RPI - as of 3/3/09 - #36

[jayakris]

Our RPI as of yesterday is #36

Notable Wins (top-100)

h #5 Oklahoma (26-3) 73-68
n #13 Villanova (24-6) 67-58
h #26 UCLA (22-7) 68-64
@ #30 Wisconsin (17-10) 74-69
h #31 Oklahoma St. (19-9) 99-74
h #35 Texas A&M (20-8) 67-58
@ #63 Baylor (16-12) 78-72
h #63 Baylor (16-12) 73-57
n #98 St. Joseph's (15-13) 68-50

Losses

n #4 Michigan St. (23-5) 63-67
@ #5 Oklahoma (26-3) 63-78
h #14 Missouri (23-5) 65-69
@ #31 Oklahoma St. (19-9) 59-68
@ #35 Texas A&M (20-8) 66-81
h #72 Kansas St. (19-9) 81-85
n #73 Notre Dame (15-13) 80-81
@ #74 Nebraska (16-11) 55-58
@ #124 Arkansas (14-13) 61-67

2-3 against top-15 ... 6-5 against top-35 ..

6 of 9 losses are for an average of 3.7 pts.
The only losses for more than 6 pts are on the road at OU, A&M and Mizzou

Due to that many close losses, our RPI is probably a bit lower than the demonstrated quality of our team, which is somewhere in the 25-35 range. We should be somewhere between a 6 and 9 seed as of now.

Even with an 0-2 finish from now, we are pretty safely in the dance, because of the 6 quality wins. The Big12 will get 6 teams in there and only aggy or OkieSt as a 6th team has even a very remote chance of missing it, not us.

R.J.

 

[busterbrown16]

I think K State is on the outside looking in and most likely out after losing to Okie State last night. Okie State is likely in.

 

[Knoxville-Horn]

Thank God I/we don't have to sweat out the selection process.

A few years ago, Texas was a bubble team. I was driving through Arkansas and listening to the selection show. Texas was - literally - the last (64th) team that they called out. I thought I was going to have a mental breakdown listening to all the other teams being called out.

 

[jayakris]

RPI as of 3/8/09, after the Kansas loss - Remains at #36

No question of any bubble, still ... A couple of wins in the B12 tournament would help move up from a potential 8 or 9 seed to 6 or 7 or even 5 .. A one-and out in the tournament might push us even to a 10 seed or something. IMHO.

R.J.

 

[SchertzHorn]

Let me ask this question, and I know that I am opening myself up for backlash but that is ok. If we beat Colorado, and lose to K-State, and they are a bubble team who will then have beaten us at home and neutral, would that effect our ability to make the tourney? I hate thinking of that but it's worth throwing out... I think.

 

[cochamps]

I don't think that would happen, but it sure is not an unreasonable question. I doubt that it would come down to "them" or "us".