RPI WATCH: 3/5/2010

In Thursday night's episode of "As K-State's Non-Conference Turns...", there was a decent amount of drama.

Ole Miss clung to its fading tournament hopes by beating pitiful LSU, which is a damn sight better than what its in-state counterpart did against Auburn. "So you're saying there's a chance?" continues to be the mantra in Oxford.

On the other hand, Dayton's hopes completely imploded for good with a road loss to Richmond. Unless the Flyers win the A-10 tourney, their mantra is, "N-I-T, yeah, you know me."

Washington State continued its slide toward putrescence by losing at sub-150 RPI Oregon State, while Arkansas-Pine Bluff continued its slow climb back to respectability with its 14th conference (and overall) win.

And South Dakota won a thriller in Vermilion, but does anyone really care what South Dakota does at this point? As an independent in basketball, it's more irrelevant than Notre Dame football.

AP Ranking = 5

ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 5

Overall Record = 24-5

Big 12 Record = 11-4

Projected Big 12 Seed = 2

Projected NCAA Seed = 2

RPI = 5

SOS = 5

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

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

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none

• Loyola Chicago (14-16, 5-13) | RPI = 208
  
• Western Illinois (13-16, 6-12) | RPI = 278
  
• Boston University (17-12, 11-5) | RPI = 153
  
• Ole Miss (20-9, 8-7) | RPI = 56: Win over LSU (72-59)
  
• Dayton (19-10, 8-7) | RPI = 41: Loss at Richmond (60-56)
  
• IUPUI (22-9, 15-3) | RPI = 92
  
• No. 15* FHSU (21-5)
  
• Washington State (16-13, 6-11) | RPI = 141: Loss at Oregon State (59-55)
  
• No. 25 Xavier (22-7, 13-2) | RPI = 13
  
• UNLV (22-7, 10-5) | RPI = 44
  
• Alabama (15-14, 5-10) | RPI = 112
  
• UAPB (14-15, 14-4) | RPI = 197: Win over MVSU (84-68)
  
• Cleveland State (16-16, 10-8) | RPI = 165
  
• South Dakota (18-9) | RPI = 222: Win over UTPA (85-79 in overtime)
  
• Missouri (22-8, 10-5) | RPI = 37
  
• No. 23 Texas A&M (21-8, 10-5) | RPI = 15
  
• Colorado (14-15, 5-10) | RPI = 130
  
• Texas (23-7, 9-6) | RPI = 24
  
• Oklahoma State (20-9, 8-7) | RPI = 27
  
• No. 21 Baylor (23-6, 10-5) | RPI = 11
  
• No. 2 Kansas (28-2, 14-1) | RPI = 1
  
• Nebraska (14-16, 2-13) | RPI = 135
  
• Iowa State (14-16, 3-12) | RPI = 126
  
• Oklahoma (13-16, 4-11) | RPI = 106
  
• Texas Tech (16-13, 4-11) | RPI = 57
  

*Division II Top 25