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The two conference leaders remain locked in a collision course for the title that likely will be decided Saturday.
Oklahoma continued its freefall into near-Texas Tech territory. Texas Tech continues to reside down there.
Baylor just can't seem to put any distance between itself and Iowa State.
That could change soon, as Iowa State has some pretty difficult road games coming up.
And, of course, Kansas State and Texas experienced dramatic swings in their respective fortunes.
Seed* | Record* | Tourney* | RPI | Pomeroy | Sagarin | Streak | Best Win** | Worst Loss** | Coach | |
Kansas | 1 | 16-2 | NCAA | 6 | 4 | 3 | W-4 | Ohio State | Davidson | Bill Self |
Missouri | 2 | 15-3 | NCAA | 9 | 8 | 8 | W-7 | Kansas | Oklahoma State | Frank Haith |
Iowa State | 3 | 11-7 | NCAA | 41 | 34 | 36 | W-1 | Kansas | Drake | Fred Hoiberg |
Baylor | 4 | 11-7 | NCAA | 10 | 17 | 17 | L-1 | Saint Mary's | Kansas State | Scott Drew |
Kansas State | 5 | 10-8 | NCAA | 49 | 26 | 25 | W-1 | Missouri | Oklahoma (2) | Frank Martin |
Texas | 6 | 10-8 | Bubble | 51 | 22 | 20 | L-1 | Temple | Oregon State | Rick Barnes |
Oklahoma State | 7 | 7-11 | None | 101 | 91 | 91 | W-1 | Missouri | Texas A&M | Travis Ford |
Oklahoma | 8 | 5-13 | None | 115 | 108 | 97 | L-6 | Oral Roberts | Texas Tech | Lon Kruger |
Texas A&M | 9 | 4-14 | None | 156 | 111 | 112 | L-1 | Oklahoma State | Rice | Billy Kennedy |
Texas Tech | 10 | 1-17 | None | 228 | 241 | 218 | L-2 | Oklahoma | DePaul | Billy Gillispie |
Note: As any of these numbers change, I will bold and color-code them to indicate direction of change.
Team names that are colored indicate a change in seed.
(green = upward, red = downward)
*Predicted
**According to RealTimeRPI
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Discussion
Which is more impressive, Missouri's winning streak or Oklahoma's losing streak?
All I know is that between them, there is no consistency. Each of those teams has not won or lost more than one game in a row. That's why it's the muddied middle, I guess.
The North is rising, with Iowa State and Kansas making strong projected moves upward in the seed order, while the South is falling, with Baylor and Texas both suffering upset losses that damaged their stock.
GAMER: Now has Kansas State winning at Texas A&M.
Pomeroy: No changes.
Sagarin: No changes.
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Self-Evaluation
After every 5-0 binge, there is an inevitable 3-2 hangover. Curse you, algorithmic alcohol!
I told you I had a funny feeling about Baylor, but even I was a little surprised we actually managed to pull it off.
Oklahoma State's fireworks, however, were somewhat less surprising. It sure was funny to watch Texas taste a little of its own medicine, though.
OUTLOOK is all in on the home teams this week, except for the woeful Aggies, of course. Baylor, Oklahoma State and Kansas State would appear to have the best chances to pull off road victories, in that order.
Cumulative pick record: 55-15 (.786)
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Key
Results are plugged into this wonderful tool to generate the predicted records and seed order. Winners are predicted by a best-of-three system comprising three statistical prediction models:
- G — RealTimeRPI GAMER (an advanced statistical prediction model, claiming 76.8-percent accuracy)
- P — Ken Pomeroy's rankings (predicts a probability outcome for each game remaining)
- S — Sagarin pure points predictor rankings (home-court advantage is taken into account)
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Predicted Outcomes
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