RPI WATCH: 11/19/2010

In Thursday's action, the following happened:

Oklahoma remained the most fraudulent 3-0 team in the nation by beating up on Texas Southern, the worst team on K-State's upcoming schedule.
Florida erased the memory of its lopsided defeat to Ohio State with a 50-point beat-down of North Carolina A&T.
K-State commitment Adrian Diaz's older brother, Andres, led the North Florida Ospreys to a first-round win in the Cancun Challenge with 23 points and 11 rebounds.
If possible, Missouri kicked off its regular season by squeaking to even uglier win than the one we posted last night.
Baylor completed its Lace-less stretch in a fairly dominating fashion. In related news, Perry Jones III is insanely good.
The Nubbies laid an egg in Puerto Rico. What kind of egg? Try a leading scorer with just 10 points, 0 for 10 from 3-point range and 10 of 23 from the charity stripe. Yikes. But the truly pressing question is: Will Brandon Ubel return from the sunny island with any semblance of a tan on his vampire-like exterior?
Congrats to Texas for an inspired "upset" effort against what I thought was a comparable team, but Longhorns, get ready for a KSU vs. Butler-like letdown tonight against Pittsburgh. Overtime is a cruel bitch of a mistress.

And in breaking news, Bruce Pearl just got suspended for eight games by the $EC(heating).

You think that's bad? Wait'll you see what the NCAA does to him...

AP Ranking = 3

ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 3

Overall Record = 3-0

RPI = 77

SOS = 153

Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = none

Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = James Madison

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none

James Madison (0-1) | RPI = 62
No. 22 Virginia Tech (1-1) | RPI = 167
Presbyterian (0-2) | RPI = 337: Loss at No. 3 Kansas State (67-76 in the CBE Classic)
No. 11 Gonzaga (2-1) | RPI = 111
No. 1 Duke (2-0) | RPI = 2
Marquette (3-0) | RPI = 119
Texas Southern (0-3) | RPI = 316: Loss at Oklahoma (52-82)
Emporia State (1-2*)
Washington State (2-0) | RPI = 136
Alcorn State (0-3) | RPI = 77
Loyola Chicago (4-0) | RPI = 80: Win over Eastern Illinois (73-62)
No. 9 Florida (2-1) | RPI = 57: Win over North Carolina A&T (105-55)
UNLV (2-0) | RPI = 254
UMKC (2-0) | RPI = 301
North Florida (1-2) | RPI = 88: Win at Wyoming (76-60 in the Cancun Challenge)
Savannah State (1-3) | RPI = 327: Loss at Florida A&M (53-64)
Oklahoma State (2-0) | RPI = 255
Colorado (1-1) | RPI = 170
Texas Tech (1-1) | RPI = 217
No. 15 Missouri (1-0) | RPI = 345: Win over Western Illinois (66-61)
Texas A&M (2-0) | RPI = 64
No. 17 Baylor (3-0) | RPI = 50: Win over Jackson State (63-49)
No. 7 Kansas (2-0) | RPI = 106
Nebraska (2-1) | RPI = 179: Loss to Vanderbilt (49-59 in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off)
Iowa State (3-0) | RPI = 85
Oklahoma (3-0) | RPI = 182: Win over Texas Southern (82-52)
Texas (3-0) | RPI = 36: Win over No. 13 Illinois (90-84 in overtime in the 2K Sports Classic)