Apologies to anybody who tried to watch the news piece last night. John Hygh from Fox 7 called me while I was on my way to work and let me know that a story on DeLoss Dodds’ induction into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame was going to air last night instead. Unfortunately, I don’t have internet access at my work and the post was just left sitting there announcing something that wasn’t going to happen. Instead, my story will air next Tuesday, which is a tough break considering we’ll be playing Texas Tech at the Drum right about then. It will also air the next day during their morning show, so it sounds like there will be four times in the span of about 13 hours that it will be on. I think my own mother will be tired of my face at that point. Last night was absolutely crazy in the Big 12, as A&M went down to Tech (again), K-State lost to Nebraska, and OU lost to Iowa State. That puts the Horns in sole possession of 3rd place, only one game back of the leading Aggies. And now Kansas has a pretty good shot at the title, needing only to run the table and have A&M falter in one of their remaining five. Tuesday was also good for Texas’ RPI, without the team even taking the court. Tennessee knocked off Kentucky and Michigan State beat Michigan, pushing the Horns to 49th in Ken Pomeroy’s RPI approximations. The Tech win also stopped their wicked slide down the charts, keeping them at 34th. Texas has three wins against the top 50, with Oklahoma State (25th) and Arkansas (39th) providing the other two. The biggest thing about the Tech victory is that it keeps them in the NCAA tournament talk. They now have two wins over A&M, a win over Kansas, and a win over Arkansas to put on the resumé. And with home games left against Colorado and Baylor, Bobby Knight’s squad should have 18 wins easily. Their other three games are at Texas, home against Oklahoma State, and a road finish in Ames, Iowa against the Cyclones. If they hold serve at home and steal a road game, we’re looking at a 20-win team heading into a conference tournament where they could likely pick up at least one more. Tonight’s Big 12 game has the Kansas Jayhawks traveling to Colorado for what should be the first of four consecutive easy wins. Elsewhere, the Greg Oden Show airs on ESPN as Ohio State goes to Happy Valley to take on Penn State (6 PM), while the Texas RPI will fluctuate a little based on the results of Cincinnati-Villanova (8 PM). |
3 Responses to “Wednesday morning hodgepodge”
on 14 Feb 2007 at 11:09 am # Pat Daniel
During this lay off before the Baylor game, I think you should do something about those stupid cowboy hats in the O-Zone. I made the trip from Houston for the Iowa State game, and I was glad to see you didn’t have one on.
Also, did you ever see Kirkendoll play in high school. He’s a pretty good scorer, and I saw Mack offered him to Barnes if he wants him. I don’t see the need for him, but it would be pretty cool to have two RRISD kids on the basketball team.
on 15 Feb 2007 at 3:19 pm # Paul
Ryan,
I just stumbled across this whilst bored at work. Cool stuff man. Keep it up!
Later.
on 15 Feb 2007 at 5:14 pm # Ryan
Paul-
Thanks for the comment. Hope to see you around the rest of the way.
Pat-
I haven’t seen Kirkendoll play, but I still can’t quite grasp the idea of RRHS producing athletes for any sport other than baseball. I remember one year our basketball team was 3-26 at one point, and our football team made the playoffs one of my four years and pulled a Cinderella into the 3rd round. The other three, RRHS posted a 4-26 record.
Fuck those hats, as well. I may have to start doing some posts on the whole marketing/attendance issues.