Big 12 Conference Basketball Power Rankings - Week 9
by Matt Patton on Jan 18, 2011 12:58 PM CST
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PrintConference play began, so we are seeing the real teams emerge. Lots of movement this week.
1. Kansas JayhawksOverall Record: 18-0Last Week's Record: 3-0 Last Week's Ranking/Movement: 1 - No movement What Matt Says: So when you're shooting 79.3% at the half on the road, things are going well. |
2. Texas LonghornsOverall Record: 14-3Last Week's Record: 2-0 Last Week's Ranking/Movement: 2 - No movement What Matt Says: Not one of those weeks that Texas will do much bragging about, but beating anyone on the road by 30 is an accomplishment. |
3. Texas A&M AggiesOverall Record: 16-1Last Week's Record: 2-0 Last Week's Ranking/Movement: 3 - No movement What Evan Says: Playing as well as anyone in the league/country. Were able to play uptempo ball and defeat Mizzou. |
4. Colorado BuffaloesOverall Record: 14-4 |
5. Missouri TigersOverall Record: 16-3Last Week's Record: 2-1 Last Week's Ranking/Movement: 5 - No movement What Evan Says: The OT loss to A&M can be overlooked, as they had the ball with game in hand. The K-State victory might now just go down as a footnote. |
6. Nebraska CornhuskersOverall Record: 13-4 |
7. Iowa St. CyclonesOverall Record: 14-4 |
8. Oklahoma St. CowboysOverall Record: 13-4 |
9. Baylor BearsOverall Record: 12-5Last Week's Record: 1-2 Last Week's Ranking/Movement: 6 - Down three spots What Matt Says: Panic button pressed. Not sure why Scott Drew insisted on playing zone as long as he did. Not sure the Bears are tournament-caliber team after that embarrassment in Waco against the Jayhawks. |
10. Kansas St. WildcatsOverall Record: 13-6Last Week's Record: 1-2 Last Week's Ranking/Movement: 8 - Down two spots What Joe Says: Got a nice win in scrimmage vs Tech but then back to normal with butt whooping at Missouri. Could be a possible NIT team. |
11. Oklahoma SoonersOverall Record: 8-9 |
12. Texas Tech Red RaidersOverall Record: 8-10 |
For the purposes of full disclosure, our individual rankings appear after The Jump
Evan's Rankings:
1. Kansas
2. Texas
3. Texas A&M
4. Colorado
5. Mizzou
6. Nebraska
7. Baylor
8. Oklahoma State
9. Kansas State
10. Iowa St
11. OU
12. Texas Tech
Joe's Rankings:
1. Kansas
2. Texas A&M
3. Texas
4. Colorado
5. Missouri
6. Iowa State
7. Nebraska
8. Oklahoma State
9. Kansas State
10. Baylor
11. OU
12. Tech
Matt's Rankings:
1. Kansas
2. Texas
3. Texas A&M
4. Missouri
5. Colorado
6. Iowa State
7. Nebraska
8. Oklahoma State
9. Kansas State
10. Baylor
11. Oklahoma
12. Texas Tech
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Love seeing these rankings...
Shows how incredibly pointless it is to rank teams before the season (or even the conference season) starts. Looks like the Big 12 will be losing two of its basketball heavyweights after all.
and two
we thoght would be heavyweights are near the bottom.
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Huge conference game Saturday...
between Texas and KU. You would think KU would have the edge, playing at home. But it will be the best opponent KU has faced this season. And Texas has shown the ability to win on the road against better competion than KU has even played yet.
Huge game.
Yeah, I probably overstated it a bit.
Should have just said “Texas has shown the ability to win on the road against high-quality teams” and left it at that.
Still, it’s a huge game for both teams. I think Texas is the team that is most likely to challenge KU for the Big 12 title because 1) they are pretty darn good and 2) they play in the south which means they play a weaker conference schedule than any north team will play.
Texas has a tough home game against A&M first though.
I don't know.
Arizona got absolutely slaughtered by BYU when the Cougars went into a collapsible zone that could shut down Derrick Williams. They also have 0 quality wins. I see them as sort of like Maryland out of the ACC (good team in bad conference with dominant post player and terrible guards). MSU is better, even if they aren’t living up to our lofty expectations.
The comparison to Maryland is probably apt.
They’re a bit underrated too. Kenpom rankings:
12 BYU
14 Maryland
20 Arizona
25 Michigan St.
29 UNC
And BYU is damn good.
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