Current Big 12 Projected Standings, via KenPom

Kansas (16-2)
Missouri (14-4)
Baylor (12-6)
Kansas State (11-7)
Iowa State (10-8)

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I don't know why...

but I just feel like Missouri is looking better than that. If we win the league by two games I’d be thrilled.

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by Owen on Jan 23, 2012 10:49 AM CST reply actions

If we win the league

at all, I’ll be thrilled. MU is going to be a challenge. They’re going to win the league and then leave for the SEC……just to piss us off.

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by Rivethead on Jan 23, 2012 11:06 AM CST up reply actions

They have zero Big 12 titles thus far

Why start now?

by jayhawk1996 on Jan 23, 2012 11:12 AM CST up reply actions

With Missouri picking up that win at Baylor

I consider us basically tied now. They lost a reasonable loss, even if the margin wasn’t reasonable, and won a game they weren’t supposed to win. They are 1 game behind us, but have played a harder schedule to this point.

by jayhawk3r on Jan 23, 2012 10:50 AM CST reply actions

I know its kind of rival site

But I like how the phog blog breaks down the schedule.

Mizzou’s at risk games remaining – @UT and @KU
KU’s at risk games remaining – @MU, @ISU, @KSU and @Baylor.

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by bt01 on Jan 23, 2012 1:09 PM CST up reply actions

They're thinkin MU is going to win at home against KU?

Right now, I’d take KU. I certainly think that’s an “at-risk” game.

I’d even throw (I’m a homer like that) home against K-State into the at-risk category too. The Cats hammered MU and I’m not convinced MU can keep the Cats from doing that again (the Cats can certainly play like crap and get blown out, but I think that loss will be more on the Cats than MU). Hosting Baylor too, even if Drew managed to piss away the home game.

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by Sean T on Jan 23, 2012 1:30 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, not sure how KU @ Mizzou isn't an at-risk game.

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by Warden11 on Jan 23, 2012 1:50 PM CST up reply actions

Similarly, the game against MU in AFH should be labelled at risk for us

by KSinDC on Jan 23, 2012 1:53 PM CST up reply actions

Although until MU starts actually selling out all of their games, obviously, they have less home court advantage

by KSinDC on Jan 23, 2012 1:54 PM CST up reply actions

They only sell out once a year: when we play them.

by JayDevil on Jan 23, 2012 3:07 PM CST up reply actions

They've had a couple sellouts this year

But it’s amazing to me that a top-5 team at the flagship school in a state of 5M people can’t regularly sell out 15,000 seats in an arena.

For all the crap they gave us about using groupons to boost ticket sales to our disgrace of a football team, they were selling $5 tickets to try to get people to come watch a top-15 undefeated team. They can’t even get bandwagon fans, it seems.

by KSinDC on Jan 23, 2012 3:12 PM CST up reply actions

According to them

Its because Columbia is a few hours from both St. Louis and Kansas City. That is why. Where as Lawrence is only 30-45 minutes from the KC area

Shit happens when you win championships

by Andrew Clark on Jan 23, 2012 3:47 PM CST up reply actions

Hmm

Population of Columbia metro area: 164,283
Enrollment at Mizzou: 33,762
Seats in Paige Sports Arena: 15,061
I’m no math major, but even if you live in KC or StL and can’t make all the games, surely there are others who would want to go. Oh well. That’s the SEC’s problem now.

by jayhawk1996 on Jan 23, 2012 3:51 PM CST up reply actions

Hard to explain all those Sedgwick County plates at AFH

If fans can’t be bothered to drive a couple hours to support their team in person.

by KSinDC on Jan 23, 2012 4:05 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

actually I did a poor job of explaining this.

Mizzou is projected to lose at KU
KU is projected to lose at MU and Baylor
MIzzou at Texas is a toss-up
KU at ISU and K-State are toss-ups.

The theory is that good teams win at home and conference championships are decided by who wins on the road.

It gets you to look past the current records, and look at what has been one. Check out the site they do a better job of explaining this then I do.

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by bt01 on Jan 23, 2012 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

to be fair

I think our projection is skewed by getting to play OSU sans Sullinger. That said, I still think we can lose both at Baylor and at Missouri, plus one other place (K State? Iowa State?) and win the league.

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by fetch9 on Jan 23, 2012 11:12 AM CST reply actions

Agreed

We may be able to lose all four of those road games and still win. I have to say, I see more upside potential for Baylor, KSU, and Mizzou with those projections than us. I also see KSU fighting Mizzou for the #2 spot.

by Westyhawk on Jan 23, 2012 1:25 PM CST up reply actions

I think the OSU win effect is negligible by this point.

We didn’t totally obliterate them or anything, and it’s just one game after which there have been plenty of games to balance it out.

It’s not like we played Howard 10 times and racked up a huge number of high-power possessions.

by sax solo on Jan 23, 2012 2:11 PM CST up reply actions

Don't get cocky

the slavers are 2-1 at Waco, Manhatten and Ames. Where are there 3 other loses coming from? If we lose at Waco and Columbia we have to settle for a tie with them (Shudder).

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by bt01 on Jan 23, 2012 4:15 PM CST up reply actions

Austin will be just as tough for them as it was for KU

by jayhawk1996 on Jan 23, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions

fair

they do still host some good teams though so who knows. Plus they won only one game on the road in conference play last year so they may or may not drop an unexpected one or two.

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by fetch9 on Jan 23, 2012 4:39 PM CST up reply actions

How about we just beat them in Columbia

and crush their dreams?

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by bt01 on Jan 23, 2012 4:41 PM CST up reply actions

works for me

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by fetch9 on Jan 23, 2012 4:43 PM CST up reply actions

If we lose at Columbia on Feb 4, I'm not going to be feeling good about our chances to win the conference

Even if that’s our first loss of the conference season.

by KSinDC on Jan 23, 2012 5:05 PM CST up reply actions

Really?

I’d almost assume that one to be a loss. But I feel like we can pull that even with a win in Lawrence. It’s dropping a game that we shouldn’t that worries me. Like K-State in Manhattan, or Iowa State in Ames. Those are the games that concern me.

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by Owen on Jan 23, 2012 9:16 PM CST up reply actions

Heck, if we go 1-2 with the road trips to Ames, Columbia and Manhattan

I still think we got a good shot. As long as we limit a “NOOOOOOOO” to only one other game. Mizzou has some tough games left as well, and Baylor’s two losses have clearly bumped them a lap behind KU and MU in the race

Shit happens when you win championships

by Andrew Clark on Jan 23, 2012 10:37 PM CST up reply actions