The most boring week of basketball season began with a Sunday night that saw Iowa State dispatch an awful Texas Southern by a lower margin of victory than I expected.
Meanwhile, Virginia Tech beat Penn State by an equally small margin.
Ah, December, the month in which most teams win in an underwhelming and ugly fashion.
Note: There will be no RPI WATCH tomorrow because none of our opponents are playing tonight. See? Boring week. I hate finals.
AP Ranking = 6
ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 6
Overall Record = 9-1
RPI = 19
SOS = 57
Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = none
Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = Virginia Tech, Presbyterian
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
- James Madison (7-3, 0-1 CAA) | RPI = 138
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Virginia Tech (5-4, 0-1 ACC) | RPI = 63: Win over Penn State (79-69)
- Presbyterian (3-6, 1-1 Big South) | RPI = 99
- Gonzaga (4-5) | RPI = 120
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No. 1 Duke (10-0) | RPI = 6
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Texas Southern (1-7) | RPI = 171: Loss at Iowa State (54-65)
- Emporia State (6-4, 3-1 MIAA*)
- Washington State (7-1) | RPI = 113
- Alcorn State (0-8) | RPI = 233
- Loyola Chicago (8-3, 0-2 Horizon League) | RPI = 195
- No. 24 Florida (7-2) | RPI = 8
- No. 19 UNLV (9-1) | RPI = 9
- UMKC (5-4, 0-2 Summit League) | RPI = 282
- North Florida (4-5, 1-1 Atlantic Sun) | RPI = 123
- Savannah State (1-10) | RPI = 325
- Oklahoma State (9-1) | RPI = 69
- Colorado (5-3) | RPI = 180
- Texas Tech (5-5) | RPI = 205
- No. 11 Missouri (8-1) | RPI = 27
- Texas A&M (9-1) | RPI = 56
- No. 9 Baylor (6-0) | RPI = 32
- No. 4 Kansas (9-0) | RPI = 4
- Nebraska (8-2) | RPI = 109
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Iowa State (9-2) | RPI = 134: Win over Texas Southern (65-54)
- Oklahoma (5-5) | RPI = 150
- No. 25 Texas (7-2) | RPI = 50
*Division II
**AP Ranking