Kansas State faces a must-win at Oklahoma State. The Wildcats currently reside among our "Next Four Out," in large part because of a No. 310 nonconference schedule. Despite wins over Missouri, at Texas and at Texas A&M, K-State is just 8-6 in the softer Big 12 North. A No. 72 RPI suggests the Wildcats will need at least a 10-6 Big 12 record along with further good work in next week's conference tournament.
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Joe Lunardi -- Bubble Game of the Night
Is anyone in the national media ever going to catch on that the Big 12 North has closed the gap with the Big 12 South? The divisions have evenly split 28 games thus far. With Baylor's implosion, they are basically as easy a win as Iowa State in the North, giving both divisions two easy wins. KU is as good as OU at the top. Missouri is better than Texas and Oklahoma State, or have we all forgotten that the Tigers won on both of those schools' home courts? For that matter, does anyone even remember that K-State won in Austin and College Station? Lunardi mentions it, but doesn't seem to put any stock in it.
I'm not going to make some outlandish claim that the South is the North's bitch this year, but to call it anything but a draw at this point ignores the results.
