2020-21 Big XII Basketball Thread

[Homercles 10,206]

Holy crap!!!  Saw a white dude with the ball and my heart stopped...

[Js1 85,614]

Great job reading a clock there, bro. 

OSU is dangerous.  They are so hot right now.  They also just seem to match up really well against WV. 

Edited March 11, 2021 by Js1

[Homercles 10,206]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Great job reading a clock there, bro. 

He made it too.  

['stache 21,892]

Ugh, this fucking conference, this fucking team. If we stopped turning the goddamned ball over we could win some of these without it coming down to the last fucking second every game. We'll need to be flawless to beat Baylor, and I don't expect to win, but bracketology had WVU as a 3 and us as the highest 4 seed, so hopefully we worked our way to a 3 regardless of the Baylor game.

[Js1 85,614]

2 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Ugh, this fucking conference, this fucking team. If we stopped turning the goddamned ball over we could win some of these without it coming down to the last fucking second every game. We'll need to be flawless to beat Baylor, and I don't expect to win, but bracketology had WVU as a 3 and us as the highest 4 seed, so hopefully we worked our way to a 3 regardless of the Baylor game.

So potentially OSU, Texas and Kansas all as 3 seeds?  Cool. 

Because OSU should be.  Texas should be if they beat Tech.  Kansas should be if they beat OU.  It could end up coming down to Texas/KU and who wins that third game if they both win today. 

[clapclapclap 9,000]

Sportscenter anchordude said Okie Lite is ineligible for the NCAA tourney.

Edit:  And now he just apologized for being wrong about that.

Edited March 11, 2021 by clapclapclap

['stache 21,892]

4 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Sportscenter anchordude said Okie Lite is ineligible for the NCAA tourney.

What an idiot, lol. And here is a WVU article which is astonishing to me that someone who covers college sports doesn't undertand how appeals work, but also the whiney bitchassedness cracks my shit up, especially since we won.

[Homercles 10,206]

15 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Ugh, this fucking conference, this fucking team. If we stopped turning the goddamned ball over we could win some of these without it coming down to the last fucking second every game. We'll need to be flawless to beat Baylor, and I don't expect to win, but bracketology had WVU as a 3 and us as the highest 4 seed, so hopefully we worked our way to a 3 regardless of the Baylor game.

Yeah at first I was ‘ugh gotta get railroaded by Baylor again’ but there’s no shame losing to them so consider it house money at this point...as opposed to something like a potential loss to a short handed Kansas squad.  
 

My friends know me as a nervous negative Nancy Poke but man...at least here you got me beat.  Try to enjoy this, we ain’t winning the natty but this is so far ahead of where we’ve been in ages.  
 

And unlike Ford, Boynton is doing it with his players so there’s a chance the future is trending up...won’t see another Cade but the other pieces seem bought in. Did you read that piece on Keylan at PFB today?

https://pistolsfiringblog.com/mike-boynton-instilling-confidence-in-keylan-boone/

Edited March 11, 2021 by Homercles

[WBT 20,675]

That was a really good game

[El Diablo 4,232]

It's been said but OSU offense is good, real good. The turnovers are the killer for this team. Probably not going to fix that at this late date but string together a few games with just LESS turnovers and it could be a good run to close out the year. 

[Guest]

Good job, Pokes!

['stache 21,892]

One more shot at Baylor. Damn I want to beat that disgusting program. They have no business sporting athletic teams much less having the No. 2 team in the country. Fuck the NCAA.

[El Diablo 4,232]

I get the disgust, trust me most of us do, but the NCAA is no arbiter of morals. 

['stache 21,892]

14 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

It's been said but OSU offense is good, real good. The turnovers are the killer for this team. Probably not going to fix that at this late date but string together a few games with just LESS turnovers and it could be a good run to close out the year. 

Just came across this weird stat. Not something to strive for, but wow, how weird.

Stats from KenPom and said that the 14 worst games we (OSU) had with turnovers we have won 12 of 14 and the top 7 games we did the best with turnovers we have lost 5 of 7. So they lose more when they don't turn it over.

[El Diablo 4,232]

1 hour ago, 'stache said:

Just came across this weird stat. Not something to strive for, but wow, how weird.

Stats from KenPom and said that the 14 worst games we (OSU) had with turnovers we have won 12 of 14 and the top 7 games we did the best with turnovers we have lost 5 of 7. So they lose more when they don't turn it over.

That is interesting. Tells you how good the offense can be when they dig themselves a hole. 

[SimonBolivar 10,961]

13 minutes ago, 'stache said:

One more shot at Baylor. Damn I want to beat that disgusting program. They have no business sporting athletic teams much less having the No. 2 team in the country. Fuck the NCAA.

Maybe it'll be a shot at KSU.

[Catdaddyhorn 3,448]

54 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Sportscenter anchordude said Okie Lite is ineligible for the NCAA tourney.

Edit:  And now he just apologized for being wrong about that.

I came right to this thread when he said that thinking that an announcement was made. Come to find out sporty mcsports sports anchorman doesn't know shit about sports. 

[deter 314]

Doug Sermon keeping it close.

 

[Machinator 32,099]

Baylor up two on KSU at halftime.

[Homercles 10,206]

29 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Baylor up two on KSU at halftime.

[El Diablo 4,232]

8 pt lead. Not coming easy for the Bears today. 

[Js1 85,614]

Uh this OU team has fallen apart. Holy shit. 35-15 KU almost halftime 

[Underdog 28,804]

Nice comeback.  

[TexArcher 38,080]

Fuck ou.

[Machinator 32,099]

KU fends them off.

[Js1 85,614]

OU would likely want that first half back. 

[TexArcher 38,080]

4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

OU would likely want that first half back. 

Well, I'd like them to quit sucking.  Things don't always work out.

[Guest Lobo]

Everybody getting everybody close games and fits in this conference tourney so far.  Games way closer than they should be down the stretch.  

Dammit, that's supposed to be our forte!  

I know it's Lent, but Imma go slam a few drinks before our nailbiter with Texas Tech begins...

[Homercles 10,206]

I feel bad for ChiTown, what an epic collapse.  If osu were in the same position I’d probably be drowning my sorrows tonight with my own high end scotch, beautiful ladies, huge boat, private jet and stock portfolio.

[Go Pokes 979]

I feel bad for ChiTown, what an epic collapse.  If osu were in the same position I’d probably be drowning my sorrows tonight with my own high end scotch, beautiful ladies, huge boat, private jet and stock portfolio.

I feel less sorry for him now.

[Brian Fantana 6,692]

That was a really shit shooting foul call at the end, but if we don't miss half our FTs we wouldn't be in that spot in the first place so it's whatever

[Brian Fantana 6,692]

Also, Beard coached us out of that game. Why in the fucking world would we stop running our offense the last 2 minutes of the game and just run the clock out with ISOs? Fucking idiot.

That's legit my only complaint with Beard as a coach. He consistently pees down his leg in late game offensive situations. It cost us the national title and it 100% cost us this game.

Big props to Texas for fighting and pulling out the W, kick Kansas' ass!

Edited March 12, 2021 by Brian Fantana

[Braff Zacklin 13,666]

Nice win today, Cowboys. Funny how vulnerable the Mountaineers are when they don't get 30 or more fucking free throws in a game.

[Homercles 10,206]

I’d really hope that win + nova losing is enough to lock in a 3 seed...but I also keep railing against ohio state because they were on a losing streak and didn’t budge...so who knows what the committee will do.  I just want to avoid playing a 1 seed if we make it that far, seems the top 4 are head/shoulders above the 2 seeds.  
 

Oh well again, fun to have these conversations for the first time in almost a decade.  

[Horn80 6,135]

Oklahoma State’s win puts another sharp stick in Mountaineers eye.

[Machinator 32,099]

 

[El Diablo 4,232]

Anything noteworthy before this one starts? 

Sic 'em! 

[El Diablo 4,232]

8-0 Baylor run after OSU gets the first bucket. 

[El Diablo 4,232]

U16 TO, 8-3 BU. 

[Js1 85,614]

33 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

Anything noteworthy before this one starts? 

Sic 'em! 

No one tested positive!  Huge achievement for Baylor 

[Homercles 10,206]

Just now, Js1 said:

No one tested positive!  Huge achievement for Baylor 

They’ve already all had it probably 

[El Diablo 4,232]

Butler with 2 early fouls. 

[El Diablo 4,232]

13-10 OSU, timeout BU. 

 

[El Diablo 4,232]

U12, 16-13 BU

Gonna be a mawtapper. 

[El Diablo 4,232]

9 of OSU's 15 are fast break points. 

18-17 BU, 10:00.

[El Diablo 4,232]

21-20 OSU on a breakaway jam. 

[Homercles 10,206]

That’s about what we do, boss...fast breaks, turnovers, grinding guard play, turnovers, and turnovers. 

[Js1 85,614]

Baylor is stuck in the mud on transition defense. 

[El Diablo 4,232]

Baylor needs to stop playing OSU's game and do what they do best, ball movement. Scott Drew gets T'd up? Nope, Higgy gives a warning. 

[El Diablo 4,232]

27-26 OSU, timeout Pokes.