RPI WATCH: 2/7/2010

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.

Current K-State AP Ranking = T-10

Current K-State ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 11

Current K-State Record = 19-4

Current K-State Big 12 Record = 6-3

Current K-State RPI = 8

Current K-State SOS = 2

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

Solid Wins (RPI 51-100) = none

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none

• Loyola (13-10, 4-9) | RPI = 186: Loss to Cleveland State (59-56)
  
• Western Illinois (9-14, 2-10) | RPI = 309: Loss to IUPUI (70-42)
  
• Boston (13-11, 8-4) | RPI = 161: Win at Albany (68-53)
  
• No. 25 Ole Miss (17-6, 5-4) | RPI = 36: Win over Alabama (74-67)
  
• Dayton (16-6, 5-3) | RPI = 33: Win over Xavier (90-65)
  
• IUPUI (17-8, 10-2) | RPI = 103: Win at Western Illinois (70-42)
  
• No. 8** FHSU (17-3): Win at Washburn (74-62)
  
• Washington State (15-8, 5-6) | RPI = 105: Win over Arizona (78-60)
  
• Xavier (16-7, 8-2) | RPI = 27: Loss at Dayton (90-65)
  
• UNLV (19-4, 7-2) | RPI = 30: Win over No. 12 BYU (88-74)
  
• Alabama (13-10, 3-6) | RPI = 107: Loss at No. 25 Ole Miss (74-67)
  
• UAPB (7-14, 7-3) | RPI = 237: Win over Alabama A&M (62-55)
  
• Cleveland State (12-12, 8-4) | RPI = 128: Win at Loyola (59-56)
  
• South Dakota (13-9) | RPI = 238
  
• Missouri (17-6, 5-3) | RPI = 47: Win at Colorado (84-66)
  
• Texas A&M (17-6, 6-3) | RPI = 22: Win over No. 20 Baylor (78-71)
  
• Colorado (11-12, 2-7) | RPI = 149: Loss to Missouri (84-66)
  
• No. 9 Texas (19-4, 5-3) | RPI = 21: Loss at Oklahoma (80-71)
  
• Oklahoma State (16-7, 4-5) | RPI = 41: Loss at Texas Tech (81-74)
  
• No. 20 Baylor (17-5, 4-4) | RPI = 28: Loss at Texas A&M (78-71)
  
• No. 1 Kansas (22-1, 8-0) | RPI = 1: Win over Nebraska (75-64)
  
• Nebraska (13-10, 1-7) | RPI = 127: Loss at No. 1 Kansas (75-64)
  
• Iowa State (13-10, 2-6) | RPI = 114: Loss to No. 10 Kansas State (79-75)
  
• Oklahoma (13-9, 4-4) | RPI = 76: Win over No. 9 Texas (80-71)
  
• Texas Tech (15-7, 3-5) | RPI = 32: Win over Oklahoma State (81-74)
  

*RPI 1-25 are in bold

**Division II Top 25