Big 12 Basketball Beat '23-24

[Lobot]

K-State upset BYU and UCF upset Texas Tech last night. The K-State results isn't good for UC. You really want to stay out of the Tuesday games at the Big XII tourney. Right now we're slotted into the 11 seed and playing on day one. It's pretty likely we'll pick another loss in Houston so UC beating K-State and West Virginia is huge.

[Lobot]

UC could use a W or two before the season ends to avoid playing on day 1 of the Big XII tourney in KC.

[Lobot]

Today's scoreboard highlighted by Houston at Baylor which is CBS at 12:00. You should have time to get that one in before our game starts.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/seasontype/2/group/8

[bearcatbret]

Projected Big 12 tournament seeding. 2024 Big 12 Basketball Tournament: Projected Standings, Bracket, and Tiebreakers (heartlandcollegesports.com)

[GoBearcats31]

UCF spent all evening heaving bags of cement over WV's 2-3 zone and fell in Morgantown, 77-67. The Knights fell to #71 in KenPom. They now are a borderline Q1/Q2 win for the Bearcats down in Orlando. They came in #68 and need to stay above #76.

UCF stayed in the game with a ridiculous 10 blocks, 6 by Omar Payne.

UCF slid to 73. So they will likely be hovering around 75 unless the team just spirals down the stretch. Can't bank on the road win staying Q1 or the home win staying Q2.

[bearcatbret]

Will there be ten Big 12 teams in the tournament? Nine Big 12 Teams Make NCAA Tournament in Latest Bracketology Update (heartlandcollegesports.com)

Brett Yormark Says the Best 68 Teams May Not be Playing in NCAA Tournament (heartlandcollegesports.com)

[swilsonsp4]

BYU held serve against Baylor, 78-71. The Bears led by 9 early, but it didn't take long for the Cougars to catch up and pass them. BYU led the entire second half.

The TCU @ TTU game was a "frog strangler" (pun intended). This rugged affair went back and forth, but the Red Raiders got a huge traditional 3-point play by Pop Isaacs to go up 3 in the final 30 seconds, then held on, 82-81. The win propelled TTU into 4th place by themselves.

[swilsonsp4]

UCF spent all evening heaving bags of cement over WV's 2-3 zone and fell in Morgantown, 77-67. The Knights fell to #71 in KenPom. They now are a borderline Q1/Q2 win for the Bearcats down in Orlando. They came in #68 and need to stay above #76.

UCF stayed in the game with a ridiculous 10 blocks, 6 by Omar Payne.

[bearcatbret]

This week's Big 12 Power Rankings: Iowa State Takes Top Spot in Latest Big 12 Basketball Power Rankings (heartlandcollegesports.com)

[sedz]

Big one in H-Town tonight. #10 Iowa St at #3 Houston at 9:00. Appears that Houston actually sold this one out. Two elite defenses. It's going to interesting to see which coach adjusts first and can get the offense in gear. Houston is 9.5 point favorite ?!?!

Houston has been destroying everyone at home. Nobody has been able to keep them within 15. They beat Texas Tech and Texas by more than 20.

[Lobot]

Big one in H-Town tonight. #10 Iowa St at #3 Houston at 9:00. Appears that Houston actually sold this one out. Two elite defenses. It's going to interesting to see which coach adjusts first and can get the offense in gear. Houston is 9.5 point favorite ?!?!

[bearcatbret]

Big 12 standings after yesterday. 2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings - Big 12 Conference (big12sports.com) We are currently a half game behind BYU.

[GoBearcats31]

I would be open to playing Iowa State again in the conference tournament but would prefer avoiding Houston.

[Carthage World]

Conference tournament bracket if season ended today https://x.com/big12conference/status...A2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

Barring some drastic change in the projections, it looks like we'll be playing in either the 7/10 game or 8/9 game on Wed, 3/12.

It'd be good in that it would assuredly give us a winnable Q1 game to start, but if we win, we'd likely face Iowa St or Houston in the Quarterfinals where we'd be a big underdog.

[GoBearcats31]

Conference tournament bracket if season ended today https://x.com/big12conference/status...A2NHZ_hNyS2mFg