Our current resume

[ctt8410]

12-6
RPI: 57
Pomeroy: 55
Sagarin: 67

Best wins: Wichita State (32), UConn (63)
Worst loss: Oral Roberts (82)

Non-conference SOS: 73
Overall SOS: 50

Record vs RPI top 50: 1-2
Record vs RPI 51-100: 1-4
Record vs RPI 100+: 10-0

It's actually not bad, but very hollow at the top end with only 3 remaining games against RPI top 100 teams. This is why I believe we need Houston (130) and Memphis (125) to continue winning their non-TU games and why I'll be rooting for UConn (63) and Cinci (80) to beat SMU.

 

[astonmartin708]

Our biggest weakness is that we work too hard.

 

[panicstricken]

UCONN needs to beat Georgetown this weekend.

OSU is going to keep moving up if they can knock off a few more top 20-30 teams in the Big 12.

ORU will go down and drag on us.

WSU is on a tear and might not lose a game in the MVC.

 

[Weatherdemon]

UCONN needs to beat Georgetown this weekend.

OSU is going to keep moving up if they can knock off a few more top 20-30 teams in the Big 12.

ORU will go down and drag on us.

WSU is on a tear and might not lose a game in the MVC.

ORU is doing OK and shouldn't drag us down as much as last year and we also aren't packing a D2 loss this year.

We need OSU in the top 100 at least though.

 

[bigzit]

Guys.... Tulsa must beat SMU, Cincy and/or UCONN (2 out of 3 must be Ws) and can't lose more than 1 remaining in conference game. Also must get to Championship game in conf tourney. Otherwise, NIT. If we would have beaten ORU and Oregon State, then we could give up another conf game or two. But, Tulsa (and these seniors) put themselves behind the 8 ball.... again.

 

[TulsaEye]

Our biggest weakness is that we work too hard.

Nope Conference Stats show Tulsa is weak up front. Both offensively and defensively. Rebounding bad, defensive scoring weak, offensive scoring weak. Shooting free-throws bad. We are at or near the bottom of the conference in all of the those stats. In the guard positions is where Tulsa is strongest not too many problems there.

 

[Barlass]

UALR is on the verge of being a disastrous loss. They lost to sub-200 Ark State on Monday and then had to come back from a double digit deficit to be beat sub-250 Texas State in overtime last night.

 

[Weatherdemon]

UALR is on the verge of being a disastrous loss. They lost to sub-200 Ark State on Monday and then had to come back from a double digit deficit to be beat sub-250 Texas State in overtime last night.

ORU got smoked last night too.
Guess I'll chill on the optimism... UGH!

 

[ctt8410]

UALR is on the verge of being a disastrous loss. They lost to sub-200 Ark State on Monday and then had to come back from a double digit deficit to be beat sub-250 Texas State in overtime last night.

You and I have different definitions of disastrous. They're 16-2. They'll finish 26-5 and well within the RPI top 100. ORU, on the other hand? Not great, Bob.

 

[goldfan83]

I think Sean Sutton needs to start hitting the bottle and popping pills to get some fire in that belly

 

[Gmoney4WW]

The team that ORU got smoked by(12 pt loss) has the highest rpi of anybody in their league,(41) so it's not that bad of a loss. The tiime to moan & groan about ORU woulda been a couple of weeks back when they had their worst loss of the season to Denver.(236)

 

[Barlass]

You and I have different definitions of disastrous. They're 16-2. They'll finish 26-5 and well within the RPI top 100. ORU, on the other hand? Not great, Bob.

I hope you're right. If they rack up too many bad losses though, I have a hard time thinking they'll finish in the top 100. The only team left on their schedule good enough to give them a substantial ratings boost appears to be Arlington.

 

[astonmartin708]

Nope Conference Stats show Tulsa is weak up front. Both offensively and defensively. Rebounding bad, defensive scoring weak, offensive scoring weak. Shooting free-throws bad. We are at or near the bottom of the conference in all of the those stats. In the guard positions is where Tulsa is strongest not too many problems there.

It was a joke about the common interview question 'what's your biggest weakness'... Seemed relevant since we're talking about resume's....

 

[Steve Zissou]

Not to hijack the thread, but the best move for the program if you take personal egos out of it is to drop ORU from the schedule. There is 0 upside to playing that game.

 

[Weatherdemon]

Not to hijack the thread, but the best move for the program if you take personal egos out of it is to drop ORU from the schedule. There is 0 upside to playing that game.

Sounds like an arrogant P5 stance IMO.
Win the effing game and it's not an issue.

 

[I.I.]

UALR is on the verge of being a disastrous loss. They lost to sub-200 Ark State on Monday and then had to come back from a double digit deficit to be beat sub-250 Texas State in overtime last night.

Them playing Arkansas State is like us playing ORU. Always a toss up ;.And when either plays UA, it is still a toss up.

 

[TU_BLA]

Them playing Arkansas State is like us playing ORU. Always a toss up ;.And when either plays UA, it is still a toss up.

Except UALR and Ark St are both in the Sun Belt now so they have no choice but to play them.

When people say we should not play ORU it's the equivalent of a Temple fan saying they shouldn't play LaSalle, Drexel, Villanova, or Penn. Except a Temple fan, no matter how good or bad they are or any of the other teams are would EVER suggest they not play one of the others.

 

[ctt8410]

This is why I believe we need Houston (130) and Memphis (125) to continue winning their non-TU games and why I'll be rooting for UConn (63) and Cinci (80) to beat SMU.

Houston just lost 71-62 at home to South Florida as a 17-point favorite and dropped to 155 in the RPI. Coogs have now lost 4 in a row. That breaks a 9-game losing streak for USF.

 

[Bill Lowery]

Houston just lost 71-62 at home to South Florida as a 17-point favorite and dropped to 155 in the RPI. Coogs have now lost 4 in a row. That breaks a 9-game losing streak for USF.

Not good for us. I imagine Kelvin will have them fired up for us, not wanting to lose 2 straight at home. On the other hand, they could be really down after such a bad loss. I hope it's the latter.

I doubt Houston will be 4-23 from 3-pt against us. Nobody ever is.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Houston face plant right before us, can't be good.

 

[cmullinsTU]

I doubt Houston will be 4-23 from 3-pt against us. Nobody ever is.

I'm confident any team that shoots 4-23 from 3 prior to playing us is destined to shoot 19-23 against us in the following game.

Note: before anyone spends time looking up stats of our opponents the above is sarcasm... Mostly.

 

[Tu Geo]

Thanks for the breakdown Ctt8410

Houston's drop is not surprising. SOS was in the 300's.

UCONN and Cincy are not as good as I suspected just a huge problem for Tulsa because of their length. Need Swanny and Wright to play big against them down the road.

Really feel much better about our chances to finish second in the league. Will need some luck.

I'm not buying into UCF yet. I guess we shall see this afternoon.

UALR and ORU games are still killing our RPI even though both of those teams have good RPI's. Tulsa is easily a top 30 RPI team if both of those games resulted in W's.

GO TU!!!

 

[TUBballJunkie]

Houston will not be a problem.

I'll be there channeling Mad Dog and Coach simultaneously to ensure victory.

 

[astonmartin708]

Houston will not be a problem.

I'll be there channeling Mad Dog and Coach simultaneously to ensure victory.

If I don't hear someone barking inanely on the broadcast I'll be disappointed junkie.

 

[ctt8410]

I've clowned on UALR in the past, but they're a legitimately good team this year. They went to UT-Arlington last night (the 2nd best team in the Sun Belt) and steamrolled them. They led 18-0 before UTA scored a basket. Chris Beard is going to be a hot coaching name this offseason after just one season.

 

[URedskin54]

Interesting that our profile looks better with sagarin this year than rpi(maybe due to the league's upgraded non-con schedule). That's opposite of years past. Sagarin is rating UCONN and Cincy much higher.

 

[ctt8410]

Sagarin and Pomeroy love UConn and Cinci, but they didn't play the RPI game very well this year. Cinci's 5 cupcakes are 17-73 combined.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

If we can go 2-2 against @Temple, @SMU, @Uconn, Cincy, win the rest of our games, and get to the finals of our Tourney, we have a chance at an at large. IMO 24-9, with that resume after the Tourney, gives us a fighting chance at a bid. The two weeks in which we play all those games, is gonna be a hell of a two week nightmare schedule!!!

PS We could flip a @Temple win for a Temple home loss, and still do the same.

 

[astonmartin708]

If we can go 2-2 against @Temple, @SMU, @Uconn, Cincy, win the rest of our games, and get to the finals of our Tourney, we have a chance at an at large. IMO 24-9, with that resume after the Tourney, gives us a fighting chance at a bid. The two weeks in which we play all those games, is gonna be a hell of a two week nightmare schedule!!!

PS We could flip a @Temple win for a Temple home loss, and still do the same.

We've played well against Temple, but they seem to have flipped a switch this season, UCONN is winnable, as is SMU, Cincy will be an L. We have to look out for @ Memphis and the UH series as well.

 

[Steve Zissou]

Sounds like an arrogant P5 stance IMO.
Win the effing game and it's not an issue.

That's exactly what it is. It's also a let's do what we can to get to the big dance stance.

I think we should take a que from the MO Valley and create a schedule that gives us the best chance to make it to the NCAA tourney and not just schedule the convenient local games.

 

[mcane]

UALR winning at Arlington was helpful.
Oregon State beating no. 25 USC tonight was helpful.
U Conn beating a mediocre Georgetown yesterday was helpful.
Indiana State beating 17-4 Evansville tonight was hellpful.
Just putting my thumb in the wind, TU gets close to top 50 RPI after tonight.
Just not playing ORU would push TU's RPI up about 5-7 points to at large.
not going to start my rant, but you know it.

 

[drboobay]

The issue with ORU is them not doing their part to maintain a good RPI. I do not think it is below us to play them my any means. They are not holding up their end of the bargain to keep up a series every year. Even if we beat them it is not a good win any more.

 

[TulsaEye]

It was a joke about the common interview question 'what's your biggest weakness'... Seemed relevant since we're talking about resume's....

Since I posted this those particular stats I was quoting things have improved a bit. They had to for Tulsa to be competitive against the rest of the schedule. Would say Tulsa is now one of the front runners to finish strong in conference race.

 

[ctt8410]

Since you bumped the thread, I'll update the resume.

16-8
RPI: 42
Pomeroy: 50
Sagarin: 58

Best wins: @SMU (13), Wichita State (34), UConn (48)
Worst loss: Oral Roberts (137)

Non-conference SOS: 78
Overall SOS: 46

Record vs RPI top 50: 3-3
Record vs RPI 51-100: 2-4
Record vs RPI 100+: 11-1

 

[aTUfan]

The team names should not be visible to the selection committee. They should only see: team a, win/loss, rpi, sos, last 10, good wins, bad losses, . .

L

 

[TU_BLA]

The team names should not be visible to the selection committee. They should only see: team a, win/loss, rpi, sos, last 10, good wins, bad losses, . .

L

I feel this about election ballots...don't put the party affiliation in there and force people to know candidates.

As much as we'd like to think there is no conference bias, there absolutely is and that's unfortunate for us like it was for Hinson's SMS squad that was #21 in the RPI and got left out. When comparing teams line them up in RPI order, have the following info:
Overall Record
Last 10 record
Record vs top 25 RPI
Record vs top 50 RPI
Record vs top 100
Record at home
Record on the road
Record Neutral court
*make note of notable RPI wins and whether or not they were home or road

 

[I.I.]

You are eliminating the P5 eye test that is of high importance. !

 

[ctt8410]

Here's what the selection committee will be handed.

 

[Weatherdemon]

Thanks ctt!

 

[Bill Lowery]

Here's what the selection committee will be handed.

Really good stuff. Thanks.