Are you being condescending? Did ORU not hammer OSU on a neutral court? Not to mention, when healthy OU is hands down the best team in this state. And I am neither an ORU, OSU, or OU fan (what does that leave?). What will keep OSU out of the tournament is playing bad basketball for 3/4 of the season. My goodness Mr. Picker, maybe you know a little about football but clearly basketball isn't your thing. OSU has had a nice stretch, they will come down to earth, they aren't strong enough inside to continue to play at this level. As we have seen, when the shots aren't falling they aren't real good.

OU has much of the same problems, I have never been completely sold on Eaton and until he develops consistency from game to game, I am not going to be. Here is where OU is miles ahead: Interior play. When both Griffin and Longar are healthy, they are dominant inside threats. OU can beat anyone when its guards make shots, but they are vulnerable when don't because teams collapse inside. OU will make it very difficult for OSU to score inside, and OU will have its way inside offensively. Griffin owned the first time through, it will be a tough battle but OSU being at home give the advantage.

I can look at these teams objectively, I think it is clear that OU is the best team in the state. They have had the better, more consistent season over OSU and ORU. ORU is better than OSU. They are stronger at guard and they are stronger inside. I don't think the gap between ORU and OU is very wide, but I do think OU presents some serious problems for them inside. On the other side, I think ORU is more consistent at guard.

Common, now - usually I enjoy your takes, but OSU better than ORU? THEY'VE ACTUALLY PLAYED EACH OTHER: ORU 74, OSU 59, in Oklahoma City at the All-College Tournament. And it wasn't that close - ORU was up by double digits the entire game! How can you just dismiss head-to-head competition in favor of the same old "bigger is better" argument?

Uconn. a longshot? Pretty salty to be a longshot.

The ORU/OSU neutral site game was never even close.

Agree the OSU is playing better ball. However, before we break our arms patting them on the back, remember that they have just recently emerged with their first road victory in over a season. Encouraging to be sure, but I wouldnt feel so confident labeling them 'best team in the state.' They string together a great road win and a great home win against KU.

in the words of peter griffin, "settle down spaz."

It is amazing how much time and agony osu fans put into hating OU. It is such a defeatist attitude. The problem is there is alot of angst over the fact that OU folks just dont consider the punchers as big a rivalry as they do the Sooners. Let's face it, even though osu frequently beats OU in various sports, it's still jv and the varsity. Check out the campuses.

Oklahoma State is going to match up with some teams better than others. The biggest reason for that is their lack of depth in the post. In the Bedlam game in Norman, OU repeatedly pounded the ball inside, got OSU's post men in trouble, and that is what won OU the game. I figured Kansas would do the exact same thing down the stretch in Stillwater, and they did and nearly won. What cost Kansas the game was committing absolutely moronic fouls 30+ feet from the basket in the final couple of minutes. I swear KU gifted OSU about 5 points from the line in the last couple of minutes due to just completely stupid fouls. That's not to take anything away from OSU. Sutton has them playing at a high level right now. Eaton his finally "figured it out", and that should be scary to a lot of teams.

You are correct sir. College basketball is largely about guard play. Not to say that having a scoring presence in the post isn't important, but when you have a guard like Eaton that can repeatedly get to the hoop and either get fouled or kick to open shooters, you are going to be a dangerous team. OSU's lack of post presence definitely hurts them, and limits their "ceiling", but if they can zone it up and keep their bigs from fouling out they can offset that a bit.

Blair, you sir, need to get rid of the hypothetical and stick to actuality. Yes, OU beat OSU in Norman. But it was only by 3 points! How was that dominant? Yes, the Griffin brothers were dominant inside but in the end, OSU STILL only lost by 3 points. If OSU hits their free throws that game, they win despite the inside dominance of Blake or Longar! By the way, do you really think if OSU played ORU today that the outcome would be the same? I strongly doubt it. By the way, OSU didn't beat KU or aTm with stellar shooting("when their shots aren't falling they aren't real good"). In fact, both games their FG % was in the high 30s to low 40s. They beat them with great defense ESPECIALLY in the post. Check the stats before you make such ridiculous comments.

Somewhat humorous, Andrew? That is like saying Stoopsie is somewhat rich.

The OU freshman basketball player needs to get a shot.

The Spurs are different than dunking on Iowa State.

AM AALAN (WHATEVER THAT IS): Pretty sure the college degree on the wall in my office says University of Oklahoma on it and osu is not a worthy adversary academically to OU except maybe in agriculture.

PLEASE do not feed me this junk about "OSU wasn't playing well when they played ORU, if they played now OSU would win, the last 15 games mean more," blah, blah, blah. You think ORU hasn't improved the last few weeks, either? If that argument is true, OU-Texas or Tennessee-Florida in football shouldn't mean a thing, either, because they're played in October. YOU PLAY THE GAMES WHEN THEY'RE SCHEDULED! November and December are the only time mid-majors can get BCS schools to play them - ORU was ready to play then, why not the Cowboys? The last time I checked, the RPI for basketball was not weighted in any way for WHEN you play your games, just if you win them or not, regardless of whether your team is playing it's best, or has injuries, or travel problems, or finals, etc. IT'S PART OF THE GAME! Tell you what - you figure out some way for OSU and ORU to play in March (NIT?), and ORU would STILL beat 'em by 10...

Should we tell Wayman the OU Graduate what AM means? I guess they skipped telling time in all those high powered OU degree courses.

Now what do you anti-OSU characters think?

The team is playing 34 percent better than one month ago.

Speaking of picks, they're harder to make before the games are played. We're having a big NCAA bracket contest here at the newspaper. You Hindsight Specialists be sure and enter and then we'll see who is the last one yapping.

While some sadsacks continue to refer to some previous football action, the Picks had Colorado versus OU.