Almost half our opponents played each other Saturday. Those games basically were a wash for our RPI, but for perception's sake, it was important that certain teams beat others and keep themselves in the NCAA Tournament discussion. In all cases, I think the matchups worked in our favor:
- Cleveland State 59, Loyola 56
- Dayton 90, Xavier 65 (Xavier previously beat Dayton, which faced a must-win situation at home to stay on the bubble)
- IUPUI 70, Western Illinois 42
- Kansas 75, Nebraska 64
- Missouri 84, Colorado 66
- Oklahoma 80, Texas 71
- Ole Miss 74, Alabama 67
- Texas A&M 78, Baylor 71
- Texas Tech 81, Oklahoma State 74
But it also was a costly weekend — Alabama, IUPUI and Washington State all fell below the 100 threshold in the RPI.
Now it's double or nothing for K-State — all of our RPI Top 100 wins also are RPI Top 50 wins.
Current K-State AP Ranking = T-10
Current K-State ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 11
Current K-State Record = 19-4
Current K-State Big 12 Record = 6-3
Current K-State RPI = 8
Current K-State SOS = 2
Great Wins (RPI 1-50*) = Dayton, Xavier, UNLV, Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor
Solid Wins (RPI 51-100) = none
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
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Loyola (13-10, 4-9) | RPI = 186: Loss to Cleveland State (59-56)
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Western Illinois (9-14, 2-10) | RPI = 309: Loss to IUPUI (70-42)
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Boston (13-11, 8-4) | RPI = 161: Win at Albany (68-53)
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No. 25 Ole Miss (17-6, 5-4) | RPI = 36: Win over Alabama (74-67)
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Dayton (16-6, 5-3) | RPI = 33: Win over Xavier (90-65)
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IUPUI (17-8, 10-2) | RPI = 103: Win at Western Illinois (70-42)
- No. 8** FHSU (17-3): Win at Washburn (74-62)
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Washington State (15-8, 5-6) | RPI = 105: Win over Arizona (78-60)
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Xavier (16-7, 8-2) | RPI = 27: Loss at Dayton (90-65)
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UNLV (19-4, 7-2) | RPI = 30: Win over No. 12 BYU (88-74)
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Alabama (13-10, 3-6) | RPI = 107: Loss at No. 25 Ole Miss (74-67)
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UAPB (7-14, 7-3) | RPI = 237: Win over Alabama A&M (62-55)
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Cleveland State (12-12, 8-4) | RPI = 128: Win at Loyola (59-56)
- South Dakota (13-9) | RPI = 238
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Missouri (17-6, 5-3) | RPI = 47: Win at Colorado (84-66)
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Texas A&M (17-6, 6-3) | RPI = 22: Win over No. 20 Baylor (78-71)
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Colorado (11-12, 2-7) | RPI = 149: Loss to Missouri (84-66)
- No. 9 Texas (19-4, 5-3) | RPI = 21: Loss at Oklahoma (80-71)
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Oklahoma State (16-7, 4-5) | RPI = 41: Loss at Texas Tech (81-74)
- No. 20 Baylor (17-5, 4-4) | RPI = 28: Loss at Texas A&M (78-71)
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No. 1 Kansas (22-1, 8-0) | RPI = 1: Win over Nebraska (75-64)
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Nebraska (13-10, 1-7) | RPI = 127: Loss at No. 1 Kansas (75-64)
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Iowa State (13-10, 2-6) | RPI = 114: Loss to No. 10 Kansas State (79-75)
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Oklahoma (13-9, 4-4) | RPI = 76: Win over No. 9 Texas (80-71)
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Texas Tech (15-7, 3-5) | RPI = 32: Win over Oklahoma State (81-74)
*RPI 1-25 are in bold
**Division II Top 25