In Thursday night's episode of "As K-State's Non-Conference Turns...", there was a decent amount of drama.
Ole Miss clung to its fading tournament hopes by beating pitiful LSU, which is a damn sight better than what its in-state counterpart did against Auburn. "So you're saying there's a chance?" continues to be the mantra in Oxford.
On the other hand, Dayton's hopes completely imploded for good with a road loss to Richmond. Unless the Flyers win the A-10 tourney, their mantra is, "N-I-T, yeah, you know me."
Washington State continued its slide toward putrescence by losing at sub-150 RPI Oregon State, while Arkansas-Pine Bluff continued its slow climb back to respectability with its 14th conference (and overall) win.
And South Dakota won a thriller in Vermilion, but does anyone really care what South Dakota does at this point? As an independent in basketball, it's more irrelevant than Notre Dame football.
AP Ranking = 5
ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 5
Overall Record = 24-5
Big 12 Record = 11-4
Projected Big 12 Seed = 2
Projected NCAA Seed = 2
RPI = 5
SOS = 5
Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = Xavier, Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor
Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = Dayton, IUPUI, UNLV, Texas Tech, Missouri
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
- Loyola Chicago (14-16, 5-13) | RPI = 208
- Western Illinois (13-16, 6-12) | RPI = 278
- Boston University (17-12, 11-5) | RPI = 153
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Ole Miss (20-9, 8-7) | RPI = 56: Win over LSU (72-59)
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Dayton (19-10, 8-7) | RPI = 41: Loss at Richmond (60-56)
- IUPUI (22-9, 15-3) | RPI = 92
- No. 15* FHSU (21-5)
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Washington State (16-13, 6-11) | RPI = 141: Loss at Oregon State (59-55)
- No. 25 Xavier (22-7, 13-2) | RPI = 13
- UNLV (22-7, 10-5) | RPI = 44
- Alabama (15-14, 5-10) | RPI = 112
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UAPB (14-15, 14-4) | RPI = 197: Win over MVSU (84-68)
- Cleveland State (16-16, 10-8) | RPI = 165
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South Dakota (18-9) | RPI = 222: Win over UTPA (85-79 in overtime)
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Missouri (22-8, 10-5) | RPI = 37
- No. 23 Texas A&M (21-8, 10-5) | RPI = 15
- Colorado (14-15, 5-10) | RPI = 130
- Texas (23-7, 9-6) | RPI = 24
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Oklahoma State (20-9, 8-7) | RPI = 27
- No. 21 Baylor (23-6, 10-5) | RPI = 11
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No. 2 Kansas (28-2, 14-1) | RPI = 1
- Nebraska (14-16, 2-13) | RPI = 135
- Iowa State (14-16, 3-12) | RPI = 126
- Oklahoma (13-16, 4-11) | RPI = 106
- Texas Tech (16-13, 4-11) | RPI = 57
*Division II Top 25