KANSAS STATE RPI WATCH: 11/28/14

The Maui Invitational came to a disappointing end for the Wildcats with a deflating loss to Pittsburgh. That means K-State left the tournament with the second-longest losing streak after "host" Chaminade.

On the plus side, Arizona led almost wire to wire against San Diego State and proved to be the best team in the field. I want to believe K-State is the team that almost beat those Wildcats and not the one that quit Wednesday.

Purdue had to go to overtime, but was able to net a nice win against BYU and leave Maui with a two-game winning streak. I am hopeful that the Boilermakers can improve, make some noise in the Big Ten and become a quality win.

All in all, though, coming out of this road trip 1-3 was not very positive, and I'm not sure that sweeping Georgia, Tennessee and Texas A&M will be enough the offset the damage we just did to our résumé. But I hope I'm wrong.

In other tournament action, Oklahoma picked up a pair of nice wins and stormed to the Atlantis final, Oklahoma State beat Tulsa and actually saw its RPI drop, Baylor crushed Memphis, and Georgia was smacked by Gonzaga.

K-State's other two wins became even worse, with each team dropping its fourth game. And Texas Southern fell to 0-5. But there are three competent teams coming in the immediate future, so it's time to buckle up and win.

Overall Record = 3-3

Big 12 Record = 0-0

Top 50 Record = 0-1

RPI = 219

SOS = 221

Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = none

Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = none

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = Long Beach State, Pittsburgh

• Southern Utah (0-4, 0-0 Big Sky) | RPI = 318: Loss to Eastern Kentucky (64-73)
• UMKC (2-4, 0-0 WAC) | RPI = 285: Loss at Youngstown State (63-66)
• Long Beach State (3-3, 0-0 Big West) | RPI = 157: Win over Western Michigan (73-55) in the Wooden Legacy
• Purdue (5-1, 0-0 Big Ten) | RPI = 124: Win over Brigham Young (87-85) in overtime in the Maui Invitational
• No. 3 Arizona (6-0, 0-0 Pac-12) | RPI = 23: Win over No. 15 San Diego State (61-59) in the Maui Invitational
• Missouri (3-3, 0-0 SEC) | RPI = 174: Win over Chaminade (74-60) in the Maui Invitational
• Brigham Young (4-2, 0-0 West Coast) | RPI = 75: Loss to Purdue (85-87) in overtime in the Maui Invitational
• Chaminade (2-3, 0-0 PacWest) | RPI = N/A: Loss to Missouri (60-74) in the Maui Invitational
• Pittsburgh (4-2, 0-0 ACC) | RPI = 131: Win over Kansas State (70-47) in the Maui Invitational
• No. 15 San Diego State (5-1, 0-0 Mountain West) | RPI = 26: Loss to No. 3 Arizona (59-61) in the Maui Invitational
• Nebraska-Omaha (2-2, 0-0 Summit League) | RPI = 187
• Tennessee (2-1, 0-0 SEC) | RPI = 286: Win over Santa Clara (64-57) in the Orlando Classic
• Bradley (2-2, 0-0 Missouri Valley) | RPI = 302
• Savannah State (2-2, 0-0 MEAC) | RPI = 155
• Texas A&M (4-1, 0-0 SEC) | RPI = 95
• Texas Southern (0-5, 0-0 Southwestern Athletic) | RPI = 334: Loss at Southern Methodist (59-72)
• Georgia (3-2, 0-0 SEC) | RPI = 111: Loss to No. 10 Gonzaga (76-88) in the NIT Season Tip-Off
• Oklahoma State (6-0, 0-0 Big 12) | RPI = 73: Win over Tulsa (73-58) in the MGM Grand Main Event
• TCU (5-0, 0-0 Big 12) | RPI = 143: Win over Radford (74-50)
• Oklahoma (4-1, 0-0 Big 12) | RPI = 3: Wins over No. 22 UCLA (75-65) and Butler (59-46) in the Battle 4 Atlantis
• Texas Tech (3-1, 0-0 Big 12) | RPI = 110
• Baylor (5-0, 0-0 Big 12) | RPI = 116: Win over Memphis (71-47) in the Las Vegas Invitational
• No. 13 Iowa State (3-1, 0-0 Big 12) | RPI = 37
• No. 21 West Virginia (6-0, 0-0 Big 12) | RPI = 17: Win over Virginia Military (103-72)
• No. 11 Kansas (3-1, 0-0 Big 12) | RPI = 159: Win over Rhode Island (76-60) in the Orlando Classic
• No. 7 Texas (5-0, 0-0 Big 12) | RPI = 33