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Nebraska Cornhuskers
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Iowa St. Cyclones
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Kansas Jayhawks
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baylor Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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BIG 12 OUTLOOK: 02.08.10
by BracketCat on Feb 8, 2010 12:00 AM CST
in Men's Basketball
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Man, if K-State and Colorado could've just closed it out in overtime, KU would be sitting there at 6-2 and this conference race really would be insane.
As it is, though, we'll just have to settle for mostly insane. K-State is looking more and more like the second-best team in the Big 12, but the surging Aggies had a resume-building week to remember and still get KU at home. I've never been more thankful to hold a head-to-head tiebreaker than the one we have over Texas A&M.
Meanwhile, Texas' slide continued and things truly will get ugly if the Longhorns can't find a way to flip the script and knock off a No. 1 themselves. Even with a win on Big Monday, Rick Barnes' team finds itself in a battle with Baylor and Missouri for the final bye. Luckily for Texas, it still has an opportunity to grab road wins in Columbia and Waco, and end that battle emphatically. But the Horns better learn to shoot free throws first...
Oklahoma continues to hang around by defending its home court very well. If the Sooners ever could figure out how to win on the road, they might be able to make a run into the upper half. Even 8-8 now looks attainable. But nothing short of a Big 12 Tournament championship will get them into the NCAA Tournament.
Conversely, Oklahoma State looks more and more like an NIT team. The computer numbers remain gaudy, just like last season, but where are the quality wins? Other than the one we handed to them, there aren't any. Without James Anderson, the Cowboys would be very, very average.
Kudos to Texas Tech for getting some revenge for the Big 12 season-opening loss in Stillwater, but the Red Raiders better enjoy it while they can. There aren't many wins left on the schedule.
And I have nothing to say about the Northtards, except that it sure is nice to get to play them all twice — especially when it doesn't affect our tourney profile at all.
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RPI WATCH: 2/7/2010
by BracketCat on Feb 7, 2010 6:00 PM CST
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Almost half our opponents played each other Saturday. Those games basically were a wash for our RPI, but for perception's sake, it was important that certain teams beat others and keep themselves in the NCAA Tournament discussion. In all cases, I think the matchups worked in our favor:
- Cleveland State 59, Loyola 56
- Dayton 90, Xavier 65 (Xavier previously beat Dayton, which faced a must-win situation at home to stay on the bubble)
- IUPUI 70, Western Illinois 42
- Kansas 75, Nebraska 64
- Missouri 84, Colorado 66
- Oklahoma 80, Texas 71
- Ole Miss 74, Alabama 67
- Texas A&M 78, Baylor 71
- Texas Tech 81, Oklahoma State 74
But it also was a costly weekend — Alabama, IUPUI and Washington State all fell below the 100 threshold in the RPI.
Now it's double or nothing for K-State — all of our RPI Top 100 wins also are RPI Top 50 wins.
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Joe College Sells a Very Odd T-Shirt
It says "Kansas" on the front with a graphic on the back that says, "Frank Martin Mows My Lawn".
You be the judge of what that's supposed to mean.
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Panjandrum
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ISU: The Aftermath
by BracketCat on Feb 7, 2010 12:00 PM CST
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RPI WATCH: 2/6/2010
by BracketCat on Feb 6, 2010 6:00 PM CST
in Men's Basketball
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This barely was worth publishing. Click the jump to see why.
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OPEN GAME THREAD: Iowa State
by BracketCat on Feb 6, 2010 12:00 PM CST
in Men's Basketball
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#10 Kansas St. Wildcats (18-4 | 5-3) AT Iowa St. Cyclones (13-9 | 2-5)
Hilton Coliseum — Ames, Iowa
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 — 1:05 PM CST
ESPN2 | ESPN360
"Survive and advance" is the name of the game today.
For my previous analysis of the Cyclones, click here. To see K-State's game notes, follow the jump.
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BIG 12 OUTLOOK: 02.06.10
by BracketCat on Feb 6, 2010 12:00 AM CST
in Men's Basketball
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Although the conference still is tightly packed, it's begun to separate into two halves — those with winning conference records and those without. Not coincidentally, those who follow the jump will see that the upper six also are the projected tournament teams at this time.
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RPI WATCH: 2/5/2010
by BracketCat on Feb 5, 2010 12:00 PM CST
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"Clinging on to life" could be the theme of today's RPI WATCH — only instead of life, it's more like "RPI Top 100 status."
The subjects of this soliloquy are, of course, Alabama and Washington State, who both currently reside in the 95-99 range after pathetic defeats Thursday night.
The former lost at home by one point to Florida, falling to 3-5 in SEC play, while the latter continued to redefine mediocrity by losing at home by 11 points to equally mediocre Arizona State.
I was completely wrong about Wazzu. I thought having a dynamic scorer such as Klay Thompson would make the Cougars a factor in the Pac-10 race. Instead, they're 4-6 in what has turned out to be perhaps the ninth-best conference in the country.
Thank God we won that game, because losing it would have been a millstone around our neck come Selection Sunday.
Speaking of the Pac-10, does anyone want to win that conference? Arizona and Cal were tied for the lead, until the Wildcats lost last night at underachieving Washington by six points and the Golden Bears lost at ineligible-for-the-postseason USC by three.
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