Cyclones.

Buddy played at his usual high level. No one was in serious foul trouble. Turnovers were limited, tho that stupid inbounds pass with two minutes left was an ugly reminder we could still improve.

5-0

[aurorasooner]

Always good to get a win at "Hilton South" lol.

ISU was tough tonight. Best win in a while.

Give Buddy the Wooden!

Too bad the game was on the sport's tier tonight and not ESPiN or ESPiN-2. I don't really understand that deal tonight with the Big-10 and ACC games on regular cable in prime-time and the Big-12 relegated to the sport's tier, but the fans that don't have it missed a helluva game. If the game tonight was on regular cable then Buddy would win the POY/Wooden award in a landslide, imo. Geez, what a game, and Niang had a helluva game too. Two really really good players going head to head.

Sure hope we have enough left in the tank for W Va tomorrow, and if we win then either KU or Baylor on Sat. We win all 3 in 3 days, then there shouldn't be any question about Buddy being the POY and us being a No. 1 seed, although we sure had a lot of clanks and missed a lot of bunnies in the last half of our conference schedule, and made our own bed with this No. 3 seed, imo. Holy Cow, our training staff must be going nuts tonight, especially since we only played 7 most of the game. Win tomorrow, and a win Sat would be gravy.

[badger]

If new ISU guy can't win with that group of players, he's going to a have a hell of time once Niang is gone. Same goes for Tulsa's Frank Haith.

LOL at Texas, even if I'm not that fond of Baylor, either.

So now that the bottom 3's seasons are done, are TCU, OSU and KSU all going to fire their coaches?

BEAT WEST VIRGINIA RAWRRRRRR

[rock on sooner]

We nearly choked it in the last few minutes but it goes down as a good win against a tough opponent. West Virginia will be even tougher on Friday night!

I just want to remind people about how the crowd affects the game...
when the 'Clones started a run Hilton South really ramped it up...have
to be impressed with their fans. By the same token, WVU won't have
that sort of support. OUr guys stayed poised in their house...looks like
a third shot at KU, at least that's my hope....

[hawaii 5-0]

Well said. To me a good crowd is worth about 10 points in basketball.

5-0

[JLEW1818]

20 turnovers and getting destroyed by a full court press.
Looks like 7th grade basketball

[JLEW1818]

We can't finish.
Traveling turnover at half court
Air ball free throw.
****.
I guess that's college tho.

[JLEW1818]

wow???

[Rock Hard Corn Frog]

wow???

It was the right call but damn what a shot!

Now come back next week and bring it guys.

[Eielson]

I've never seen a team so good at FT's lose so many games due to crucial misses.

[nighttrain12]

When your #1 guy finishes 1 for 8, you aren't going to win very many games. It's all about the NCAA now, to determine how good of a season this really is for OU.

[Eielson]

When your #1 guy finishes 1 for 8, you aren't going to win very many games. It's all about the NCAA now, to determine how good of a season this really is for OU.

Yeah, Buddy didn't get the memo. He's supposed to pass the torch to James NEXT year. We don't need early glimpses.

[hawaii 5-0]

As I've said before, I'm OK with OU losing right now at this time. I think we still have a #2 seed locked up. I'm OK with that. I'm also OK with the team getting an extra day of rest (I think they could use it, especially if they had to come right back tomorrow and play Kansas again).

Hey, did Spangler look tired shooting (and missing) those last two free throws ?

Now they can play next week rested, with a chip on their shoulder.

Bonus tonight........James got some good playing time, which might come in handy down the road.



Still, disappointed with the huge number of turnovers. WV didn't do anything OU hadn't seen except see WV's Carter shoot lights out behind the 3 point line.

There's still no one out there that OU can't beat on any given night. I still like our chances.

5-0

[Mookie91]

Last night would be my template vs OU. Play pressure defense and force an already turnover prone team into even more. Double Hield, very good player but will take bad shots and see if the other guys can beat you. Hope that Lon has a way to combat what looks like the plan to take OU down. Hopefully last night's loss leads to some positives.

[tooslow]

There's still no one out there that OU can't beat on any given night. I still like our chances.

5-0

I'm a huge pessimist, but I agree with you 100%. If our guys bring their "A" game, we can win the whole thing. An off night could also see us lose in the first round. If I were betting, I'd say we win a minimum of 2 games, max of 3. I look at how teams finish the year. We are just 6-5 in our last 11 games, going 2-2 in games decided by double digits. As I said earlier, we can still go all the way if we get hot. There's not a single team in the country this year that makes me think, "Hope we don't get put in their bracket." I feel we can beat any team if we play well. I just don't think we can play at a high level for more than 3 games based on how we closed the season. However, I'd love for people to come back on the night of April 4th to laugh at my post and tell me how wrong I was. I would love to eat that kind of crow!

[badger]

My Twitter feed had several shots of upper deck ribbon clocks not being on 0:00 when the shot was out of Buddy's hands, but I don't expect that to change anything

Rather, snarky-me hopes something similar happens to wvu or ku, because either fanbase would have the biggest meltdown ever >:)

Congrats on the season thus far, Sooners. I am so happy that unlike many others, no pressure on selection Sunday and we get at least one more game!

[Sooner95]

I'll echo the same sentiments.. #2 seed is fine with me as well. Heck getting OKC sub, and then South regional would be the best setup.

Now to see who we get!

And that was the greatest t shot to never count. Unreal, nearly every fan in that place became a Buddy fan at that time. Was awesome to watch.

[SoonerorLater]

I would be very happy with a #2 seed. At this point we are just another pretty good top 10-20 type team. We got some push early in the season largely because of having a senior-heavy team. I see this team as a sweet sixteen team. Maybe getting to the eight with a little luck. I don't think it's so much that this team has tanked as much as our flaws are better known and becoming more exploitable.

[Eielson]

Last night would be my template vs OU. Play pressure defense and force an already turnover prone team into even more. Double Hield, very good player but will take bad shots and see if the other guys can beat you. Hope that Lon has a way to combat what looks like the plan to take OU down. Hopefully last night's loss leads to some positives.

WVU is a top 10 team, and they were very fortunate to win that game. It's more worrisome what teams like Tech and KSU were able to don on the road.

What we've done on the road is concerning, but I will say that we've seemed to do fairly well on neutral courts.