As always, Big 12 Conference games will be discussed later today in BIG 12 OUTLOOK.
West Virginia probably gave us the biggest non-con boost by upending then-top-10 Georgetown at home, while Alabama crept back closer to the polls by handling Georgia in Athens.
Long Beach State, North Florida and UTEP also posted nice conference wins. But while North Florida came out on the right end of an overtime game, Charleston Southern did not.
And unfortunately, George Washington, Loyola and UMES all reside at the very bottom of their conferences, so don't look for much help there, while Virginia Tech appears bound and determined to stay on the bubble, losing to Wake.
All in all, though, with four wins over top-50 teams (three more than we had last season as a No. 5 seed, by the way), this is beginning to look like Frank Martin's best tournament profile yet. But there's still more work to be done.
Associated Press Ranking = 18
ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 18
Overall Record = 12-2
Big 12 Record = 1-1
Top 50 Record = 4-2
RPI = 18
SOS = 53
Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = Alabama, Long Beach State, Missouri
Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = Virginia Tech
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
- Charleston Southern (10-6, 4-2 Big South) | RPI = 148: Loss to Coastal Carolina (77-80 in overtime)
- Loyola Chicago (5-11, 0-6 Horizon) | RPI = 262: Loss at Cleveland State (48-69)
- UMES (3-12, 0-2 MEAC) | RPI = 290: Loss at Norfolk State (72-78)
- George Washington (5-10, 0-2 A-10) | RPI = 221
- Virginia Tech (11-4, 0-1 ACC) | RPI = 40: Loss at Wake Forest (55-58)
- West Virginia (12-4, 3-1 Big East) | RPI = 13: Win over No. 9 Georgetown (74-62)
- North Florida (9-8, 3-1 A-Sun) | RPI = 132: Win at Florida Gulf Coast (88-81 in overtime)
- Alabama (12-3, 1-0 SEC) | RPI = 15: Win at Georgia (74-59)
- Southern Illinois (5-10, 2-2 MVC) | RPI = 257: Loss to Wichita State (73-83)
- UTEP (8-8, 1-1 C-USA) | RPI = 143: Win over Houston (70-50)
- Long Beach State (10-6, 3-0 Big West) | RPI = 23: Win at Cal State Northridge (81-68)
- Howard (4-13, 1-3 MEAC) | RPI = 301: Loss at Hampton (55-57)
- No. 10 Kansas (12-3, 2-0 Big 12) | RPI = 22: Win at Oklahoma (72-61)
- No. 9 Missouri (14-1, 1-1 Big 12) | RPI = 27: Loss at No. 23 Kansas State (59-75)
- No. 4 Baylor (15-0, 2-0 Big 12) | RPI = 4: Win at Texas Tech (73-60)
- Oklahoma (10-4, 0-2 Big 12) | RPI = 65: Loss to No. 14 Kansas (61-72)
- Texas (11-4, 1-1 Big 12) | RPI = 73: Win over Oklahoma State (58-49)
- Oklahoma State (8-7, 1-1 Big 12) | RPI = 119: Loss at Texas (49-58)
- Texas Tech (7-7, 0-2 Big 12) | RPI = 196: Loss to No. 4 Baylor (60-73)
- Iowa State (12-3, 2-0 Big 12) | RPI = 46: Win at Texas A&M (74-50)
- Texas A&M (9-5, 0-2 Big 12) | RPI = 224: Loss to Iowa State (50-74)
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