RPI WATCH: 3/6/2010

Wow, sucks to be Fort Hays State. The Tigers definitely are not playing their best ball at the end of the season.

Case in point: Five days ago, they creamed Emporia State at home 94-47. So what did they do as the No. 2 seed in the first round of the MIAA Tournament?

Lose to the seventh-seeded Hornets, of course.

That's par for the course in that tourney, in which No. 1 seed Central Missouri already lost by 19 to No. 8 seed Washburn — marking the third straight year the No. 8 has beat the No. 1. Craziness in Municipal Auditorium!

Both teams probably lost out on hosting in the NCAA Division II Tournament as a result of the upsets.

In other conference tournament news, Cleveland State already was knocked out of the Horizon League Tournament on Friday night. Several other K-State non-conference opponents likely will follow soon.

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
  
• Dayton (19-10, 8-7) | RPI = 41
  
• IUPUI (22-9, 15-3) | RPI = 92
  
• No. 15* FHSU (21-6): Loss to Emporia State (65-61 in the MIAA Tournament)
  
• Washington State (16-13, 6-11) | RPI = 141
  
• 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
  
• Cleveland State (16-17, 10-8) | RPI = 159: Loss to UW Milwaukee (82-75 in the Horizon League Tournament)
  
• South Dakota (18-9) | RPI = 222
  
• 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