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Some thoughts on Thursday night's games:
- Western Illinois pulled off a monster upset by winning at Oral Roberts. Remember, ORU beat Missouri and New Mexico at home earlier this season.
- Ole Miss simply is falling apart at the seams. 5-5 in the SEC will get you left out of the NCAA Tournament when you're in the sorry West Division, especially when you lose twice to equally mediocre Mississippi State.
- IUPUI won at Centenary. Why is this significant? Well, for a day at least, the Jaguars popped back into the RPI Top 100 and boosted our resume in that area.
- Want to see a tumble worse than Mississippi's? Look no further than Washington State. After blowing a 15-point lead at Stanford, which is one of the worst teams in one of the worst conferences, the Cougars fell to 5-7 and 120th in the RPI. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
Current K-State AP Ranking = 9
Current K-State ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 9
Current K-State Record = 19-4
Current K-State Big 12 Record = 6-3
Current K-State RPI = 8
Current K-State SOS = 4
Great Wins (RPI 1-50*) = Dayton, Xavier, UNLV, Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor
Solid Wins (RPI 51-100) = IUPUI
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
- Loyola (13-11, 4-10) | RPI = 187
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Western Illinois (10-14, 3-10) | RPI = 289: Win at Oral Roberts (64-62)
- Boston (13-12, 8-5) | RPI = 161
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Ole Miss (17-7, 5-5) | RPI = 45: Loss at Mississippi State (71-63)
- Dayton (17-6, 6-3) | RPI = 34
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IUPUI (18-8, 11-2) | RPI = 98: Win at Centenary (88-77)
- No. 10** FHSU (18-3): Win over Truman (82-45)
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Washington State (15-9, 5-7) | RPI = 120: Loss at Stanford (60-58)
- Xavier (16-7, 8-2) | RPI = 27
- No. 23 UNLV (19-5, 7-3) | RPI = 32
- Alabama (13-11, 3-7) | RPI = 103
- UAPB (8-14, 8-3) | RPI = 238
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Cleveland State (13-12, 9-4) | RPI = 131: Win over Valparaiso (80-71)
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South Dakota (14-9) | RPI = 231: Win over Chicago State (79-74)
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Missouri (18-6, 6-3) | RPI = 46
- Texas A&M (17-6, 6-3) | RPI = 22
- Colorado (11-12, 2-7) | RPI = 149
- No. 14 Texas (19-5, 5-4) | RPI = 22
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Oklahoma State (16-7, 4-5) | RPI = 41
- No. 24 Baylor (18-5, 5-4) | RPI = 28
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No. 1 Kansas (23-1, 9-0) | RPI = 1
- Nebraska (13-11, 1-8) | RPI = 124
- Iowa State (13-11, 2-7) | RPI = 117
- Oklahoma (13-10, 4-5) | RPI = 76
- Texas Tech (16-7, 4-5) | RPI = 33
*RPI 1-25 are in bold
**Division II Top 25