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Final42b

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starting to? why wouldn't you be worried about them the whole season? when have they not been right there with Iowa State and WVU with big wins? seasons are full or swings and runs. WVU was on fire and everyone was like 'omg they are scary' now they lose a couple and they aren't impressive at all. OU and Baylor win a few and now THEY'RE the scary ones. it's all part of the season. teams rise and fall.

Because they have been very impressive the last few games. Are you blind? Don't think it's automatic we beat them at home.
 

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Because they have been very impressive the last few games. Are you blind? Don't think it's automatic we beat them at home.

are YOU blind? yes they are impressive. that is NOTHING NEW. teams win and lose games, especially in a league this tough. not sure why now all of a sudden they are scary. they've been teams to be taken seriously all year.
 

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are YOU blind? yes they are impressive. that is NOTHING NEW. teams win and lose games, especially in a league this tough. not sure why now all of a sudden they are scary. they've been teams to be taken seriously all year.

They have been on another level the last few games, especially Baylor they are a lot better than anyone thought they would be.
 

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I've said at beginning of B12 that the winner could have 4-5 losses. It's starting to look like winner will have 3-4.
 

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We beat teams at Hilton. That's just the way of the world. They'll play tough and they'll lose.

I think we will beat them, but it wouldn't shock me to see us lose one of them. Guy like Heild could go off and ruin our winning streak.
 

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I think we will beat them, but it wouldn't shock me to see us lose one of them. Guy like Heild could go off and ruin our winning streak.

I'd be more worried about WVU or Baylor than Oklahoma. There is no way we lose on senior day in Hilton to OU. Don't see that happening. Especially if it comes down to us vs. them for 2nd place. I think we win all home games but all we be tough.
 

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KU loss hurts conference ranking and ultimately ISU seed at dance.

I hope you know what you're doing here, with this kind of hard hitting, right on the money analysis ESPN is going to be calling you day and night looking to get you on the Nation blog.
 

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The crappy part about this year (and most years) is how early we are done playing KU. Hopefully the big 12 gets things situated and realizes the benefit of having your top programs playing late in the year.

Everyone still thinks we suck. That's why the coaches picked us to finish 5th. Next year we will probably be picked to finish 8th, they are idiots.
 

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I'd be more worried about WVU or Baylor than Oklahoma. There is no way we lose on senior day in Hilton to OU. Don't see that happening. Especially if it comes down to us vs. them for 2nd place. I think we win all home games but all we be tough.

forgot it was senior day, yeah you wouldn't think we'd let them beat us then.
 

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If ISU can steal one at OU Monday, we can start talking about a race. I see KU losing no more then 2 more(@WVU and @OU), which means ISU can only lose one more game to have a chance. I just dont see it happening, but winning on Monday would be a great start.

If ISU some how wins out, they will win it outright.
Lose 1 more, they will tie.
Lose 2 more, 2nd place, probably tie with OU unless we win Monday.
Lose 3 more, 3rd place.
Lose 4 more, tie for 3rd place.
 

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If ISU can steal one at OU Monday, we can start talking about a race. I see KU losing no more then 2 more(@WVU and @OU), which means ISU can only lose one more game to have a chance. I just dont see it happening, but winning on Monday would be a great start.

If ISU some how wins out, they will win it outright.
Lose 1 more, they will tie.
Lose 2 more, 2nd place, probably tie with OU unless we win Monday.
Lose 3 more, 3rd place.
Lose 4 more, tie for 3rd place.


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The next four games will tell us a ton. at OU, WVU at home, at OSU and at Texas. Pretty brutal. If by some chance we win all four (which we can but not likely) the race will be down to the wire.
 

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The next four games will tell us a ton. at OU, WVU at home, at OSU and at Texas. Pretty brutal. If by some chance we win all four (which we can but not likely) the race will be down to the wire.

If they win all 4 of those, they probably win out, IMO.
 

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I'm not really impressed with it either. It was a huge win, but let's face it WVU couldn't throw the ball in the ocean that game. They played really bad.

I agree we've had some good wins, but none of them were impressive. I mean the other team scored fewer points than us each time so they pretty much gave us the game.
 

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the win against WVU is looking more and more unimpressive.

I have said all year that West Virginia is one of the worst shooting teams in the game. Stop them in transition and force them into a half court game and they are very beatable. I think WVU loses at least 4 more games.
 

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Monday doesn't define it, although it would be a really good win for this team for this season.

Defensive intensity needs to be even better (to add on to today's great effort) against a team that's going to be able to do a lot more with the ball.

The Baylor game almost stings more since ISU actually had a lead late.

That first Tech games looks weird now, but so does ND beating Duke after Duke went Duke on them today.

Duke.