Big 12 Basketball Beat '23-24

[GoBearcats31]

Big 12 play kicks off on Saturday, including a tripleheader on ESPN2 (all times listed ET):

2:00 p.m. TCU at #2 Kansas (CBS)
2:00 p.m. WVU at #3 Houston (ESPN+)
3:00 p.m. #18 Baylor at Okla. State (ESPN+)
6:00 p.m. Iowa State at #11 Oklahoma (ESPN+)
6:00 p.m. UCF at Kansas State (ESPN2)
8:00 p.m. Texas Tech at #20 Texas (ESPN2)
10:00 p.m. Cincinnati at #12 BYU (ESPN2)

It looks like UC will have a game every Saturday from here on out, which is a welcome change after the regular Sunday games in AAC play (one Monday, the rest on Tuesdays/Wednesdays)

Also, 5 of UC's first 6 league games area against ranked teams (they do not play Houston until February, but play the other five ranked teams within the next three weeks).

Houston pounds WVU by 34

Kansas escapes TCU by 2, and sounds like they had a favorable whistle in the last minute to help get the W

[swilsonsp4]

Final: @ UCF 65, KS 60.

We'll never hear the end of the chirping,

[Lobot]

Final: @ UCF 65, KS 60.

We'll never hear the end of the chirping,

Vegas big mad.

[GoBearcats31]

“Mikey Williams, who officially left Memphis earlier this week after clearing up legal issues, announces he has committed to UCF.

Williams was once considered an elite recruit.

Big week for Uncle Johnny and the Knights.”

[longtimefan]

BYU survives at UCF. Big 12 finding out what we already knew, playing at UCF is a pain in the butt.

[Lobot]

Fran Fraschilla just tweeted the ESPN BPI and all 14 of the Big XII teams are in the Top 16 spots in remaining SOS. We've got the 14th strongest remaining SOS in the country and only BYU is behind us in conference.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...emrank/dir/asc

[Gmann]

Fran Fraschilla just tweeted the ESPN BPI and all 14 of the Big XII teams are in the Top 16 spots in remaining SOS. We've got the 14th strongest remaining SOS in the country and only BYU is behind us in conference.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...emrank/dir/asc

"Iron sharpens Iron"

[GoBearcats31]

And No. 9 Baylor loses in OT to Kansas State

[GoBearcats31]

NET:

#1 Houston
#4 BYU (road win)
#10 Iowa State
#12 Kansas (play there next Monday)
#13 Baylor (road loss)
#22 Oklahoma (host OU on Saturday)
#29 CINCINNATI
#32 TCU (home win)
#35 Texas Tech
#59 Texas (home loss)
#69 Kansas State
#76 UCF
#141 Oklahoma State
#178 West Virginia

[Lobot]

I know we used to know this with the old RPI, but what's the worst NET ranked team to make the tourney as an at large. Anyone?

[bba_1979]

OK, it's fun to watch all the ranking sites, but they confuse me.

On masseyratings.com, after UC defeats TCU, TCU jumps 11 spots up to #29 while UC drops 6 spots to #43. Oh, and BYU - who UC defeated - jumped 8 spots to #19.

My head hurts...

[GoBearcats31]

I know we used to know this with the old RPI, but what's the worst NET ranked team to make the tourney as an at large. Anyone?

Per Brian Bennett of The Athletic in December (https://theathletic.com/5096436/2023...ngs-selection/), it was Rutgers in 2022 at #77. That team fell in 2OT to Notre Dame in Dayton. ... The first four out had NET rankings of 58, 40, 44, 42 according to this graphic https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status...38698912706563 ... seems like Rutgers' six Q1 wins played a big role

[swilsonsp4]

With the win over TCU last night, the Frogs' loss (at least temporarily) dropped them out of the Top 30 in NET. That makes the win a Q2 result.

Here are UC's Q1 and Q2 results at present:

Q1 (1-3): XU, UD, BYU, Baylor;
Q2 (1-1): TX, TCU

The parameters for each quadrant are:

Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75. Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135. Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240. Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-362.

[swilsonsp4]

Per Brian Bennett of The Athletic in December (https://theathletic.com/5096436/2023...ngs-selection/), it was Rutgers in 2022 at #77. That team fell in 2OT to Notre Dame in Dayton. ... The first four out had NET rankings of 58, 40, 44, 42 according to this graphic https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status...38698912706563 ... seems like Rutgers' six Q1 wins played a big role

By contrast, here are the five teams with the highest NET rankings that were not chosen:

NC State - 33 (2019)
Clemson - 35 (2019)
TX - 38 (2019)
Furman - 41 (2019)
Penn State - 42 (2021)

In 2019, each of the four teams either had a lousy OOC SOS or wretched Q1 record. They were replaced by Belmont, Temple, AZ State and St. John's.

[swilsonsp4]

Final: UCF 77, @ TX 71. Rallied from 16 down. The Cats should've beaten the Longhorns.