RPI WATCH: 11/25/11

Oops, just realized Sunday night that I never went back and added a writeup to this post. Thanksgiving weekend got me all scrambled up, I guess.

Not too much to say in this one that I won't say better in Monday's entry, but I was impressed by Virginia Tech's effort against Syracuse (and subsequently worried about our upcoming game at Cassell Coliseum) and pleasantly surprised by Oklahoma's play in the 76 Classic.

And who didn't at least chuckle when Tyler Thornton (who?) made that ridiculous fallaway 3-pointer?

But the early holiday weekend was marred by a pair of putrid efforts from Oklahoma State (which is full of youth and doesn't look ready for prime time yet) and Texas Tech (which pretty much just sucks). Yuck, guys.

Overall Record = 3-0

Big 12 Record = 0-0

RPI = 100

SOS = 251

Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = none

Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = none

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none

• Charleston Southern (3-2) | RPI = 148
• Loyola Chicago (0-4) | RPI = 214
• UMES (1-4) | RPI = 103
• George Washington (4-1) | RPI = 102: Win over Bowling Green (77-56)
• Virginia Tech (3-1) | RPI = 58: Loss to No. 5 Syracuse (58-69) in the Preseason NIT
• West Virginia (3-1) | RPI = 207
• North Florida (2-4) | RPI = 106: Win over Wright State (69-52)
• No. 13 Alabama (6-0) | RPI = 16: Win over Alabama A&M (82-45)
• Southern Illinois (0-3) | RPI = 192
• Clemson (2-2) | RPI = 108
• UTEP (1-2) | RPI = 252
• Auburn (2-0) | RPI = 128
• Hawaii (1-2) | RPI = 272
• Long Beach State (3-1) | RPI = 27
• No. 12 Xavier (3-0) | RPI = 37
• Howard (1-3) | RPI = 329
• No. 14 Kansas (3-2) | RPI = 78: Loss to No. 6 Duke (61-68) in the Maui Invitational
• No. 21 Missouri (5-0) | RPI = 18
• No. 9 Baylor (5-0) | RPI = 23: Win over Texas-Arlington (75-65)
• Oklahoma (3-0) | RPI = 230: Win over Washington State (74-59) in the 76 Classic
• Texas (2-2) | RPI = 260
• Oklahoma State (3-1) | RPI = 36: Loss to Stanford (67-82) in the Preseason NIT
• Texas Tech (3-1) | RPI = 269: Loss to Indiana State (49-60) in the Old Spice Classic
• Iowa State (3-1) | RPI = 141
• No. 25 Texas A&M (3-1) | RPI = 124