RPI WATCH: 3/12/2010

The Big 12 Tournament proceeded in fairly pedestrian fashion, compared to the double-bye upset madness in the Big East.

Thus, all four top seeds will face off today in two match-ups of ranked teams that only will be on the Big 12 Network.

Have I mentioned that this conference's TV package sucks?

Meanwhile, the third time was the charm for UNLV, which finally beat Utah this season to proceed to the next round of the Mountain West Tournament.

Also, Alabama beat South Carolina for the second straight time to advance to a match-up today with No. 2 Kentucky.

Roll Tide!

AP Ranking = 9

ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 9

Overall Record = 25-6

Big 12 Record = 11-5

Big 12 Seed = 2

Projected NCAA Seed = 2

RPI = 6

SOS = 5

Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = Xavier, Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma State

Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = Dayton, IUPUI, UNLV, Alabama, Texas Tech, Missouri

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = Iowa State

Loyola Chicago (14-16, 5-13) | RPI = 208
Western Illinois (13-17, 6-12) | RPI = 280
Boston University (19-12, 11-5) | RPI = 151
Ole Miss (21-9, 9-7) | RPI = 56
Dayton (20-11, 8-8) | RPI = 51
IUPUI (24-10, 15-3) | RPI = 85
No. 15* FHSU (21-6)
Washington State (16-15, 6-12) | RPI = 156
No. 25 Xavier (23-7, 14-2) | RPI = 21
UNLV (24-7, 11-5) | RPI = 48: Win over Utah (73-61 in the Mountain West Tournament)
Alabama (17-14, 6-10) | RPI = 100: Win over South Carolina (68-63 in the SEC Tournament)
UAPB (15-15, 14-4) | RPI = 195
Cleveland State (16-17, 10-8) | RPI = 159
South Dakota (20-9) | RPI = 224
Missouri (22-10, 10-6) | RPI = 39
No. 23 Texas A&M (23-8, 11-5) | RPI = 11: Win over Nebraska (70-64 in the Big 12 Tournament)
Colorado (15-16, 6-10) | RPI = 105
Texas (24-9, 9-7) | RPI = 26: Loss to No. 21 Baylor (86-67 in the Big 12 Tournament)
Oklahoma State (22-10, 9-7) | RPI = 28: Loss to No. 9 Kansas State (83-64 in the Big 12 Tournament)
No. 21 Baylor (25-6, 11-5) | RPI = 8: Win over Texas (86-67 in the Big 12 Tournament)
No. 1 Kansas (30-2, 15-1) | RPI = 1: Win over Texas Tech (80-68 in the Big 12 Tournament)
Nebraska (15-18, 2-14) | RPI = 153: Loss to No. 23 Texas A&M (70-64 in the Big 12 Tournament)
Iowa State (15-17, 4-12) | RPI = 114
Oklahoma (13-18, 4-12) | RPI = 112
Texas Tech (17-15, 4-12) | RPI = 71: Loss to No. 1 Kansas (80-68 in the Big 12 Tournament)