Wednesday night was a bad night for the state of Oklahoma. Both OU and Oklahoma State fell, albeit in different ways.
Oklahoma lost an absolute heart-breaker when Cade Davis' apparent game-tying/overtime-forcing 3-pointer was ruled a 2 instead.
Unfortunately for the Sooners, the ruling was not made until after they elected not to foul Nebraska on the final possession of the game, thus turning a celebratory moment in the world's second-biggest downer ending.
(The worst, of course, came as recently as Saturday in Boulder, Colo. Let's not revisit that.)
Only slightly worse than suffering a home loss to Nebrasketball on a technicality was OSU receiving its second straight ass-kicking at the hands of the Texas Longhorns.
It's hard for the Cowboys to control the cows when they just don't have enough bullets in the ol' six-shooter.
Meanwhile, Texas A&M sleepwalked its way to a home victory over Iowa State in the college basketball's worst mismatch — the team that never loses a close game versus the team that never wins a close game.
Guess what? The Aggies beat the Cyclones in a very close game. Shocking!
Finally, Duke, Emporia State and Loyola all took care of business, making a third straight day that the Cats' non-conference foes swept their conference opposition.
Overall Record = 17-9
Big 12 Record = 5-6
RPI = 32
SOS = 7
Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = Kansas
Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = James Madison, Virginia Tech, Gonzaga, Washington State, Baylor, Nebraska
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
- James Madison (19-9, 9-7 CAA) | RPI = 85
- Virginia Tech (17-7, 7-4 ACC) | RPI = 58
- Presbyterian (12-16, 6-10 Big South) | RPI = 187
- Gonzaga (17-9, 7-3 WCC) | RPI = 69
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No. 5 Duke (24-2, 11-1 ACC) | RPI = 6: Win at Virginia (56-41)
- Texas Southern (13-10, 11-1 SWAC) | RPI = 171
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Emporia State (12-13, 9-10 MIAA*): Win over Pittsburg State* (82-81)
- Washington State (17-8, 7-6 Pac-10) | RPI = 73
- Alcorn State (3-21, 3-11 SWAC) | RPI = 335
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Loyola-Chicago (15-12, 6-10 Horizon League) | RPI = 208: Win at Illinois-Chicago (67-66 in overtime)
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No. 14 Florida (20-5, 9-2 SEC) | RPI = 12
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UNLV (19-7, 7-5 Mountain West) | RPI = 28
- UMKC (15-10, 8-6 Summit League) | RPI = 204
- North Florida (10-17, 7-9 Atlantic Sun) | RPI = 160
- Savannah State (8-18) | RPI = 264
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Oklahoma State (16-9, 4-7 Big 12) | RPI = 53: Loss at No. 3 Texas (55-73)
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Colorado (16-10, 5-6 Big 12) | RPI = 92
- Texas Tech (11-15, 3-8 Big 12) | RPI = 156
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No. 20 Missouri (20-6, 6-5 Big 12) | RPI = 30
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No. 21 Texas A&M (20-5, 7-4 Big 12) | RPI = 29: Win over Iowa State (71-66)
- Baylor (17-8, 6-5 Big 12) | RPI = 63
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No. 1 Kansas (24-2, 9-2 Big 12) | RPI = 1
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Nebraska (17-8, 5-6 Big 12) | RPI = 76: Win at Oklahoma (59-58)
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Iowa State (14-12, 1-10 Big 12) | RPI = 141: Loss at No. 21 Texas A&M (66-71)
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Oklahoma (12-13, 4-7 Big 12) | RPI = 125: Loss to Nebraska (58-59)
- No. 3 Texas (23-3, 11-0 Big 12) | RPI = 8: Win over Oklahoma State (73-55)
*Division II