Status on Dotson, anyone?

Forgot what a competitive game that was until about 5m 30s left. We were hanging on for dear life for 35 min and then broke free.

@cragarhawk I agree that chance favors the prepared mind.

I think @DanR equates “want it more” to doing all it takes to win, including having “a prepared mind”. It didn’t look like we were fully prepared for this game.

That’s a rarity in the Bill Self era. I saw a few Roy Williams teams show up like that and he would call a time out, scream “dad-gum-it” and sub out all five starters.

Also, teams shot out of their minds against us this year. It’s happened in passed years too, but it seems like every other game our opponent gets into the “can’t-miss-from-3” zone and someone has a career night… Maybe that’s because our defense is bad, but maybe it’s a bit of bad luck too.

cragarhawk said:

@bskeet no that isn’t what it means. The streak was definitely accomplished by scratching and clawing for years against some stiff competition. And vs teams with players of the year and so on. It is not to diminish what’s been done. It’s how that actually was done. Lots and lots of effort. Which you didn’t see largely this season. That’s the point.

I mean seriously? This OU team is actually better than KU this season? And by 20 points? West Virginia is better than KU this season? Uh… No sir

Well, the evidence suggests we are a Jekyll and Hyde team.

At home things we can look great; on the road, we are not good… possibly bad.

But we will see soon enough how we perform on a neutral floor.

cragarhawk said:

Very very proud of the streak. It was a phenomenal run. It’s sad to see it end by losing to subpar teams rather than someone who is just plain better. But even more sad to see that it will probably actually end a year shy for ncaa violations.

I see what you mean, but if we are losing to subpar teams, then it means we built the streak by beating subpar teams. True, it’s not the ACC or B10, but dissing the other teams unintentionally degrades the accomplishment.

If I’m not mistaken, of all the teams in the B12, OU is the only other that has reached the Final Four… They have a great coach. Yeah, their record isn’t great, but their SOS is 10th.

We are not an experienced team this year. We’re going to finish 3rd or so… It is what it is.

Welp, I stand by them when they win and I’ll stand by them when they lose.

They need to find their mojo soon if they want to find some silver linings in this season. I’ll keep watching and hoping there’s a rabbit up Self’s sleeve.

@Texas-Hawk-10

yes. They especially seem to forget how to pass on the road.

it lasted a long long long long long… time

Fran just shaking trying to hold in his excitement.