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A Short Dance for State Teams
Published: 3/10/2012 1:54 PM
Last Modified: 3/10/2012 1:54 PM

Oklahoma’s women were the only state team still playing on the Friday of conference tournament week.
And, the Sooners got blown out of the gym by Texas A&M in the Big 12 Conference women’s semis.
In other words, this was not a memorable week for college basketball in Oklahoma.
By Friday, men’s and women’s teams from Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Oklahoma State were all gone. Oklahoma’s men were bounced in the first round by Texas A&M on Wednesday, the ninth seed in the Big 12.
This abrupt end to the college basketball season for most of the state has been predictable all year.
Only OU’s women and the Oral Roberts men showed much promise this season.
And, when the post-season starts next week, ORU’s men and OU’s women are expected to be it for Oklahoma.
The OU women will get a mid-range seed in the NCAAA Tournament and will host two rounds in Norman. That should give the Sooners a decent shot at reaching the NCAA’s Sweet 16.
We won’t know about ORU until Sunday night. The Eagles will either get a low seed in the NCAA Tournament or a guaranteed slot in the National Invitation Tournament. The Eagles, because of the low seed, would likely have little or not chance of surviving past the first round in the NCAA.
If ORU comes to play, the Eagles would have a chance to win several games and perhaps even reached New York for the NIT’s Final Four.
But, if things go like they have all of this season, there’s a chance March Madness could be over pretty quick for the Oklahoma teams.



Reader Comments 1 Total
WillyJ (11 months ago)
It's been a pretty bleak 2 or 3 years for college hoops in the area.

When's the last time any "local" team (OU, OSU, ORU, TU, Ark) won an NCAA game? OSU beating Tennessee in '09 is the last I remember.

But hopefully things will get better; ORU is in good hands with Sutton and joining the new conference should help.

With Kruger and Anderson, OU and Ark have coaches with proven track records and tourney bids should come sooner than later.

Travis Ford will have talent and he has know he needs to produce next year or his job will be in jeopardy.

And Tulsa. . .well, we know what needs to happen there.

So, while it's pretty depressing now, there is reason to be optimistic going forward.
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