I agree, NASCAR without Tiger Woods is a joke.

Masked Assassin -  Where to begin.........
  - TMG got most of his points late in the game after OSU had let up
  - OSU is not gettin bashed because they are right where they were projected to be and have a great shot at making it back to the Big Dance
  - ou's 1 man show went pretty deep last year, right?!?!?!
  - Capel did got Blake because Taylor went to ou brother. ou got both players because Sean Sutton did not offer Taylor even though they both wanted to go to OSU

I'll just begin here, hoot. - TMG is very good and was unguardable for much of the game. - The Jokes have 3 "good" wins.  (Tech, A&M, K-State.  Can't really count OU since we're so horrible and were missing 2 starters) - Anderson is no Griffin.  - Blake went to OU.  It's not Capel's fault SS was an idiot. (Must've been the drugs)

It's always sucked, okie.  It just took a while for people to come out of their drunken stupor long enough to figure that out.  Kinda like hockey.  They need a good pit fight or a driver running onto the track tryin to punch a car to get it going again.  May take a serious injury or a death to revive it.

Not yet Pick, I've got plenty of time right?  Pretty sold on the Jokes being for real and going deep, are ya?  Let's hear it.

Oh Masked Coward, with terms of endearment such as "OSWho" and "Jokes" it's a shock nobody takes your temper tantrums seriously. You are obviously quite intelligent.

Capel has recruited well. But what has it gotten him? A bunch of selfish players that would rather shoot a deep three with 30 seconds on the shot clock than run a set play that a high school team could muster.

Anderson is no Griffin? How can you even try to compare? They are two totally different positions on the team. I do know that Anderson is the best shooting guard in the nation and that is enough for me.

OSU gets a pass because they are actually NCAA tournament bound. It's that simple. They may not go deep into the tourney but at least they'll get there.

Leave it to a fan like you to still try to talk trash after losing your last game by 20  points. Classy Sean Sutton insult, by the way. It must be awesome for you to spew such idiocy when you hide behind a computer screen shrouded in anonymity. How brave.

TULSA, Okla. -- had 21 points and added a career-high 17 to lead Tulsa past Oklahoma State 86-65 Wednesday night. scored 13 for Tulsa (6-1), had 11 points, nine rebounds and six blocks before leaving with a bruised leg, and had 11 points and six assists. led OSU (6-1) with 21 points, followed by with 13 points and with 10, who was 12.8 points below his average while guarded mostly by Wheatley.Tulsawent inside to the 7-foot Jordan early and often. He scored six of TU'sfirst nine points, and Tulsa's inside dominance eventually forced OSUinto a seldom-used zone defense. Tulsa had the answer for that as well,as came off the bench to hit two 3-pointers. Tulsa outrebounded the Cowboys 42-24 and had nine blocks.

The problem for OU Men's Basketball isn't where they are getting their players from and about players knowing the tradition. It's about what type of players they are getting and the coaching. There are some things a coach must do in order to be successful. First, you need to recruit athletes that can actually play defense. Second, you need to get the players to play with intensity on defense. Third, you need to run a real offense. Please note: this doesn't include dribbling the ball and shooting a contested three or taking an off balanced jumper (e.g. Capel's offense). 

UnMasked - Sure Griffen MAY be a better college player but Anderson will definitely be a better NBA player!

My take on Capel and Wojo. .

Capel: Jury is still out, but right now he looks more like a good recruiter than coach.

It has to pointed out that in his (almost) 2 seasons without Blake Griffin on his team, he's 29-27 with no NCAA berths. .  and 53-18 with 2 NCAA berths when Griffin was there.

I think it's possible/likely Griffin was a kid who had talent and did not need to be "coached-up" to improve and dominate, while the other talented players Capel has landed needed to be and Capel doesn't have the skills to do it.

As far as Wojo goes; the jury is in: you can't attract the type of players needed to compete nationally when your idea of a great game is a grind-it-out 52-47 win where your offense only went 6 minutes in the second half without scoring instead of the usual 12.

The coaches who were successful at Tulsa (Nolan, Tubby, Hollywood) understood that while you had to play solid D, you also had to score points and put an entertaining product on the floor in order to draw both fans and creative, talented ball players.

All 3 insisted on discipline and effort on the defensive end, and then gave the players be creative and aggressive on the offense,and it was successful.

What entertaining, creative, talented kid would want to come to Tulsa to play for a defense-first coach who grinds out games in CUSA; can't even get on TV in their own city because test patterns are more entertaining then their style of play,  and will likely miss a trip to the NCAA's for the 5th season in a row under his tenure?

Wojcik seems like a good guy but he needs to go: his style will never get Tulsa back to being a program that can consistently be a national player and draw fans.

We will never be North Carolina or Kansas, but there's no good reason why we couldn't be where Gonzaga is.