Pumping the brakes on the Tournament
- Thread starter TedFlintKansas
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If UFO's are real, I can damn well believe that a tourney this year is possible!
Is the Big 12 going to be really tough this year? Yep, but I also think that a lot of people are overselling K-State, OSU, Tech, and even Texas. IMO there are more winnable games on the schedule that what most think. I like the way this team is coming together and I think they will only improve. Prohm will be getting the best out of his guys in Feb and March. Will it be enough? It's hard to say but damn it it's going to be a heck of a ride.
Tailgate society articles sure seem to be getting pimped out more lately.
Not disagreeing with you, but I do wonder about Tech on your list. They have like 6 experienced seniors (reminds me of another team I once watched). They were eyelashes from winning 4 or 5 more big12 games than they did last year. Maybe I'll regret saying this in a month, but I expect Tech to be in the top 4 in the conference with KU, TCU, and OU. Thinking Beard has it rolling. But I'd certainly prefer to be wrong about that.
Which is precisely why I didn't click on his ******** link or twitter follow the other sad sack trolling for followers.
Boy and I thought you guys hated my articles.
We do. Next question.
I personally would put WV and Baylor in the top 4 conversation before Tech.
Imo you’re misinterpreting the skepticism.
Almost everyone thinks we can compete with most teams, but close losses count just the same as blowouts. A lot of “winnable” games but few games in which we’ll be favored doesn’t usually bode well for making the tournament. My guess is it will be similar to 2010-11 in which we lost 7 games by 6 points or less (or in OT).
Of course, what looks like a complete slate of underdog status can quickly change if you start off strong. Hopefully it will be like football in which it looked like all but a couple games would be upsets, but it turned out almost all but UNI/Akron games were toss-ups and we won enough of them to go bowling (actually won 9 games, **** those refs).
Our football team was very fundamentally strong and usually did the little things well. I don’t get that vibe from the basketball team.
I've heard that and tell me exactly how Iowa (who missed last year at 10-8) playing a worse non con with zero quality wins somehow now sneaks in?
If the football team's roster can pull off 7-5 and be *this* close to 9 or even 10 wins, this basketball team can make an NCAA tourney by today's standards.
Nobody's saying conference champ or Final Four; it's realistic right now to think they could finish in the top 5-6 of the Big 12 if things go right.
Tell the players not to believe while you're at it.
Nobody's saying conference champ or Final Four; it's realistic right now to think they could finish in the top 5-6 of the Big 12 if things go right.
Tell the players not to believe while you're at it.
They were on the bubble. You put that Iowa team in the Big 12 last year and they are not even that.
I don’t think Iowa makes it, but if you’re talking about which has the better path to make the tournament, it’s the Big 10. Wins matter.
*deletes email to CW saying we should fire Fitzy and replace him with Moldy*
