In the battle of perhaps the two worst teams on K-State's non-conference schedule, Texas Southern got the upper hand and extended Alcorn State's winless streak to 12 in a row.
Presbyterian moved to .500 in the Big South Conference by absolutely whacking poor Gardner-Webb, but on the flip side, a Loyola team we once thought was pretty decent proved otherwise by getting whacked at home by Detroit to fall to 1-4 in Horizon League play.
Meanwhile, out west, Washington State finally won a Pac-10 game against mercurial Oregon State and will play an even crappier Oregon team at home tomorrow.
Associated Press Ranking = 17
ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 17
Overall Record = 12-3
RPI = 25
SOS = 31
Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = none
Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = James Madison, Virginia Tech, Presbyterian, Gonzaga, Washington State
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
- James Madison (12-3, 2-1 CAA) | RPI = 59
- Virginia Tech (9-4, 0-1 ACC) | RPI = 66
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Presbyterian (8-8, 2-2 Big South) | RPI = 87: Win over Gardner-Webb (78-44)
- Gonzaga (10-5) | RPI = 40
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No. 1 Duke (14-0, 1-0 ACC) | RPI = 6
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Texas Southern (4-9, 2-0 SWAC) | RPI = 149: Win at Alcorn State (79-66)
- Emporia State (8-5, 5-2 MIAA*)
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Washington State (11-4, 1-2 Pac-10) | RPI = 54: Win over Oregon State (84-70)
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Alcorn State (0-12, 0-2 SWAC) | RPI = 287: Loss to Texas Southern (66-79)
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Loyola-Chicago (10-6, 1-4 Horizon League) | RPI = 189: Loss to Detroit (71-83)
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Florida (11-3) | RPI = 15
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No. 25 UNLV (12-3, 0-1 Mountain West) | RPI = 27
- UMKC (8-7, 1-3 Summit League) | RPI = 213
- North Florida (5-9, 2-1 Atlantic Sun) | RPI = 104
- Savannah State (2-16) | RPI = 300
- Oklahoma State (12-2) | RPI = 43
- Colorado (11-4) | RPI = 135
- Texas Tech (8-7) | RPI = 196
- No. 9 Missouri (14-1) | RPI = 34
- No. 16 Texas A&M (13-1) | RPI = 33
- Baylor (10-3) | RPI = 144
- No. 3 Kansas (14-0) | RPI = 3
- Nebraska (12-2) | RPI = 138
- Iowa State (13-2) | RPI = 94
- Oklahoma (8-6) | RPI = 207
- No. 12 Texas (12-2) | RPI = 22
*Division II