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Win to Get In
Published: 3/4/2007 1:33 PM
Last Modified: 3/4/2007 1:33 PM

It has been a long time since Championship Week held such little interest for local college basketball fans.
But, the leve of play among the local teams is so low that only a virtual miracle will result in more than one team in the NCAA Men's Baksebtall Tournament.
Heading into Championship Week, all four of the state schools must win their respective conference tournament or call it a season.
Win or go home and stay home.
Oral Roberts is the top seed and a big favorite to win the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament currently undcerway at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center in Tulsa. But the Golden Eagles have been shaky enough this season to make them no sure bet to win the Mid-Con.
All it takes is an off nioght, something ORU has been prone to do this year, to put ORU in the NIT.
Oklahoma and Tulsa probably need to win their tournaments just to get any kind of post-season invite.
Oklahoma State is probably going to the NIT, if the Cowboys don't win the Big 12 as a big longshott.
The way OSU has played lately one has to wonder if anyone, the coaches and players included, want to see anymore of this team this year.
So, for the first time in a couple of decades, there just doesn't seem to be much electricity in the air for colelge basketball during the first full week of March.
What timing. Includiing the women's teams, seven of the eight state teams are playing conference tournament in the state (TU men are in Memphis).
Here's the best guess. ORU gets in the men's tourney., OU and OSU women get in the women's tournament. But the first weekend of the tournament, only the Sooner women will still be alive.



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