Kudos to West Virginia, which won a crucial road game at USF to stop the bleeding and perhaps ensure its spot in the field of 68 after all.
That was about it for bright spots this weekend, though. If K-State wants any additional RPI help before Selection Sunday, it needs to get it by pounding fools at Sprint Center this week.
Long Beach State finally blinked at the end of a 16-game schedule, dropping a road finale to Cal State Fullerton.
It should come as no surprise that George Washington, UTEP and Virginia Tech also continued to lose.
But Alabama losing at Ole Miss when a tournament berth is not yet certain? And giving the final first-day bye to Tennessee? Yikes.
Overall Record = 21-9
Big 12 Record = 10-8
Top 50 Record = 5-6
RPI = 42
SOS = 59
Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = Missouri (x2), Baylor
Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = Alabama, Long Beach State, Texas
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = Oklahoma (x2)
- Charleston Southern (19-12, 11-7 Big South) | RPI = 162
- Loyola Chicago (7-23, 1-17 Horizon) | RPI = 308
- UMES (7-22, 4-12 MEAC) | RPI = 315
- George Washington (10-20, 5-11 A-10) | RPI = 180: Loss at Dayton (59-75)
- Virginia Tech (15-16, 4-12 ACC) | RPI = 118: Loss to North Carolina State (58-70)
- West Virginia (19-12, 9-9 Big East) | RPI = 43: Win at USF (50-44)
- North Florida (16-16, 10-8 A-Sun) | RPI = 175
- Alabama (20-10, 9-7 SEC) | RPI = 32: Loss at Ole Miss (51-60)
- Southern Illinois (8-23, 5-13 MVC) | RPI = 255
- UTEP (14-16, 7-9 C-USA) | RPI = 158: Loss at SMU (48-57)
- Long Beach State (22-8, 15-1 Big West) | RPI = 35: Loss at Cal State Fullerton (74-77)
- Howard (9-20, 6-10 MEAC) | RPI = 292
- No. 3 Kansas (26-5, 16-2 Big 12) | RPI = 6: Win over Texas (73-63)
- No. 7 Missouri (27-4, 14-4 Big 12) | RPI = 15: Win at Texas Tech (81-59)
- No. 9 Baylor (25-6, 12-6 Big 12) | RPI = 9: Loss at Iowa State (72-80)
- Oklahoma (15-15, 5-13 Big 12) | RPI = 123: Win over Texas A&M (65-62)
- Texas (19-12, 9-9 Big 12) | RPI = 51: Loss at No. 3 Kansas (63-73)
- Oklahoma State (14-17, 7-11 Big 12) | RPI = 121: Loss at Kansas State (58-77)
- Texas Tech (8-22, 1-17 Big 12) | RPI = 230: Loss to No. 7 Missouri (59-81)
- Iowa State (22-9, 12-6 Big 12) | RPI = 30: Win over No. 9 Baylor (80-72)
- Texas A&M (13-17, 4-14 Big 12) | RPI = 173: Loss at Oklahoma (62-65)