Thursday Big 12
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what little i know about these 2 teams it seems ok st is better from foul line but pitt looks bigger inside.pitt may be due for a complete game while ok state has played 2 weeks of great bball.are you basing your pick at all on strength of conference.
Schedule is certainly part of it. What has OSU done when we really look at it:
1) won a down Big 12, with 6 automatic wins v AM, Baylor, Okl
2) beat Texas 3 times (to many here that is meaningless)
3) against every other decent team away from home:
Lost to BYU
Lost at Mizzou
Blow out loss at TT
Beat Memphis in tourney (very close to home)
I think they are an excellent team, but to me they dont have "it." They have not played a team as tough as Pitt. Pitt will have the crowd. Lucas will be much less effective in a slower game. Okl State is very prone to foul trouble and Pitt is a team to take advantage of that. Texas would have won the last 2 games v Okl State if they could have hit the broad side of a barn. Pitt's offense isnt earth-shattering, but it doesnt have to be. Let's also keep in mind it has been a long time since OSU has been tested in a game. Pitt is tested in almost every game, and look at the last one at Wiscy.
1) won a down Big 12, with 6 automatic wins v AM, Baylor, Okl
2) beat Texas 3 times (to many here that is meaningless)
3) against every other decent team away from home:
Lost to BYU
Lost at Mizzou
Blow out loss at TT
Beat Memphis in tourney (very close to home)
I think they are an excellent team, but to me they dont have "it." They have not played a team as tough as Pitt. Pitt will have the crowd. Lucas will be much less effective in a slower game. Okl State is very prone to foul trouble and Pitt is a team to take advantage of that. Texas would have won the last 2 games v Okl State if they could have hit the broad side of a barn. Pitt's offense isnt earth-shattering, but it doesnt have to be. Let's also keep in mind it has been a long time since OSU has been tested in a game. Pitt is tested in almost every game, and look at the last one at Wiscy.
I am too stubborn to change my mind. I also remember you telling me that when I took the Horns at Tech. Hopefully the same result!
I don't necessarily disagree that it was a down year in the Big 12, but 8-0 ATS in the tourney might say otherwise.
