Friday, January 14, 2005

Oklahoma St. Tournament Resume

Oklahoma St. (24-6, 11-5, 3rd Big 12)
Seed: #2 Chicago Regional
How they got here: Won Big 12 tourney
Against the Field (8-5):
W (N)Syracuse 74-60
W UAB 86-73
L Gonzaga 75-78
W @Texas Tech 76-66
W Iowa St. 83-73
L @Texas 61-75
L @Oklahoma 57-67
W Oklahoma 79-67
W Texas Tech 85-56
L @Kansas 79-81
L Texas 73-74
W (N)Kansas 78-75
W (N) Texas Tech 72-68

The good: Well tested team. Very good record against the field and the games are against quality competition. Always play hard. Great defense. One of the few teams that can run up and down the court with Illinois. Scoring margin of +12.2.

The bad: Got a bad draw being with Illinois. Late season loss vs Texas doomed them to a #2 seed. At least better than UConn who should have been paired with Illinois. Did not prove themselves away from home until the Big 12 tourney. Tough to guage them until they play some tourney games on a neutral court as Kansas is a mess and win against them does not prove much other than they can win games they should. Sweet 16 game should tell if they really can hang with the Illini.

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