Can we do it?

[ClonesTwenty1]

Assuming we win our next three cupcake games we will need to pull off 10 conference wins or 9 conference games and beat Missouri late in season to get to 20 regular season wins. Can this team achieve that?

BTW, depending on quality wins rest of the way I think this team could get in the tournament with 18 or 19 wins.

 

[CloniesForLife]

Tonight absolutely sucked but it was a perfect **** storm. I still think we make the dance. Big12 doesn't seem as tough this year. I think we win at least 8. But we will see.

 

[Jer]

I said all off-season that I thought defense would regress just a bit and offense would have the same ceiling, but without a true playmaker like Brock to carry us. Don’t overreact to a win or a loss and we’re about where I expected.

I don’t remember exactly how I put it, but basically felt this was going to look more like the rebuilding year you’d have after going 2-22.

Bright future, not so pretty short term.

 

[Acylum]

I don’t think the top 2-3 teams are as good as last year, but I think the middle is significantly better. I voted ‘No’ but that could be a derivative of what I just watched.

 

[awd4cy]

Tonight absolutely sucked but it was a perfect **** storm. I still think we make the dance. Big12 doesn't seem as tough this year. I think we win at least 8. But we will see.

If the Big 12 isn’t as tough, then that just makes it less likely 8-10 in conference gets it done.

 

[HoustonClone]

So those with a statistics degree need to help adjust the poll to account for the "poll posted immediately after a lopsided loss to the Hawkeyes" bias.

 

[ClonerJams]

Yes. Big 12 isn't as good as it was last year. We had plenty of nights like this last year. It won't always be this putrid.

 

[awd4cy]

I think this team goes 4-14 in conference. Similar team as last year minus Brockington. Brockington went god mode and single-handedly got us 3 Big 12 wins on his own

 

[CloniesForLife]

If the Big 12 isn’t as tough, then that just makes it less likely 8-10 in conference gets it done.

It isn't that much worse but I think enough that we pick up enough wins. Those wins will still be Quad 1 or 2

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

I'd say we can't shoot worse, but we can....senior night last year was an example. If we could average 7-8 threes per game, I'd feel a lot better...we couldn't hit the broadside of a barn tonight

 

[quasistellar]

I haven't watched enough games to form an opinion yet. Also, still haven't seen King play.

 

[madguy30]

Tonight's team won't win 4 games in conference.

The team from Portland or similar...maybe 8 or 9.

 

[CycloneJoe6]

Our first 6 conference games look like murders row right now

 

[JP4CY]

I personally don't know how we won't be swept by atleast 2 teams in conference play. So now you've got to win 9 or 10 of the 14 remaining games? Don't see that happening.

 

[davegilbertson]

can? yes. will? who knows.

it will be a grind. did not see tonight going this way. not overreacting, but it's a sobering game/outcome.

feel like we need a better solution for getting the ball up the court and counteracting pressure. we're going to get loads of it from here on out.

 

[CoKane]

Well we're likely losing 6-8 agaisnt the top of the conference in Baylor, KU, Tech, and Texas so its gonna be pretty damn hard

 

[LtRaczack]

7-8 wins in conference would be nice and maybe a tournament run.

 

[CyclonesRock]

Hard to see us winning many if any road games. We still play all the top teams at home so sniffing .500 in conference seems like a pipe dream.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Think i predicted 9-3 non con, 7 wins in the Big 12 and one win in KC, for 17-15. Don't think I've seen anything this season to change my mind yet.

 

[alarson]

I think this team goes 4-14 in conference. Similar team as last year minus Brockington. Brockington went god mode and single-handedly got us 3 Big 12 wins on his own

We were also pretty lucky to face a gutted Tech team when we did. Barely pulled it off even with them down guys.