Figure this one out:
KU beats Oklahoma on Sunday. Oklahoma was ranked #18, I think. They beat Colorado who is ranked #25. KU is ahead of both of them in the Big 12 standings (behind only Texas), but for some reason, KU isn’t ranked.
Methinks the pollsters are not watching the Big 12 closely.
At least Andy Katz has them in Bracketology, listed as a #6 seed. That sounds about right (Oklahoma is a #6 as well and Colorado is a #10). Inconspicuously absent? Missouri. Quin is done after this year.
UPDATE: Is it any wonder why Missouri isn’t ranked? Losing by 26 to BAYLOR. Pathetic.
College hoops is crazy. MSU beats Iowa by 30. Then they lose to Michigan (thanks to the refs who gave U-M a 4 to 1 advantage at the line, but I digress). Then Michigan loses to Iowa by 28. Go figure. I won’t even go into the RPI crap (Kansas is way down at 52 there), which has MSU ranked 5th, even with their 5 losses, 6 spots ahead of Gonzaga, who beat MSU earlier in the year and is 19-3. Even my homer self can’t agree with that.
Kansas’ problem is that they had (somewhat) bad losses early in the year to Arizona, Arkansas, Nevada and St. Joe’s, plus later to K State and Missouri, so they’re still trying to catch up after all that. Mark Feb. 25 on your calendar. Big one at Texas which could greatly affect their seeding.
This year’s tourney should be awesome, no doubt. There are a LOT of mid-major programs that are going to be making a lot of noise by knocking off the majors this year.
i’m happy with where we are at right now. i think ku is going to play pissed off that we didn’t get into the top 25 ahead of colorado (which is a joke, by the way). look out nebraska. go jayhawks.