RPI WATCH: 2/12/2010

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Some thoughts on Thursday night's games:

• Western Illinois pulled off a monster upset by winning at Oral Roberts. Remember, ORU beat Missouri and New Mexico at home earlier this season.
• Ole Miss simply is falling apart at the seams. 5-5 in the SEC will get you left out of the NCAA Tournament when you're in the sorry West Division, especially when you lose twice to equally mediocre Mississippi State.
• IUPUI won at Centenary. Why is this significant? Well, for a day at least, the Jaguars popped back into the RPI Top 100 and boosted our resume in that area.
• Want to see a tumble worse than Mississippi's? Look no further than Washington State. After blowing a 15-point lead at Stanford, which is one of the worst teams in one of the worst conferences, the Cougars fell to 5-7 and 120th in the RPI. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
  

Current K-State AP Ranking = 9

Current K-State ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 9

Current K-State Record = 19-4

Current K-State Big 12 Record = 6-3

Current K-State RPI = 8

Current K-State SOS = 4

Great Wins (RPI 1-50*) = Dayton, Xavier, UNLV, Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor

Solid Wins (RPI 51-100) = IUPUI

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none

• Loyola (13-11, 4-10) | RPI = 187
  
• Western Illinois (10-14, 3-10) | RPI = 289: Win at Oral Roberts (64-62)
  
• Boston (13-12, 8-5) | RPI = 161
  
• Ole Miss (17-7, 5-5) | RPI = 45: Loss at Mississippi State (71-63)
  
• Dayton (17-6, 6-3) | RPI = 34
  
• IUPUI (18-8, 11-2) | RPI = 98: Win at Centenary (88-77)
  
• No. 10** FHSU (18-3): Win over Truman (82-45)
  
• Washington State (15-9, 5-7) | RPI = 120: Loss at Stanford (60-58)
  
• Xavier (16-7, 8-2) | RPI = 27
  
• No. 23 UNLV (19-5, 7-3) | RPI = 32
  
• Alabama (13-11, 3-7) | RPI = 103
  
• UAPB (8-14, 8-3) | RPI = 238
  
• Cleveland State (13-12, 9-4) | RPI = 131: Win over Valparaiso (80-71)
  
• South Dakota (14-9) | RPI = 231: Win over Chicago State (79-74)
  
• Missouri (18-6, 6-3) | RPI = 46
  
• Texas A&M (17-6, 6-3) | RPI = 22
  
• Colorado (11-12, 2-7) | RPI = 149
  
• No. 14 Texas (19-5, 5-4) | RPI = 22
  
• Oklahoma State (16-7, 4-5) | RPI = 41
  
• No. 24 Baylor (18-5, 5-4) | RPI = 28
  
• No. 1 Kansas (23-1, 9-0) | RPI = 1
  
• Nebraska (13-11, 1-8) | RPI = 124
  
• Iowa State (13-11, 2-7) | RPI = 117
  
• Oklahoma (13-10, 4-5) | RPI = 76
  
• Texas Tech (16-7, 4-5) | RPI = 33
  

*RPI 1-25 are in bold

**Division II Top 25