Amazing is right considering I'd take anything like 10-8 or 11-7 in this loaded conference. We certainly aren't going to sneak up on anyone this season. And its a tough grind the way we have to play. Here's to the good guys keeping it rolling.
Oklahoma State this weekend
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Especially when we were down there.
They had a couple big wins when we were just bad under Prohm, but otherwise a ton of close games
IIRC that game was insanity. Two defensive minded teams scoring in the 80s and no one gaining more than 4 points of separation.
They are very good defensively (top 10) and really average offensively (~125th) [link]
Offensively there's nothing they do above average - they are only top 100 on limiting turnovers (82th) and FG% on close-in shots (87th) - but they don't get a ton of baskets at the rim. This is the type of team that our defense can REALLY excel against - their only real hope is that they get unusually hot from 3pt range (they're 34% on the season)
Defensively they are very good at limiting customer FG% at all 3 levels - their 3rd nationally in opp FG% (~36%). The rest of the defensive stats don't stand out. They don't appear to be a great rebounding team.
It will be a low scoring game, likely in the low 60s. If either team scores 70, they'll win. It could easily be first to 60 wins.
Offensively there's nothing they do above average - they are only top 100 on limiting turnovers (82th) and FG% on close-in shots (87th) - but they don't get a ton of baskets at the rim. This is the type of team that our defense can REALLY excel against - their only real hope is that they get unusually hot from 3pt range (they're 34% on the season)
Defensively they are very good at limiting customer FG% at all 3 levels - their 3rd nationally in opp FG% (~36%). The rest of the defensive stats don't stand out. They don't appear to be a great rebounding team.
It will be a low scoring game, likely in the low 60s. If either team scores 70, they'll win. It could easily be first to 60 wins.
always a battle with the pokes and Anderson will light us up again. hope we can answer! feels like iowa game to me
Does anyone know the status of Moussa Cisse? He missed 3 straight games, was back for OU last night- but only played 2 minutes.
I think they look a lot different defensively with both Cisse and Boone on the court compared to Boone and 4 guards. Although I guess technically Tyreek Smith and Woody Newton, who have been starting in his place are listed as "forwards", they are more Watson/Tre King sized
I think they look a lot different defensively with both Cisse and Boone on the court compared to Boone and 4 guards. Although I guess technically Tyreek Smith and Woody Newton, who have been starting in his place are listed as "forwards", they are more Watson/Tre King sized
He's been bad this year, averaging almost 2 points less than last year and shooting 17% from 3.
So you know...
Every road win is a great win, esp this year in this league.
The analytics have this one as pick 'em. The only road game we are slated to be favored in the rest of the way is @TexasTech -2. Hopefully we can pick up a couple more road wins and go 8-1 or 7-2 at home.
It's not on espn+. I can finally watch a game live.
Whelp!
Last ESPN+ game of the year. Oddly, ours were all front loaded.
Thankfully. Had it last year. Skipped on it so far this year. I'll probably get it again next year.
OSU is like us last year - you don’t want to play them because of their toughness on D, but they just chuck the ball at the hoop and can have really bad nights on offense. Any B12 game is tough and winning on the road is even harder, but we negate much of their advantage because we match (or exceed) their toughness. If we have an average offensive game or better, we will win.
Ok st has had a rough season so I’m sure they’ll shoot 80% crowd looked pretty decent for them last game, a little over 10k so I’m guessing it’ll be sold out for us but maybe that was because it was rival ou
I like the fact we are playing them after OU. I watched that game and you could tell they were geeked up for that one. That and one day fewer rest may give us a slight edge. Gonna be tough but I feel good. We got house money at the moment. Hopefully we get a surprise and Jaz will be good to go.
