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A 6 game gauntlet to end the Big 12 regular season
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2 weeks 4 hours ago - 1 week 2 days ago #34608
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
Top 5 Big 12 Standings through
TUESDAY 2026-02-17The remaining 11 programs do not have a realistic chance of ending up regular season conference champions.
These 5 are the contenders as of 2026-02-15,
This thread to be updated at the end of each B12 Conference game day thru the last regular season games on Saturday, March 7.
The Big 12 Tournament begins on Tuesday, March 10.
Thanks to ASU beating Texas Tech in Tempe on Tuesday Feb 17...
UA is 0.5 games behind UH and plays BYU Wednesday night in Tucson.
ISU is 1.0 games behind UH.
KU is 1.5 games behind UH and plays OKS Wednesday night in Stillwater.
TT is 2.0 games behind.UH
The key is KU is just 1 game behind both UH and UA in the LOSS column with 6 games left starting with the Cowboys.
KU controls its destiny.
Win out and be guaranteed a least a SHARE of the Big 12 regular season crown as that would mean beating both UH in AFH and UA in Tucson, giving both those programs at LEAST 3 losses.
The Wednesday Feb 18 game in Stillwater - and essentially every game left in the regular season - qualifies as MUST WIN if KU wants at least a share of what would be its 21st Big 12 title in 30 Big 12 seasons, and NCAA best 64th conference title in program history.
Remember, there are no tiebreakers for the regular season crown.
Programs with the same final regular season Big 12 Conference record are co-champions.
Tiebreakers are solely for seeding in the Big 12 T, and if KU wins out they would be guaranteed to be in the Top 4 seeds (and get the double byes for both Tuesday and Wednesday tournament competition) because KU would hold the first tiebreakers - head-to-head competition - over TT (1-0), UH (1-0) and UA (2-0)
THE GAUNTLET
LAST 6 REGULAR SEASON GAMES FOR THE 5 LISTED PROGRAMS
MONDAY 2026-02-16 thru
SATURDAY 2026-03-07
KANSASHOUSTONARIZONAIOWA STATETEXAS TECH
NB: I edited the origin post for this thread to properly reflect ISU's results and standing after beating UH in Ames on Monday.
I was so excited that UH lost that while I updated UH correctly it seems I could not bring myself to immediately update ISU's record either in this thread or in my original post in porthawk's "Iowa State beat Houston tonight" post.
I reckon I just didn't want to write anything good about ISU
Who wudda thunk it?
I caught the errors while creating this thread entry for Tuesday night's games.
Folks, I'm a septuagenarian - I really do appreciate proofreaders! Don't be shy!
- HE
TUESDAY 2026-02-17
Team Big 12 GB
Houston 11-2 -
Arizona 10-2 0.5
Iowa State 10-3 1.0
KANSAS 9-3 1.5
Texas Tech 9-4 2.0These 5 are the contenders as of 2026-02-15,
This thread to be updated at the end of each B12 Conference game day thru the last regular season games on Saturday, March 7.
The Big 12 Tournament begins on Tuesday, March 10.
Thanks to ASU beating Texas Tech in Tempe on Tuesday Feb 17...
UA is 0.5 games behind UH and plays BYU Wednesday night in Tucson.
ISU is 1.0 games behind UH.
KU is 1.5 games behind UH and plays OKS Wednesday night in Stillwater.
TT is 2.0 games behind.UH
The key is KU is just 1 game behind both UH and UA in the LOSS column with 6 games left starting with the Cowboys.
KU controls its destiny.
Win out and be guaranteed a least a SHARE of the Big 12 regular season crown as that would mean beating both UH in AFH and UA in Tucson, giving both those programs at LEAST 3 losses.
The Wednesday Feb 18 game in Stillwater - and essentially every game left in the regular season - qualifies as MUST WIN if KU wants at least a share of what would be its 21st Big 12 title in 30 Big 12 seasons, and NCAA best 64th conference title in program history.
Remember, there are no tiebreakers for the regular season crown.
Programs with the same final regular season Big 12 Conference record are co-champions.
Tiebreakers are solely for seeding in the Big 12 T, and if KU wins out they would be guaranteed to be in the Top 4 seeds (and get the double byes for both Tuesday and Wednesday tournament competition) because KU would hold the first tiebreakers - head-to-head competition - over TT (1-0), UH (1-0) and UA (2-0)
THE GAUNTLET
LAST 6 REGULAR SEASON GAMES FOR THE 5 LISTED PROGRAMS
MONDAY 2026-02-16 thru
SATURDAY 2026-03-07
KANSAS
Feb 18 Wed @OKS
Feb 21 Sat CIN
Feb 23 Mon UH
Feb 28 Sat @UA
Mar 3 Tue @ASU
Mar 7 Sat KSUFeb 16 Mon @ISU Lost
Feb 21 Sat UA
Feb 23 Mon @KU
Feb 28 Sat CU
Mar 3 Tue BU
Mar 7 Sat @OKSFeb 18 Wed BYU
Feb 21 Sat @UH
Feb 24 Tue @BU
Feb 28 Sat KU
Mar 2 Mon ISU
Mar 7 Sat @CUFeb 16 Mon UH WON
Feb 21 Sat @BYU
Feb 24 Tue @UU
Feb 28 Sat TT
Mar 2 Mon @UA
Mar 7 Sat ASUFeb 17 Tue @ASU Lost
Feb 21 Sat KSU
Feb 24 Tue CIN
Feb 28 Sat @ISU
Mar 3 Tue TCU
Feb 7 Sat @BYUNB: I edited the origin post for this thread to properly reflect ISU's results and standing after beating UH in Ames on Monday.
I was so excited that UH lost that while I updated UH correctly it seems I could not bring myself to immediately update ISU's record either in this thread or in my original post in porthawk's "Iowa State beat Houston tonight" post.
I reckon I just didn't want to write anything good about ISU
Who wudda thunk it?
I caught the errors while creating this thread entry for Tuesday night's games.
Folks, I'm a septuagenarian - I really do appreciate proofreaders! Don't be shy!
- HE "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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6 days 17 hours ago - 6 days 17 hours ago #34700
by konza63
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
Yep, that's how I'd rank it as well.
This is why I posted on that "plausible if improbable" scenario of the 4-way tie at the end (KU, Zona, Hou, ISU) - because just given the competition level, it wouldn't be a so-called "black swan" or wild card scenario for KU and ISU to beat Zona, then win their others - with Houston holding serve in its lesser games.
Stranger things have happened, "that's why they play the games," "on any given Sunday" (football analogy, but you get it), etc.
I would add a couple elements to that. First, while Zona has a great team, they've come down from their lofty stratosphere since we took them down as a then-undefeated, unblemished squad. And they've had some stumbles since then, including the loss to Tech (at home, interestingly) and the rock fight they encountered last night against a very middling Baylor team.
Secondly, they're still missing a key player - Koa Peat - their 6'8 forward, 5-star freshman and projected 1st-round pick who has been averaging 14.5 PPG, 5 RPG, and 3 APG. Notably, he hurt his lower leg in the 2/14 home loss vs. TT, sitting out the 2nd half, and hasn't been back since. Will he be back Saturday? Don't know, but if he isn't, that's a big hole in their attack - even if they've had 3 games since to work in the backup (which they did in a win at home against BYU, a super-impressive win at Houston, and the nail-biter win in Waco last night).
Thirdly and lastly, it bears noting that they haven't seen nor played against Darryn Peterson yet. He wasn't available for the game at AFH in which we upset them, missing it with flu-like symptoms. Will that give KU a further edge in what will be a raucous atmosphere and heavyweight fight in Tucson? Or will the still-incomplete integration of DP into the KU team (coming along, but still with some bumps and inefficiencies) actually swing it the other way, in Zone's favor?
All interesting angles and factors, along with the Iowa State dimension. While I would give KU a 48% chance of upsetting Zona at their place, thus advancing the improbable 4-way tie scenario one of two steps further, I have notably higher doubts about ISU knocking off the Cats on the road. Why? Because all of ISU's 4 league losses have come on the road: at KU, Cincy, TCU, and BYU. They've only managed to beat the bottom-feeders away from home: Baylor, KSU, OSU, and Utah. Doesn't bode well for them against a stacked Zona team playing in McKale.
Notwithstanding the ISU factor, hope springs eternal, yes? I would add one final thought of note. In running the Big 12 tourney simulator last night, I noticed that, if you project chalk the rest of the way - with Houston winning out, KU and ISU losing at Zona, and Zona thus winning out, KU as the 3-seed in the league tourney still gets us the much-valued double-bye (not having to play till Thursday, along with the other top 4 seeds) ... AND we get a very favorable draw, IMHO, by being paired in the 3 vs. 2 with Houston while the 2 toughest challenges in KC (I would argue) - 1 Zona and 4 ISU - would be paired together at the top of the bracket.
In that scenario, if/if we could win our opening game and then beat Houston (assuming they also advance), it would be much nicer to only have to play either ISU or Zona instead of potentially both of them on a notional path to the championship game. Playing Zona 3 times, including just before the Dance? Yikes. And playing ISU in KC, where their fan base travels for their annual Super Bowl like an army of ants flocking to a tootsie roll dropped on the lawn? Yikes again.
Fun games and times ahead.
This is why I posted on that "plausible if improbable" scenario of the 4-way tie at the end (KU, Zona, Hou, ISU) - because just given the competition level, it wouldn't be a so-called "black swan" or wild card scenario for KU and ISU to beat Zona, then win their others - with Houston holding serve in its lesser games.
Stranger things have happened, "that's why they play the games," "on any given Sunday" (football analogy, but you get it), etc.
I would add a couple elements to that. First, while Zona has a great team, they've come down from their lofty stratosphere since we took them down as a then-undefeated, unblemished squad. And they've had some stumbles since then, including the loss to Tech (at home, interestingly) and the rock fight they encountered last night against a very middling Baylor team.
Secondly, they're still missing a key player - Koa Peat - their 6'8 forward, 5-star freshman and projected 1st-round pick who has been averaging 14.5 PPG, 5 RPG, and 3 APG. Notably, he hurt his lower leg in the 2/14 home loss vs. TT, sitting out the 2nd half, and hasn't been back since. Will he be back Saturday? Don't know, but if he isn't, that's a big hole in their attack - even if they've had 3 games since to work in the backup (which they did in a win at home against BYU, a super-impressive win at Houston, and the nail-biter win in Waco last night).
Thirdly and lastly, it bears noting that they haven't seen nor played against Darryn Peterson yet. He wasn't available for the game at AFH in which we upset them, missing it with flu-like symptoms. Will that give KU a further edge in what will be a raucous atmosphere and heavyweight fight in Tucson? Or will the still-incomplete integration of DP into the KU team (coming along, but still with some bumps and inefficiencies) actually swing it the other way, in Zone's favor?
All interesting angles and factors, along with the Iowa State dimension. While I would give KU a 48% chance of upsetting Zona at their place, thus advancing the improbable 4-way tie scenario one of two steps further, I have notably higher doubts about ISU knocking off the Cats on the road. Why? Because all of ISU's 4 league losses have come on the road: at KU, Cincy, TCU, and BYU. They've only managed to beat the bottom-feeders away from home: Baylor, KSU, OSU, and Utah. Doesn't bode well for them against a stacked Zona team playing in McKale.
Notwithstanding the ISU factor, hope springs eternal, yes?
I would add one final thought of note. In running the Big 12 tourney simulator last night, I noticed that, if you project chalk the rest of the way - with Houston winning out, KU and ISU losing at Zona, and Zona thus winning out, KU as the 3-seed in the league tourney still gets us the much-valued double-bye (not having to play till Thursday, along with the other top 4 seeds) ... AND we get a very favorable draw, IMHO, by being paired in the 3 vs. 2 with Houston while the 2 toughest challenges in KC (I would argue) - 1 Zona and 4 ISU - would be paired together at the top of the bracket.In that scenario, if/if we could win our opening game and then beat Houston (assuming they also advance), it would be much nicer to only have to play either ISU or Zona instead of potentially both of them on a notional path to the championship game. Playing Zona 3 times, including just before the Dance? Yikes. And playing ISU in KC, where their fan base travels for their annual Super Bowl like an army of ants flocking to a tootsie roll dropped on the lawn? Yikes again.
Fun games and times ahead.
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
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6 days 6 hours ago #34706
by konza63
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
Now this is what I call showing your math!
Quite literally…. Great stuff.
IMHO, scenarios A and B are most plausible, followed by C. D is a massive outlier. And the good news, as you point out, is KU fares very well in any of the 3 most plausible scenarios, WRT the most challenging foes (for KC) they’d have to face.
Quite literally…. Great stuff.
IMHO, scenarios A and B are most plausible, followed by C. D is a massive outlier. And the good news, as you point out, is KU fares very well in any of the 3 most plausible scenarios, WRT the most challenging foes (for KC) they’d have to face.
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
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2 days 4 hours ago #34737
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
This thread to be updated at the end of each B12 Conference game day thru the last regular season games on Saturday, March 7.
The Big 12 Tournament begins on Tuesday, March 10.
TOP 5 BIG 12 STANDINGS through
Tuesday 2026-02-28The remaining 11 programs do not have a realistic chance of ending up regular season conference champions.
These 5 are the contenders for that - or at least a Top 4 (Double Bye) B12T seed - as of 2026-02-28.
KANSAS is 3 games behind the leader and tied for fourth with ISU, who still has to play UA in Tucson next.
FEB 28 SAT
UA beat KU in Tucson
TT beat ISU in Ames
UH beat CU in Houston
UC beat OKS in Cincinnati
ASU beat UU in Tempe
WVU beat BYU in Morgantowm
TCU beat KSU in Manhattan
BU beat UCF in Orlando
KU is out of the running for at least a share of the Big 12 regular season title, and
KU does not even control it's destiny as far as earning a Top 4 B12T seed!
Why? Texas Tech winning in Ames threw a real monkey wrench in KU's hopes to get a Top 4 seed for the B12T.
Remember, there are no tiebreakers for the regular season crown.
Programs with the same final regular season Big 12 Conference record are co-champions.
Tiebreakers are solely for seeding in the Big 12 T, and UA only needs 1 more win to lock up the title and the 1 seed. If the top 5 teams play to chalk in their last 2 Big 12 games, KU will get the 3 seed in the B12T and get the double byes for both Tuesday and Wednesday Big 12 Tournament competition.
BUT - Tech winning v TCU and @BYU (BYU is favored, but currently on a 2 game L streak, but it will be their Senior Game, so really a toss up?) gets Tech the 2 seed and UH winning out (chalk) gets UH the 3 seed, leaving ISU and KU fighting for the 4 seed.
NOTE WELL - we all want to root for Arizona against Iowa State on Monday night, because if Tech wins its last 2 games and ISU wins it's last two games - at UA and then hosting ASU on Saturday - KU will end up the 5 seed.
See the SEEDING SCENARIOS at the end of this entry.
THE GAUNTLET
LAST 6 REGULAR SEASON GAMES FOR THE 5 LISTED PROGRAMS
MONDAY 2026-02-16 thru
SATURDAY 2026-03-07
P(W): Probability(Win) % are from ESPN Analytics as of this update
KANSASHOUSTONARIZONAIOWA STATETEXAS TECH
SEEDING SCENARIOS All the below assume KU wins its last two games.
All scenarios generated using mred's 2026 Big 12 MBB Tournament Tiebreaker
FYI and use the program also generates a B12T bracket using the projected results.
SEEDING SCENARIO A "CHALK"
KU wins @ASU, v KSU
UA wins v ISU, @CU
TT wins v TCU, loses @BYU
UH wins v BU, @OKS
ISU loses @UA, wins v ASU
SEEDING SCENARIO B "CHALK except TT wins @BYU"
KU wins @ASU, v KSU
UA wins v ISU, @CU
TT wins v TCU, @BYU
UH wins v BU, @OKS
ISU loses @UA, wins v ASU
SEEDING SCENARIO C "CHALK except ISU wins @UA and TT wins @BYU"
KU wins @ASU, v KSU
UA loses v ISU, wins @CU
TT wins v TCU, @BYU
UH wins v BU, @OKS
ISU wins @UA, v ASU
The Big 12 Tournament begins on Tuesday, March 10.
TOP 5 BIG 12 STANDINGS through
Tuesday 2026-02-28
TEAM BIG 12 GB
Arizona 14-2 -
Texas Tech 12-4 2.0
Houston 12-4 2.0
KANSAS 11-5 3.0
Iowa State 11-5 3.0These 5 are the contenders for that - or at least a Top 4 (Double Bye) B12T seed - as of 2026-02-28.
KANSAS is 3 games behind the leader and tied for fourth with ISU, who still has to play UA in Tucson next.
FEB 28 SAT
UA beat KU in Tucson
TT beat ISU in Ames
UH beat CU in Houston
UC beat OKS in Cincinnati
ASU beat UU in Tempe
WVU beat BYU in Morgantowm
TCU beat KSU in Manhattan
BU beat UCF in Orlando
KU is out of the running for at least a share of the Big 12 regular season title, and
KU does not even control it's destiny as far as earning a Top 4 B12T seed!
Why? Texas Tech winning in Ames threw a real monkey wrench in KU's hopes to get a Top 4 seed for the B12T.
Remember, there are no tiebreakers for the regular season crown.
Programs with the same final regular season Big 12 Conference record are co-champions.
Tiebreakers are solely for seeding in the Big 12 T, and UA only needs 1 more win to lock up the title and the 1 seed. If the top 5 teams play to chalk in their last 2 Big 12 games, KU will get the 3 seed in the B12T and get the double byes for both Tuesday and Wednesday Big 12 Tournament competition.
BUT - Tech winning v TCU and @BYU (BYU is favored, but currently on a 2 game L streak, but it will be their Senior Game, so really a toss up?) gets Tech the 2 seed and UH winning out (chalk) gets UH the 3 seed, leaving ISU and KU fighting for the 4 seed.
NOTE WELL - we all want to root for Arizona against Iowa State on Monday night, because if Tech wins its last 2 games and ISU wins it's last two games - at UA and then hosting ASU on Saturday - KU will end up the 5 seed.
See the SEEDING SCENARIOS at the end of this entry.
THE GAUNTLET
LAST 6 REGULAR SEASON GAMES FOR THE 5 LISTED PROGRAMS
MONDAY 2026-02-16 thru
SATURDAY 2026-03-07
P(W): Probability(Win) % are from ESPN Analytics as of this update
KANSAS
DATE OPP RESULT
Feb 18 Wed @OKS WON
Feb 21 Sat CIN Lost
Feb 23 Mon UH WON
Feb 28 Sat @UA Lost (Biorhythms! I hate day games with this team!)
Mar 3 Tue @ASU P(W) = 78%
Mar 7 Sat KSU P(W) = 92% DAY GAME Senior GameDATE OPP RESULT
Feb 16 Mon @ISU Lost
Feb 21 Sat UA Lost
Feb 23 Mon @KU Lost
Feb 28 Sat CU WON
Mar 3 Tue BU P(W) = 92%
Mar 7 Sat @OKS P(W) = 90%DATE OPP RESULT
Feb 18 Wed BYU WON
Feb 21 Sat @UH WON
Feb 24 Tue @BU WON
Feb 28 Sat KU WON
Mar 2 Mon ISU P(W) = 73%
Mar 7 Sat @CU P(W) = 92%DATE OPP RESULT
Feb 16 Mon UH WON
Feb 21 Sat @BYU Lost
Feb 24 Tue @UU WON
Feb 28 Sat TT Lost
Mar 2 Mon @UA P(W) = 27%
Mar 7 Sat ASU P(W) = 95%DATE OPP RESULT
Feb 17 Tue @ASU Lost
Feb 21 Sat KSU WON
Feb 24 Tue CIN WON
Feb 28 Sat @ISU WON
Mar 3 Tue TCU P(W) = 85%
Feb 7 Sat @BYU P(W) = 41%SEEDING SCENARIOS All the below assume KU wins its last two games.
All scenarios generated using mred's 2026 Big 12 MBB Tournament Tiebreaker
FYI and use the program also generates a B12T bracket using the projected results.
SEEDING SCENARIO A "CHALK"
KU wins @ASU, v KSU
UA wins v ISU, @CU
TT wins v TCU, loses @BYU
UH wins v BU, @OKS
ISU loses @UA, wins v ASU
1. Arizona (16 - 2)
2. Houston (14 - 4)
3. KANSAS (13 - 5) Above Texas Tech based on head-to-head wins (1-0).
4. Texas Tech (13 - 5) Below Kansas based on head-to-head wins (0-1).
5. Iowa St (12 - 6)
6. UCF (11 - 7)
7. BYU (10 - 8)
8. W Virginia (9 - 9) Above TCU and Cincinnati based on round-robin record (2-1).
9. TCU (9 - 9) Above Cincinnati and below W Virginia based on round-robin record (1-1).
10. Cincinnati (9 - 9) Below W Virginia and TCU based on round-robin record (1-2).
11. Colorado (7 - 11)
12. Baylor (6 - 12) Above Ariz St based on head-to-head wins (1-0).
13. Ariz St (6 - 12) Below Baylor based on head-to-head wins (0-1).
14. Okla St (5 - 13)
15. Kansas St (2 - 16) Above Utah based on head-to-head wins (1-0).
16. Utah (2 - 16) Below Kansas St based on head-to-head wins (0-1).SEEDING SCENARIO B "CHALK except TT wins @BYU"
KU wins @ASU, v KSU
UA wins v ISU, @CU
TT wins v TCU, @BYU
UH wins v BU, @OKS
ISU loses @UA, wins v ASU
1. Arizona (16 - 2)
2. Texas Tech (14 - 4) Above Houston based on winning percentage against #1 teams [Arizona] (1-0).
3. Houston (14 - 4) Below Texas Tech based on winning percentage against #1 teams [Arizona] (0-1).
4. KANSAS (13 - 5)
5. Iowa St (12 - 6)
6. UCF (11 - 7)
7. W Virginia (9 - 9) Above BYU, TCU, and Cincinnati based on round-robin record (3-1).
8. BYU (9 - 9) Above TCU and Cincinnati and below W Virginia based on round-robin record (2-1).
9. TCU (9 - 9) Above Cincinnati and below W Virginia and BYU based on round-robin record (1-2).
10. Cincinnati (9 - 9) Below W Virginia, BYU, and TCU based on round-robin record (1-3).
11. Colorado (7 - 11)
12. Baylor (6 - 12) Above Ariz St based on head-to-head wins (1-0).
13. Ariz St (6 - 12) Below Baylor based on head-to-head wins (0-1).
14. Okla St (5 - 13)
15. Kansas St (2 - 16) Above Utah based on head-to-head wins (1-0).
16. Utah (2 - 16) Below Kansas St based on head-to-head wins (0-1).SEEDING SCENARIO C "CHALK except ISU wins @UA and TT wins @BYU"
KU wins @ASU, v KSU
UA loses v ISU, wins @CU
TT wins v TCU, @BYU
UH wins v BU, @OKS
ISU wins @UA, v ASU
1. Arizona (15 - 3)
2. Texas Tech (14 - 4) Above Houston based on winning percentage against #1 teams [Arizona] (1-0).
3. Houston (14 - 4) Below Texas Tech based on winning percentage against #1 teams [Arizona] (0-1).
4. Iowa St (13 - 5) Above Kansas based on winning percentage against #1 teams [Arizona] (1-0).
5. Kansas (13 - 5) Below Iowa St based on winning percentage against #1 teams [Arizona] (1-1).
6. UCF (11 - 7)
7. W Virginia (9 - 9) Above BYU, TCU, and Cincinnati based on round-robin record (3-1).
8. BYU (9 - 9) Above TCU and Cincinnati and below W Virginia based on round-robin record (2-1).
9. TCU (9 - 9) Above Cincinnati and below W Virginia and BYU based on round-robin record (1-2).
10. Cincinnati (9 - 9) Below W Virginia, BYU, and TCU based on round-robin record (1-3).
11. Colorado (7 - 11)
12. Baylor (6 - 12) Above Ariz St based on head-to-head wins (1-0).
13. Ariz St (6 - 12) Below Baylor based on head-to-head wins (0-1).
14. Okla St (5 - 13)
15. Kansas St (2 - 16) Above Utah based on head-to-head wins (1-0).
16. Utah (2 - 16) Below Kansas St based on head-to-head wins (0-1)."Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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1 day 12 hours ago #34740
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
The bracket below represents the bracket if SCENARIO A “Chalk” comes to pass.
KANSAS ends up the 3 seed on the bracket bottom with 2 seed Houston.
And all of the games KANSAS could play in would be NIGHT GAMES (start after 5:00 PM)
UA, ISU and TT are all on the other side of the bracket.
IOW if KU can win its quarterfinal NIGHT GAME against one of WVU, Baylor or OK State, it would play
UH (most likely) or one of UCF, UC or UU in a NIGHT GAME SEMIFINAL.
And if KU advanced to the title game – well, I’d say they have a chance against any of most likely UA, ISU or TT in a NIGHT GAME in KC.
So, to hoshi’s desire to see UA beat ISU tonight (yes indeed, please!),
I would add let’s hope either TCU (Tuesday) or @BYU (Saturday) beat Tech!
Fingers crossed, Jayhawks fans!
There is a chance things just might break KU’s way – ASSUMING our Jayhawks win their last two games, of course!
LET’S GO JAYHAWKS!
KANSAS ends up the 3 seed on the bracket bottom with 2 seed Houston.
And all of the games KANSAS could play in would be NIGHT GAMES (start after 5:00 PM)
UA, ISU and TT are all on the other side of the bracket.
IOW if KU can win its quarterfinal NIGHT GAME against one of WVU, Baylor or OK State, it would play
UH (most likely) or one of UCF, UC or UU in a NIGHT GAME SEMIFINAL.
And if KU advanced to the title game – well, I’d say they have a chance against any of most likely UA, ISU or TT in a NIGHT GAME in KC.
So, to hoshi’s desire to see UA beat ISU tonight (yes indeed, please!),
I would add let’s hope either TCU (Tuesday) or @BYU (Saturday) beat Tech!
Fingers crossed, Jayhawks fans!
There is a chance things just might break KU’s way – ASSUMING our Jayhawks win their last two games, of course!
LET’S GO JAYHAWKS!
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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