TrueBlue82 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 The ONLY upside to this debacle (if you call it an "upside") is that we are now officially in the running to host a 4-team NIT consolation bracket "pod" at the Mabee Center next Monday and Tuesday night. We should know something by tomorrow (Thursday). If we could muster up a win against a smallish yet talented Arkansas-Pine Bluff team tonight in Stillwater, then manage to sweep a couple of games at home next week, this whole NIT experience might not be such a bad thing after all. I realize that nothing is ever "final", but according to the pre-season NIT "rules", the three highest seeded teams not going to NYC will host the other brackets. If that is true, then #5 George Mason and #6 ORU are "locks" to host, and #7 Colorado State will host unless #2 OSU loses tonight, in which a bracket will return to Stillwater. The teams will be assigned regionally, but would not create rematches from this week, so I would predict that SMU and Florida International will be coming to Tulsa, along with one of the trifecta of Manhattan/Albany/Brown. Could be interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacAlum Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Priority #1 has to be to figure out the scoring droughts. They are a common occurrence (usually, but not always, at the start of the 2nd half) for as long as I can remember. A quicker time out could not have hurt, but I am not convinced the fix is that simple. We finally started to turn things around when we switched Domo for Tree at the high post and Domo was able to do his thing close to the basket. It just seems that our attitude during the droughts is to keep doing the same thing and push through, but when the defense is not working, the score changes quickly. It would be nice to have some bread and butter plays that give a new look to the defense that gets us out of the rut. Very good points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 As much as this hurts right now - with a win tonight and three straight games at home we could be looking at 4-2 a week from today, and all this will be forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I keep posting stuff and then deleting it about who the fourth team might be. Suffice it to say, it will be somebody from back East: one of those Brown, Monmouth-y, Manhattan-y kind of teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 OSU is tied with UTSA with 12:40 to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 11:40 to go - UTSA leads 40 to 38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Teams trading 3's. With 9:34 remaining UTSA leads 48 to 46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 We scored 46 in the first half last night.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 UTSA leads 56 to 52 with 6:55 to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 4:39 to go UTSA lead 66 to 55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 UTSA is the better team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 If OSU loses will they host the next round? And will they send us to play them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmh8286 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Looks like UTSA may win this! Who would have guessed? What does that do to our chance of hosting? Will OSU host again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 1:31 to go UTSA leads 71 to 65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 If I read the NIT rules right, we would BOTH host, along with George Mason. Of course, having two brackets this close probably doesn't make a lot of sense, so who knows what they would do. And, since we didn't play them before - we could get matched up with them. Stay tuned... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 53 seconds to go - UTSA leads 74 to 69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmh8286 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Coming down to the wire - can OSU use the home court advantage to pull this one out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Are the Roadrunners a second half team or what??? 25 at half, now at 74. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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