Total nonsense just like year when OU did get an invite to the Big Dance. Don’t get me wrong, I knew there was a reasonable chance OU and a couple of other schools could possibly get hosed by a couple of undeserving Big Ten teams like Michigan and Rutgers.
It’s not like this is a rant because I feel like Texas A&M, Dayton, and maybe SMU were deserving as well. I’m not going to rant on Wyoming because they’re not a chosen Golden Child from the Big Ten.
Last year of course, the Big Ten had two number one seeds and two number two seeds.
Michigan is a total piece of junk. Period. I wouldn’t even have that team as a regional No. 1 seed in the NIT. Rutgers has a more defensible position, but I don’t think they win the NIT either.
OU had the third toughest schedule, tied for first with five Top 15 wins, and a net NCAA.net ranking of 40.
What point does it make for Joe C and Porter to schedule tough non-conference games? What I would do if were Coach Moser next season is scale the non-conference back and play about eleven mid majors and pad my record. But play the Arkansas game in Tulsa for sure. That was a lit atmosphere.
There was obviously no reward for playing one of the toughest schedules in DI ball this season.
Texas A&M? Why did they even bother winning their way to the SEC Championship game? Total bullshit. They ran Auburn and Arkansas off the court and missed the field as well.
It is what it is. I’m over it and I very much hope the OU players sleep on what happened today and go out and win the NIT Championship in New York City.
OU is going to be good next year. EJ, Jalen, and the Grove Brothers will anchor the frontline. Moj can come back if he chooses to do so. The three freshmen guards should all be better next season. Plus, Coach Porter had a great fall early season signing period when he signed three players who all rank in the ESPN Top 100 and can play any of the guard or wing positions.
I would think Porter will be looking to add two more bigs from the portal and the Sooners should be good.
I would take this opportunity as a building block to prepare for next season.
In 1982 in Billy Tubbs’ second season in Norman his team made the semis at Madison Square Garden and it launched the Sooners into a decade of historical excellence on the hardwood.
Sooner Nation needs to be over this by tomorrow morning and dedicated to winning the NIT in historical Madison Square Garden.
BOOMER!
When was the last time a tea-sipper Big Ten team actually won a men’s basketball national championship?
It’s a while back.
In 2000 is the answer when Tommy Izzo’s Michigan State Spartans won the trophy. Yet all these Big Ten teams are continually asked to the Big Dance.