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REAL Standings: And they say politics makes for strange bedfellows edition. . .

posted by Mark on 2/24/2008 -

WEEKEND RECAP

The most important result this weekend found KU dropping a half game in the REAL Standings by frittering away a game against a vastly inferior team in Stillwater. In doing so, the Jayhawks, instead of taking a full game lead on UT, and protecting themselves against a UT W in Manhattan this Monday night, fell into a flat-footed tie with the Longhorns and now must pin their hopes on arch-rival k-state to keep UT from picking up a full game in the RSP and taking a formidable lead over the Hawks with only two games of REAL significance remaining on the Big 12 schedule: i.e., UT’s Losable game at Tech this coming Saturday, and KU’s Losable game in College Station a week later.

I must admit to giving some thought to dropping KU to Tier Two status after Saturday’s exercise in patheticism. My subjective standard for Tier One is that a team appear capable of winning every conference game at Home and at least half of its Road games. The Hawks are close to not meeting that definition if you question their chances in Ames Wednesday night. I can’t quite go there yet. I am also generally slow to change a team’s current status unless there is no reasonable argument to make for keeping it where it is.

The other result that mattered came out of Waco, as Baylor virtually ended k-state’s hopes for even a share of the Big 12 championship, dropping k-state another ½ game in the RSP. k-state should probably be dropped from Tier One with its fourth Road loss, but the sheer force of inertia says let’s see what they do Monday night.

The biggest numerical gainer of the week was Nebraska, as the Huskers continued its late season charge with a W in College Station in a game that had been a projected L. NU has not lost since being temporarily dropped to Tier Three in the RSP. Guess they took it personally.

Projected Home wins by Tech (vs. ISU), UT (vs. OU), and Mizzou (vs. CU) were all Non-Events for REAL Standings purposes.

REAL STANDINGS: 2/21/08

Note: The current breakdown of teams into tiers, which is the only subjective aspect of the REAL Standings is:

Tier One: KU, k-state, UT
Tier Two: Baylor, Mizzou, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Okie St, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
Tier Three: CU, ISU

1. 12.5-3.5

KU (9-3) Projected L’s: None
Losable games: at A&M

UT (10-2) Projected L’s: at ksu
Losable games: at TT

3. 11-5

k-state (8-4) Projected L’s: at KU
Losable games: None

4. 8.5-7.5

Baylor (6-6) Projected L’s: at TT
Losable games: at CU

5. 8-8

OU (6-6) Projected L’s: at NU, at OSU
Losable games: None

6. 7.5-8.5

A&M (6-6) Projected L’s: at OU, at BU
Losable games: KU

Tech (6-6) Projected L’s: at A&M, at KU
Losable games: UT

8. 7-9

MU (5-7) Projected L’s: at BU, at OU
Losable games: None

NU (5-7) Projected L’s: at OSU, at UT
Losable games: None

OSU (5-7) Projected L’s: at MU, at UT
Losable games: None

11. 4-12

ISU (4-8) Projected L’s: KU, at CU, at MU, ksu
Losable games: None

12. 3.5-12.5

CU (2-10) Projected L’s: at ksu, at NU
Losable games: BU

FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE

Big XII Weekend Games, with IQ (Interest Quotient) on a 1-4 star scale:

MONDAY

1. UT at k-state (8:00p.m.)****

k-state holds KU’s dreams of a 51st conference title in its purple hands. As the Wicked Witch of the West would say, “What a world. What a world.”

Projected W: k-state

TUESDAY

2. Okie St at Mizzou (8:00p.m.)***

Okie St is playing well for a Tier Two Team. They are, however, 1-19 in their last 20 Road games. They did beat A&M in College Station last week, but that feat is so easy even a Cave—errrrrr–Cornhusker can do it.

Projected W: MU

WEDNESDAY

3. KU at Iowa St (6:00p.m.)***

ISU is no slouch at Hilton, despite blowing a game that was in the proverbial bag against UT. They are probably as good in Hilton as Okie St is in GIA. Bad news for KU? Maybe. Then again, another opportunity for the Jayhawks to display or develop some Road mettle.

Projected W: KU

4. OU at NU (7:00p.m.)***

Can the Huskers continue their winning ways vs. the Griffin Gang?

Projected W: NU

5. Tech at A&M (7:00p.m.)**1/2

A simply horrible Road team vs. what has recently been a simply horrible Home team. Movable Object meet Resistable Force.

Projected W: A&M

6. Baylor at CU (7:30p.m.)****

A critical game for Baylor’s NCAA chances.

Projected W: None

–Mark

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5 Responses to “REAL Standings: And they say politics makes for strange bedfellows edition. . .”

4th grade education Says:
February 24th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
I think we are seeing yet again that the South is superior to the North. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the North has a total of 2 road wins against the South.
RockChalk Says:
February 25th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Well, it really shouldn’t surprise anyone that the South is again better than the North, even though I think the North is better this year than it has been in the last couple of years with K-State and Nebraska playing pretty well. That record, though, does surprise me. Anyone know off-hand who has those two wins?

The thing that I’m most concerned about is the way that Kansas is playing right now. It scares me, but this team is starting to remind me more and more of the 04-05 team, and that is not a good thing. 2 weeks ago they seemed like a lock for a 1 seed, but now they may struggle to get a 2. The way I see it, they pretty much need to win out, with one of those wins coming against Texas in the Big XII Tournament, and get a little help with other teams like Duke, Carolina, Texas, and UCLA losing. Although, maybe getting a 2 seed in the Midwest would be better than getting the 1 out West. If they lose one more game, I wouldn’t be surprised if they get bumped down to a 3 seed because of their lack of good wins and a weak SOS.

That being said, I still believe this is an elite team that is not playing well right now. They have hopefully 7 games left to get this thing figured out and be ready to make a serious run to San Antonio come March.
4th grade education Says:
February 25th, 2008 at 7:41 am
I believe they are K-State @ Oklahoma and Nebraska @ Texas A&M.
hiphopopotamus Says:
February 25th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Ya, those are the wins. As for KU’s seeding, I too think a 2 in the Midwest is probably the best option right now. Drives me crazy how undisciplined this team is in pressure situations.
mikejglaser Says:
February 26th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I think ISU is just as bad/good as OSU. If our team starts acting like they want to win, which will also involve them moving their heads from their ashes, we might go without ant losses.

The fact that I look at Sherron’s face and I don’t see that killer instinct anymore has me worried.

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