We are #1, 7 big 12 schools in the top 20. That’s wild.
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3-0 in Q1 already and we haven’t even started conference!
But also… Kansas way down in 16th!! 
And OK State and West Virginia way way down in 196 and 209th respectively 
I know these things will get sorted as the season wears on but yikes…
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I feel for West Virginia, they went from believing they are good to whatever they are. That sucks for them.
Woah. That’s why better than what I did.
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Add in future big 12 member Arizona for the #3 spot.
Can you imagine a final 4 with Houston, BYU, Arizona, and Baylor?
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Seth Davis & Andy Katz when they see only 2 Big10 teams inside the top 20 and half the teams would be Q3/Q4 games for the home team.
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#1 in NET, KenPom and ESPN BPI, all of which are used by the committee…
4 in ESPN SOR. Sagarin has not published. Neither has KPI.
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CKS is an absolute genius when it comes to having his team in the top 5 of the various metrics every year.
It’s not just from playing well.
He and his staff craft the OOC schedules to get them at the top of these rankings.
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JR has been screwing us a bit with his vote every week….not sure if he became besties with Davis or what.
Your boys are looking pretty damn good so far….do you think they are a NCAA team or NIT?
Bingo!
He is great about creating the right schedule
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I’m going to the A&M game. Lets goooo!!!
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So, I think we are a paper tiger in the big 12.
Pros-
we are really deep, lots of depth
We shoot really well
We hustle a lot on defense
Cons
We are short. our starting center (injured) is only 6’6”
We don’t have a strong inside presence
We lack general athleticism
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IMHO, the first two are really only a major concern v. Kansas (Dickenson). The third one, though, will likely be a problem.
BYU has impressed me. Look to be a tournament team
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Your reply showed me I used are instead of our. How embarrassing.
If we continue to shoot well I think we will be a force to be reckoned with. I watch Houston and I think BYU will be in trouble against Houston because we lack size and athleticism. I do think we make the tourney this year.
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Y’all destroyed Arizona State, NC State and have a solid win over the Aztecs.
You also have a huge arena at elevation. Hold serve at home and you’re a top 5 seed easily.
It’s nice to be in a league where you can lose 5-8 conference games and it might help your seed!
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The thing that gives me hope is the saying that “Good teams win games, great teams beat the spread.” Thus far BYU is 7-0 against the spread. @Utah this Saturday will be interesting. They are much taller than us. We are bringing thousands of BYU fans to the game though to hopefully make it a home game. If we win that game we should be undefeated until Cincy comes to town to start Big 12 play.
I agree though, St Mary’s and the Zags were fine, but it will nice to be in a really good basketball conference.
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