TOURNEY WATCH: 3/18/12

This inaugural edition of TOURNEY WATCH covers the first second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Clearly, it's already a little out of date for part of the NCAA bracket, but I'd prefer to publish a separate edition with all the second third-round results together just to keep things straight.

There is no CBI, CIT or NIT coverage because apparently none of K-State's opponents were invited to any of those tournaments ... which is just fine with me, as I'd rather not pay any attention to them anyway.

Overall Record = 22-10

Big 12 Record = 10-8

Top 50 Record = 6-6

RPI = 49

SOS = 56

Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = Missouri (2), Baylor, Southern Miss

Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = Alabama, Long Beach State, Texas

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = Oklahoma (2)

• Charleston Southern (19-12, 11-7 Big South) | RPI = 161
• Loyola Chicago (7-23, 1-17 Horizon) | RPI = 309
• UMES (7-23, 4-12 MEAC) | RPI = 319
• George Washington (10-21, 5-11 A-10) | RPI = 185
• Virginia Tech (16-17, 4-12 ACC) | RPI = 115
• No. 10 seed West Virginia (19-14, 9-9 Big East) | RPI = 57: Loss to No. 7 seed Gonzaga (54-77) in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament
• North Florida (16-16, 10-8 A-Sun) | RPI = 179
• No. 9 seed Alabama (21-12, 9-7 SEC) | RPI = 35: Loss to No. 8 seed Creighton (57-58) in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament
• Southern Illinois (8-23, 5-13 MVC) | RPI = 253
• UTEP (15-17, 7-9 C-USA) | RPI = 148
• No. 12 seed Long Beach State (25-9, 15-1 Big West) | RPI = 39: Loss to No. 5 seed New Mexico (68-75) in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament
• Howard (10-21, 6-10 MEAC) | RPI = 285
• No. 2 seed Kansas (28-6, 16-2 Big 12) | RPI = 6: Win over No. 15 seed Detroit (65-50) in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament
• No. 2 seed Missouri (30-5, 14-4 Big 12) | RPI = 10: Loss to No. 15 seed Norfolk State (84-86) in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament
• No. 3 seed Baylor (28-7, 12-6 Big 12) | RPI = 8: Win over No. 14 seed South Dakota State (68-60) in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament
• Oklahoma (15-16, 5-13 Big 12) | RPI = 139
• No. 11 seed Texas (20-14, 9-9 Big 12) | RPI = 51: Loss to No. 6 seed Cincinnati (59-65) in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament
• Oklahoma State (15-18, 7-11 Big 12) | RPI = 122
• Texas Tech (8-23, 1-17 Big 12) | RPI = 240
• No. 8 seed Iowa State (23-10, 12-6 Big 12) | RPI = 33: Win over No. 9 seed Connecticut (77-64) in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament
• Texas A&M (14-17, 4-14 Big 12) | RPI = 165
• No. 9 seed Southern Miss (25-9, 11-5 C-USA) | RPI = 21: Loss to No. 8 seed Kansas State (64-70) in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament
• No. 1 seed Syracuse (32-2, 17-1 Big East) | RPI = 1: Win over No. 16 seed UNC Asheville (72-65) in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament