I have never started a ORU thread but those guys deserve it. One win away from an NCAA berth. Won tonight at the buzzer and shot the nets off from three. Defense is worse than ours though. I am not promoting the coach but the kids were spectacular tonight and deserve a lot of praise from the basketball fans of Tulsa.
Congratulations to ORU
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I thought you were guaranteed a round of 64 game if you got the auto bid. Play ins are for at large s who were on the cusp.
Aah. I forgot about that. That tells you how important being a team in the play in game is to people. Not important at all.
I still doubt that ORU would end up in that play in. There will be worse teams from the likes of the MEAC or the Patriot league that pull upsets.
Which makes them an attractive team for the play in since it has many casual fans.
ORU has a net of 160. Would likely be near 150 with a win tonight. Can’t imagine they end up as one of the bottom two teams in the tourney. 15 seed imo
Oru had not been to the ncaa since 2008 I would always root against oru since I didn’t want them to steal our thunder in Tulsa. This year I want them to win and go dancing as this would be the final nail in the haith nightmare guaranteed. The net of the teams in their league are much lower than the teams in the aac.
I just want to piss them off and steal their coach. LMAO
Worked for us in the 90's!
Worked for us in the 90's!
Mills is an ex Baylor assistant as Baylor was really good back then hope he is not like Monty an ex assistant at a really good Baylor program.
Guaranteed you don’t lose a 26 point half time lead if you do oru will fire mills on the spot and we will hire him lol
Haith would have lost that 23 point lead at the half by not trying to lose mentality.
Oru a 15 or 14
A first round exit in NCAA ahead
Mills did a horrible job in the second half
Blowing a 25 point lead to tie under a minutes
I would love to have Abmas and Obanor
But will pass on Mills
But sincere congrats to ORU and what is left of their fan base
A first round exit in NCAA ahead
Mills did a horrible job in the second half
Blowing a 25 point lead to tie under a minutes
I would love to have Abmas and Obanor
But will pass on Mills
But sincere congrats to ORU and what is left of their fan base
Abmas is special. But he wouldn’t be averaging 25 points a game with the defenses in the AAC or B12.
He dropped 36 and 9 assists on Oklahoma State. Not sure he would average 25.... but certainly would average enough to be a first team all conference.
I’m not sure SMU will make it at large. Maybe if they win the tournament.
There were probably three players on ORU who could have started for TU this year. When you get out recruited by ORU, it may be time to re-evaluate things at TU. ORU found shooters that we haven't found in 7 years.
I understand the point you're making, but to be honest, ORU and Tulsa aren't competing for the same players. It hasn't always been this way, but especially since joining the AAC, Tulsa recruits a higher-level of player that wouldn't even consider ORU. So it's all about perspective. Some players work out, some don't. If you want to stick around as a coach, you need more of them to work out than not. But TU and ORU are not recruiting out of the same player pool, so I think it's hard to justify the statement, "When you get out-recruited by ORU..." It might be fair to say ORU did a better job recruiting because the players are working out for them, at their level, in their league. However, Tulsa did tie for an AAC title last season.
We’re stuck in a success limbo. We have better players than the mid-majors who can grab auto bids easily if they recruit successfully and build good teams (that used to be us in the MVC). But, we don’t get good enough players to grab at large bids. In some ways, being in a smaller conference might be more beneficial for us because it would mean we could dominate like Wichita used to. If we’re intent on sticking in the AAC though, we have to recruit players and develop them at such a level that we can make at large bids. There is no other option if we don’t want to be kicked out. (Football hasn’t been able to carry us like it was in the CUSA)
I agree. That is the goal for every team at every level.
I mean, technically... but realistically for everyone outside of the top 7-8 conferences, you’re shooting to build a team good enough to win the conference tournament.