Big 12 basketball: Weekly rankings
Time for the weekly Big 12 basketball rankings, based on the schedule you’ve played so far. And remember the plus/minus system. Plus for a road win, minus for a home loss. And you’ll be surprised at who is No. 1. Here are the rankings, along with each team’s remaining games against the big three of Baylor, KU and Mizzou:
1. Baylor 8-2 +4 (21-2). The Bears have played just four conference home games. They are 5-1 in Big 12 road games. Baylor hosts Kansas and goes to Missouri, both this week. Baylor does still have to play at Iowa State.
2. Kansas 8-2 +3 (18-5). The Jayhawks host Missouri and go to Baylor. KU’s already been to Ames.
3. Missouri 8-2 +3 (21-2). The Tigers host Baylor and go to KU. Mizzou, too, has been to Ames.
4. Iowa State 7-3 +2 (17-6). The Cyclones haven’t played Baylor, plus they go to Missouri. Fourth place seems assured for ISU.
5. Kansas State 5-5 even (16-6). KSU still has Kansas, Baylor and Mizzou consecutively, the latter two on the road.
6. Oklahoma State 4-6 -1 (11-12). The Cowboys are through with Baylor, but they go to Missouri and play Kansas twice.
7. Texas 4-6 -2 (14-9). The Longhorns host Baylor and go to Kansas. They also play at OSU in a game that could decide sixth place.
8. Texas A&M 3-7 -1 (12-10). The Aggies are finished with Baylor. They get to host Missouri and Kansas.
9. Oklahoma 3-7 (13-9). The Sooners are finished with Kansas. They host Mizzou and go to Baylor. Lose to Missouri on Monday night, and OU might be relegated to ninth place.
10. Texas Tech 0-10 (7-15). Not terribly relevant.
-------------Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1. You can e-mail him here and follow him on Twitter @BerryTramel. Visit Berry's website here.
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How quickly things can change in Big 12 (10) Bball! Just a week ago Trams had OSU facing off with aTm for 9th place and OU solidly sitting around 7th. Now that the Cyclones and Mizzou have whipped the Clips in LNC and the Pokes hold off a 3-point shooting bombardment in GIA it is the scrappy Pokers who are at 6th, and the Swooners, whose fans were whooping about making the Big Dance before conference play began at 9th. The conference road games bring things into alignment with reality pretty much every year. Neither team is very dangerous to the better squads, but I would say it’s the short and short-handed Cowboys who are showing more improvement down the stretch and promise for the future. Then again, if the Sooners could have hit just 50% of their free shots against Mizzou monday night they would have won easily against probably the best team in the conference.
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