Wow, sucks to be Fort Hays State. The Tigers definitely are not playing their best ball at the end of the season.
Case in point: Five days ago, they creamed Emporia State at home 94-47. So what did they do as the No. 2 seed in the first round of the MIAA Tournament?
Lose to the seventh-seeded Hornets, of course.
That's par for the course in that tourney, in which No. 1 seed Central Missouri already lost by 19 to No. 8 seed Washburn — marking the third straight year the No. 8 has beat the No. 1. Craziness in Municipal Auditorium!
Both teams probably lost out on hosting in the NCAA Division II Tournament as a result of the upsets.
In other conference tournament news, Cleveland State already was knocked out of the Horizon League Tournament on Friday night. Several other K-State non-conference opponents likely will follow soon.
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
- Dayton (19-10, 8-7) | RPI = 41
- IUPUI (22-9, 15-3) | RPI = 92
- No. 15* FHSU (21-6): Loss to Emporia State (65-61 in the MIAA Tournament)
- Washington State (16-13, 6-11) | RPI = 141
- No. 25 Xavier (22-7, 13-2) | RPI = 13
- UNLV (22-7, 10-5) | RPI = 44
- Alabama (15-14, 5-10) | RPI = 112
- UAPB (14-15, 14-4) | RPI = 197
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Cleveland State (16-17, 10-8) | RPI = 159: Loss to UW Milwaukee (82-75 in the Horizon League Tournament)
- South Dakota (18-9) | RPI = 222
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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