The average number of NIT auto bids is around 10-11 each year, so you really need a 5 seed to feel safe.
7 seed vs Nebraska
7 seed vs Mississippi State
5 seed vs Oregon
7 seed vs Nebraska
7 seed vs Mississippi State
5 seed vs Oregon
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I want to play and beat Victor Bailey.
They have added some rules as well, like there will be 4 quarters instead of 2 halves, longer 3 point line, wider lanes, and a 20 sec shot clock after an offensive rebound
20 s shot clock after rebounds seems like an inhibitor to our team for a good percentage of our possessions.
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I dunno. It just means we don’t have to wait as long for Taplin’s runner in the lane or Wheeler’s, you know, Wheeler things.
I like the 20 seconds after o-reb.. especially at end of game where you play good defense and the offense gets a crazy rebound. It gives the defense a better second chance. 4 quarters is fine unless it makes us substitute more.
Don’t like the longer 3 point line or 4 quarters. The other stuff meh. Feels a lot like college football where they tinker with stuff for no real reason
Feels more like an event put on by the NCAA to experiment with new rules than an actual tourney whose goal is to find the best college basketball team in said tourney. Moving the 3 point line from where these players have shot it for years is a big change and will effect the games.
We definitely have to win our next 3 games to secure an NIT 5 seed. It may even take 4 in a row.
Yeah I’m with the poke. Why not have moving goals or little trampolines under the baskets, like Slamball? Let’s play with six players on a team and have two different games going on simultaneously, which would actually help the officials becuZe no one would know if it was a bad call.
The women’s game has been doing the 4 quarters thing for a couple of seasons now. The games actually have a better rhythm and get played faster, IMO. If I recall correctly, there is no 1 and 1 FT situations and on the 5th foul of the quarter you shoot 2. There’s one media timeout at the quarter halfway point, and one between quarters, so 3 instead of 4 per half. And the longer 3 pt line might actually favor us.
I don’t like the 20 second shot clock after an offensive rebound. That’s one of those it takes a long time to adjust to things.
Then again...if we make a legit postseason tourney (i.e. NOT THE CBI), then I don’t really care what the rules are.
These things might be beneficial to us. Idk I haven’t really looked into it. I just personally like the things that make college basketball different from the NBA and don’t generally like changes that inch it closer to the nba’s style of basketball. It’s just personal preference.
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In the 1983 season, TU beat OU and Billy Tubbs in Norman. The ABA ball in the NIT that was used to beat TU at ORU was by a TCU team coached by a coach, if I remember correctly, named Killingsworth. That TCU team then won at a Byron Scott led Arizona State.
The NCAA still had, I believe, only 48 teams, so that TU team would easily have gotten an at large bid with today's expanded tourney. Beating Michael Jordan's defending champ UNC would gave been a "quality win."
TU had a brutal road trip after winning at New Mexico State on last second shot by Ricky Ross on a Thursday night. After a few plane changes, the Las Cruces to Normal journey for a noon Saturday game had Tulsa with no legs against a rugged Illinois State team in their airplane hanger.
The NCAA still had, I believe, only 48 teams, so that TU team would easily have gotten an at large bid with today's expanded tourney. Beating Michael Jordan's defending champ UNC would gave been a "quality win."
TU had a brutal road trip after winning at New Mexico State on last second shot by Ricky Ross on a Thursday night. After a few plane changes, the Las Cruces to Normal journey for a noon Saturday game had Tulsa with no legs against a rugged Illinois State team in their airplane hanger.
You're right Larry, it was Killingsworth. I remember our press was riddled with fast break points was my most vivid memory. I went to San Diego that year for the holiday tournament.
I happened to be in the Phoenix area for spring break when TCU was playing Arizona State in Tempe in the 1983 NIT, so we went to that game. Last second win by TCU if I remember correctly.
The refs have already made it more like the NBA with the blue bloods and stars getting ridiculous foul calls.
That’s nothing new. Even the All-Metro level high schoolers expect and get that “Star Treatment”.
Didn't we do away with the 4 Qt rule in college basketball like 15 years ago? I have to assume bringing it back helps fit more commercials in or some such nonsense.
Longer 3s reek of NBA training. I'd have to look up the stats to see if there is a crisis of 3 pointers ruining the game all of a sudden (again).
Longer 3s reek of NBA training. I'd have to look up the stats to see if there is a crisis of 3 pointers ruining the game all of a sudden (again).
back on topic...
We are almost certainly on the outside looking in at the moment. If we win out in the regular season, I think the RPI will be around 72 and we should be in. If we lose to Temple we are probably back in the outside. Win a tournament game either way and we are probably in.
Good to be playing for something late in the season, even if it isn't the big dance.
We are almost certainly on the outside looking in at the moment. If we win out in the regular season, I think the RPI will be around 72 and we should be in. If we lose to Temple we are probably back in the outside. Win a tournament game either way and we are probably in.
Good to be playing for something late in the season, even if it isn't the big dance.
It's debatable whether or not it's ruining the game, but 3-point attempts are at an all-time high.
3-point attempts as a percentage of all attempts.
3-point percentage
The "desperation fling toward hoop as the shot clock expires" and the "chuck it at the rim I think I was fouled." Time honored parts of any offense.
The "desperation fling toward hoop as the shot clock expires" and the "chuck it at the rim I think I was fouled." Time honored parts of any offense.
Clearly the statistic deities don’t respect Wheeler’s contributions.
Our closest resume comp right now is 2016 Long Beach State. They got a 6 seed in the NIT.
http://barttorvik.com/resume-compare.php?team=Tulsa&year=2018
http://barttorvik.com/resume-compare.php?team=Tulsa&year=2018