Final eight games

BabHorn

BabHorn

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The Horns’ final eight games are as follows:

@ Colorado
@ Kansas
Kansas State
@ A&M
@ OSU
OU
Missouri
@ Baylor

Realistically, finishing 5-3 to end up 10-6 for the conference is well within reach the way the team is playing. That would be an improvement on last season’s 8-8 record and leave the team at 21-9, pending games in the Big 12.

My feeling is that the team is quite capable of going 8-0 to finish the season, plus whatever happens in the Big 12 tourney. That would put them at 13-3 and 24-6 going into the Big 12 tourney. As long as they are playing like they have in the past three games, they have can win at A&M, OSU, and Baylor, the three toughest road games left.
 
I remember last year's collapse. Not a season to remember for sure, where the only team Texas beat was Missouri.

I'm thinking an 8-0 is quite possible, but like that old adage, one game at a time.

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Definitely one game at a time...and for the ENTIRE game in every one of those 'one at a time' offerings. We need consistency out of the second unit...we need to create a situation in which schools cannot get complacent in figuring they can make their runs while our starting unit is on the bench.
 
I don't think our "starting unit" is much different from our "bench unit".....so, I don't see big runs.....unless our defense goes slack....

Kristen was a demon on rebounding last night, and it was AWESOME that everyone on the team got a rebound and a score.....just a good all-around effort...

I see Baylor losing 2 more, and OU losing possibly 3....
have to do possibles on OSU and ISU...

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I am really hoping we get the #2 seed...

(I think...am I wrong?)

I looked at the 4 teams we could get above....ISU may lose 2...Nebraska & maybe @ Kansas?

OSU SHOULD lose possibly 5...don't seee them winning @ Baylor or vs ISU or @ OU...

AND, I plan on US beating them in Stillwater!!

Maybe we get 3rd seed, but we COULD get 2nd....



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At the moment, we get the two only if we are tied with someone OTHER than Iowa State. At the moment, they get the nod on head to head.

OU only has two gimme's left in conference. And even the KSU game isn't necessarily a gimme if OU gets trounced by UConn on Monday (the whole psyche shattering sort of thing).

OSU has two games against TTU remaining...and those depend entirely on which TTU squad shows up. If the one that beat aggy shows up for both games...well, it gets interesting
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I would be surprised if they didn't focus on the game at hand. But I hope that the end result is 8-0 in the second half.
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Right, MB, and I am STILL irritated that we blew a 14 point lead vs ISU and lost that game!!
However, silver lining is that they know now they CAN'T let up!!

Sure would love to get the 2 -spot

BTW, OU WILL be soundly thumped by UConn!!




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i'm definitely still not over the ISU loss...frustrates me every time i look at the Big 12 standings. on the bright side, it seemed to spark this team. "lose the game but don't lose the lesson" (as Sherri Coale would say).

i think Nebraska and ISU will end up #1 and #2. i'm sure nobody saw that coming.

that being said, Nebraska really is the only lock. the remaining tourney seeds are up for grabs, in a way. and it will be interesting to see which teams surge ahead and which teams fold, in the final stretch.
 
That ISU loss does sting. I also am not a big fan that the north teams only playing south teams once, but what are you gonna do? Sure is a lot easier for a north team to come out on top right now.

I know it's been talked about in the football forums, but if Texas were to go to the Big Ten that would be interesting for the women's team. Might be a little easier to recruit up north as well.
 
2-0 to start off the second half, 6 more to go.
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@ Colorado--W 74-50
@ Kansas--W 85-82
Kansas State
@ A&M
@ OSU
OU
Missouri
@ Baylor
 
I can see us almost winning out, as I am confident that we can win all with the exception of the A&M game......not that we CAN'T, it's just they seem to have our #, and playing there will be TOUGH.....

Can't we still get 2nd seed??



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Entering the OU game I thought if the Horns managed to beat the Sooners on their home court (which they did brilliantly) they had a great chance of going 5-0 through the KSU matchup. Feat accomplished. The last 5 contests figured to be much tougher, with A&M, OSU and Baylor all away games. But the squad should have a lof of confidence given the recent wins and I'm hopeful for a strong finish.
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We are tied w/ OU.....but I predict they will lose @ K-State, vs. Nebraska, @ Texas,
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, and at A&M....
That will leave them at 9-7...

Iowa State lost to Nebraska....and will very well lose @ Kansas, which will leave them at 11-5.

Texas SHOULD win all but one (I hate to think we will lose one, but we just don't match up well with Aggie)....That will leave us at 12-4....and a #2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament.

I am sayin' my PRAYERS that that's the way it falls!!





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if Okie State can beat A&M at home, no reason why UT can't. Texas is due for a win over the Ags, and Coach G will end that losing streak against Coach Blair.
 
Three down, five to go!
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@ Colorado--W 74-50
@ Kansas--W 85-82
Kansas State--W 62-41
@ A&M
@ OSU
OU
Missouri
@ Baylor
 
3-1 at the halfway mark through the last eight. Hate to lose to A&M but, if the team will not let that loss carry over, still have an excellent shot at 7-1 and 12-4.


@ Colorado--W 74-50
@ Kansas--W 85-82
Kansas State--W 62-41
@ A&M--L 44-58
@ OSU
OU
Missouri
@ Baylor
 
OU actually worries me more today than they did last week...while it was admittedly only KSU, the way they came back yesterday (20+ points down early in the second half) and having played decently against UConn makes me think they could have put some pieces together.

Texas MUST play 40 minutes of a 40 minute game...
 
The good thing is that these are all very winnable games. OSU is in a bit of a collapse, Missouri at home should be a W based on records and OU is at home, so that will help. You never know what you are going to get with Baylor. That one could go either way and they will have extra motivation after losing to us earlier and it being their last home game.
 
@ Colorado--W 74-50
@ Kansas--W 85-82
Kansas State--W 62-41
@ A&M--L 44-58
@ OSU--L 72-73
OU
Missouri
@ Baylor
 
If the brackets play out the way one would expect, then either a #2 OR a #3 should keep us from having to match up with Nebraska prior to a Big 12 Final game.

With four teams, you usually look for the seeds to add to 5, and to add to 9 with eight teams. The first round bye's make for a little confusion, but it would still seem that ibe would be looking for the seed numbers to equal 17 in the Thursday matchups (ie. a 8 vs 9, 5 vs 12, etc).

Of course, in that scenario, it still means that we are looking at a big swath of the conference that is capable of turning it on in any given game.
 
I might be wrong, but I thought only a 2-seed would keep us away from Nebraska...

Hope Iowa State loses to K-State, but I think that still leaves us at a 3-seed...

I am presuming we will WIN the remaining games, too!!

We can match wins w/ ISU, BUT they get the tiebreak...



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I went and looked at the bracket on the Big 12 website and the only way we get stuck with Nebraska at any point prior to the finals would be if we 1) drop to the 8 or 9 seed (get them in the second round on Friday) or 2) finish with the 4,5,12 seeds (get them in the third round/semi finals on Saturday).

As things stand right now, we are in the four slot, meaning we would have the first round bye but get the winner of what at this moment would be Nebraska against KU/TTU winner.

The other reason we want the 2 or 3 seed is that it gets us afternoon/evening games all the way through...we don't seem to do well in early games.
 
mb, WOW!!

I get what you mean, now....

If we are a 2 OR a 3 seed, we (hopefully) will meet Nebraska in Championship Game!!

We will need to get by Iowa State, but I am SURE our Horns would LOVE another crack at them!!

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