After a forgetful second half to the regular season ended with a fitting defeat in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament, the Oklahoma Sooners’ claim to an NCAA Tournament bid has been a fiery hot topic. With one of the strongest non-conference resumes in the nation combined with one of the most perplexing conference records, the arguments for leaving the Sooners out of the Big Dance certainly carried a fair amount of weight. But now that Oklahoma is officially in, the debate becomes about whether or not the Sooners deserve this lifeline.