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After graduating with an MBA my first job was in Houston. After just a few months my corporate employer sent me to live and work in Memphis. I enjoyed going to SEC football games throughout the South over the next few years. It was "back in the day," circa late 1980s. When Texas played "State" in Starkville I went to the game with Texas fan friends who came for the game and a long weekend in Memphis. Bobby has mentioned his experience attending that game. Longhorns were optimistic to open the season... think it was 1990 or maybe '91. Butch Hadnot decided to change his running style that day and it was a bad decision for the Longhorns. Regarding Starkville, I remember thinking that MSU would be attractive to a certain kind of recruit. Kids who wanted a small town college atmosphere and a venue where they could totally immerse themselves in the student -athlete experience without many distractions. Later I went to a baseball game in Starkville when MSU played Ole Miss and I thought the baseball experience was more enjoyable than the atmosphere State projected for football. I remember thinking if I had been a high school kid looking to play college sports MSU baseball would have been far more appealing than football and it seemed like Starkville to the MLB would have been more reachable than the NFL. Glad I went and got to understand what MSU was like. Back then anyway it was a very small town and the fans were super loyal. And like all college rivalries they really didn't like the Ole Miss Rebels. The cowbells were their signature thing. Didn't really bother me but I remember when the Longhorn Band used to rattle cowbells for first downs and big plays. Hook 'Em!

Because why? Because NET 43? Because 7-11 in q1 to our 7-10? Because it has a q3 loss? OU has a very good argument for being included, but calling it a lock at this point is inaccurate. If UNC beats a Cooper Flagg-less Duke tomorrow, and if Boise State can win another game, then OU might be on the outside again.

OU, Indiana, Xavier, and SD State all losing (while Texas wins over a highly ranked team) is just about a perfect day in Bubbleland.

OU is essentially a lock

lol, OU.

Maybe now we are after Kentucky went the length of the floor to hit the game winner with 0.5 seconds left. What a great day for Texas.

Wow, Kentucky. Two turnovers in the last 20 seconds to let OU take a 1 point lead with 5.1 seconds left.

Saint Joseph’s beating Tech in Brooklyn was funny at the time but for our overall resume it would have probably been better for us to play Tech in that championship game.

Better crack that sucker all the way open now, lol.

We are 100% not getting in over OU

BTW, if we are left out, then it will be because we scheduled 6 absolute dogs in our non-conference schedule. That was an egregious mistake, and we should never do that again.

If OU loses tonight, then I think we do. If OU wins, then I'm not sure. We have a better claim than Indiana, tOSU, Xavier, the fourth MWC team, and maybe even Baylor at this point. 7 q1 wins are hard to argue with. Texas and OU are the only teams with 7 q1 wins at risk of missing the tournament. Just to be safe, I'm rooting for Kentucky all the way tonight.

@bierce, you think we get in? I've been out of the loop on OTF threads, but curious what you think...

It isn't necessarily in the field yet. It was still out according to the matrix this morning. And it is 7-0 in q2 and +5 in q1-g3, and it had very close losses to Michigan State and Kansas, so it has an argument. Just like Texas has an argument despite losing 4 or 5 q2 games depending on whether UConn finishes outside the top 30. The bubble is just that f'ing weak this year. Who do you want to put over UNC? OU? Xavier? Boise State? Indiana? All have just as many warts if not more.

Achieved more than expected I would say Quandre Diggs and Adrian Phillips. Great college players, but I wasn’t sure with measurables they would make it in the league.

This thread would be 3 pages long if it was another team. Lucky this was caught before it festered further.

Clemson got away with it. SMU with a failed possession, and Clemson hit ft to clinch it. SMU finishes the year with 23 wins and not a single q1 win. SMU was a complete fraud all seasons. Zero wins against against the field.

Why is North Carolina in the field with a 1-11 record vs quad 1? That's atrocious. In on name only?

Sergio Kindle. Not sure he should be considered because his professional career was over before it even started, but he was a beast.

I will never understand why a team that has to shoot with at least 15 second left on the game clock will run the entire shot clock down without trying to run some offense to get an easy basket instead of chucking a rock at the end of the shot clock. Brad Brownell, boo on you.

The best player Kelce played against had short arms. The arm length thing is a bit overrated.

Purdue took out USC, so the Big Ten will have no dance crashers. Now if only Clemson will finish off SMU.

Not top-four good but they could have been better for sure.

I saw a clip from what appears to be a long feature on DH. They tried to convince me that he's capable of acting like a human being. I was not swayed.

What else is new? Dan Hurley getting a technical.