Big-12 RPI Update / Conf Tourney Seeding

[Pokevette]

RPI / Team / W-L

5 - Kansas……. 24-2
6 - Texas……… 21-4
30 - Kansas St….. 18-6
32 - Oklahoma.. 17-8
38 - Texas A&M.. 20-5
42 - Baylor…….. 17-7
69 - Texas Tech .. 13-11
75 - Missouri….. 14-12
97 - Okla St…… 13-12
125 - Iowa State…. 14-12
142 - Colorado…. 10-14
145 - Nebraska….. 14-9




* Above rankings per www.collegerpi.com

* Teams in Bold are currently projected by that site as NCAA Tourney teams.

* Great back-to-back wins by the Pokes this week. With those wins, the Cowboy RPI has jumped from dead last in the Conference at one point to #97. Pokes could still finish 3-2 over the last five with wins against Nebraska, Oklahoma, and @Missouri. Wins vs Kansas and @Texas look like a stretch.

* With that kind of finish, OSU could work their way up in the Big-12 Tourney seeding to maybe 9th. That would make for an opening round game that looks to be entirely winnable. I could see the Big-12 seeding out as follows:

#8 Mizzou vs #9 Okla State winner vs #1 Kansas.
#7 Texas Tech vs #10 Iowa State winner vs #2 Texas.
#6 Baylor vs #11 Nebraska winner vs #3 Kansas State.
#5 Oklahoma vs #12 Colorado winner vs #4 Texas A&M.

* So if the Pokes finish 3-2 with a 1-1 performance in the Big-12 Tourney, then we could finish with an overall record of 17-15, an RPI in the 80's which would be good enough to put us squarely in the NIT Bubble Watch.

[Inky29]

I'd rather finish 7th or 10th just to avoid the KU side of the bracket. Still hoping for a tourny miracle :)

[Exit 174]

Well, we'd probably have to play Kansas eventually, I'd rather see it happen before we run out of gas this time!! Was it '99 where we tried to win 4 games and then the tanks ran dry against the 'hawks in the finals?

[CaliforniaCowboy]

I'd rather finish 7th or 10th just to avoid the KU side of the bracket. Still hoping for a tourny miracle :)

I'm with you on that one... it is possible that somebody could knock them out before we got that far... looks like we should aim for Colorado's spot... Ou and aTm looks much more achievable...:)

[FloridaPoke]

Squarely in the NIT bubble watch.........


Em are words I haven't heard in a very long time.

[Pokevette]

Granted being on the NIT "Bubble Watch" is not exactly where OSU Basketball strives to be, but compared to our prospects of just a week ago it is fairly signficant progress...