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Congratulations are in order, I suppose. The Grand Wizard himSelf has rendered this the most boring iteration of BIG 12 OUTLOOK yet by cruising to the finish line with a two-game lead.
So much for the preseason predictions of a wide-open conference filled with teams bloodying each other into submission. Instead, they are who we thought they were, so crown 'em already.
Also, I would like to commend the SEC for its collective 17-17 effort this season in conference play. Mediocre .500 ball, boys — that's how I'll always remember you.
Two more teams still can attain a double-digit win total in league play, which in this era of double round-robin play is next to godliness, if you ask me. My bet is that almost one of them will, but which one is a mystery.
| Seed* | Record* | Tourney* | RPI | Pomeroy | Sagarin | Streak | Best Win** | Worst Loss** | Coach | |
| Kansas | 1 | 16-2 | NCAA | 6 | 4 | 3 | W-7 | Ohio State | Davidson | Bill Self |
| Missouri | 2 | 14-4 | NCAA | 12 | 9 | 8 | W-1 | Kansas | Oklahoma State | Frank Haith |
| Iowa State | 3 | 12-6 | NCAA | 32 | 29 | 32 | L-1 | Kansas | Drake | Fred Hoiberg |
| Baylor | 4 | 12-6 | NCAA | 9 | 16 | 13 | W-3 | San Diego State | Kansas State | Scott Drew |
| Kansas State | 5 | 10-8 | NCAA | 42 | 21 | 19 | W-1 | Baylor | Oklahoma (2) | Frank Martin |
| Texas | 6 | 9-9 | Bubble | 53 | 27 | 22 | W-2 | Temple | Oregon State | Rick Barnes |
| Oklahoma State | 7 | 7-11 | None | 115 | 79 | 86 | L-1 | Missouri | Texas A&M | Travis Ford |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 5-13 | None | 122 | 96 | 87 | L-2 | Oral Roberts | Texas Tech | Lon Kruger |
| Texas A&M | 9 | 4-14 | None | 166 | 117 | 112 | L-4 | Oklahoma State | Rice | Billy Kennedy |
| Texas Tech | 10 | 1-17 | None | 228 | 233 | 214 | L-5 | Oklahoma | DePaul | Billy Gillispie |
Note: As any of these numbers change, I will bold and color-code them to indicate direction of change.
Team names that are colored indicate a change in seed.
(green = upward, red = downward)
*Predicted
**According to RealTimeRPI
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Discussion
There are few accolades to hand out and even fewer changes to acknowledge, so how about some trivia instead?
Did you know, for instance, that Texas A&M has lost eight of its last nine games, with the sole win coming in a 47-38 crapfest at Texas Tech?
Cheer up, Aggies! Your next two games are against Oklahoma, so a win almost certainly lies in your near future.
That's all I've got. Let's shift this thing into the postseason, already!
GAMER: No changes.
Pomeroy: No changes.
Sagarin: No changes.
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Self-Evaluation
Hey, another perfect week. How 'bout that. Now that there's virtually nothing to play for other than pride, the entire Big 12 is taking the week off and playing with chalk. Lame.
K-State should take care of business at home, but how often have we said that incorrectly this year? Look for Keiton Page to score about 40 points and keep the Pokes alive into the last minute of the game, most likely.
Along with the Cats, Kansas and Oklahoma appear to be solid picks to win at home, although a desperate Texas could be problematic for the Hawks, who merely are playing out the string, while OU just plain sucks.
If Missouri can't win at Texas Tech, then Frank Haith should commit seppuku.
That leaves Baylor at Iowa State as the one truly fascinating game in the conference today. The winner of that game will be the No. 3 seed and will claim one last signature win for the ol' NCAA resume. High stakes in Hilton!
Cumulative pick record: 67-18 (.788)
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Key
Results are plugged into this wonderful tool to generate the predicted records and seed order. Winners are predicted by a best-of-three system comprising three statistical prediction models:
- G — RealTimeRPI GAMER (an advanced statistical prediction model, claiming 76.8-percent accuracy)
- P — Ken Pomeroy's rankings (predicts a probability outcome for each game remaining)
- S — Sagarin pure points predictor rankings (home-court advantage is taken into account)
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Predicted Outcomes
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