one-fourth the top 25 teams in the country are in the Big 12. WVU moves up to #10 in both polls.

[Cuyahoga Falls Eers]

#3 Oklahoma is home to #25 Texas tonight, too.
#10 WVU at #6 Kansas on Tuesday.[/COLOR]

5 of final 8 WVU games will be against top 25 teams. 8-game run will mean #1 seed in March Madness. Even 6-2 will mean top 4 seeds in March Madness (16 teams get those seeds, 4 in each quadrant.






AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Villanova (32) 20-3 1,566
2 Maryland (13) 21-3 1,499
3 Oklahoma (7) 19-3 1,472
4 Iowa (11) 19-4 1,471
5 Xavier 21-2 1,382
6 Kansas (1) 19-4 1,311
7 Virginia (1) 19-4 1,223
8 Michigan State 20-4 1,144
9 North Carolina 19-4 1,136
10 West Virginia 19-4 1,082
11 Oregon 20-4 905
12 Miami (FL) 18-4 826
13 Louisville 19-4 819
14 Iowa State 17-6 781
15 Texas A&M 18-5 663
16 SMU 20-2 593
17 Arizona 19-5 497
18 Purdue 19-5 456
19 Dayton 19-3 413
20 Providence 18-6 349
21 Baylor 17-6 333
22 Kentucky 17-6 228
23 USC 18-5 225
24 Texas 16-7 199
25 Wichita St 17-6 132 [/COLOR]


Others receiving votes: South Carolina 128, Indiana 91, Notre Dame 75, San Diego State 22, Duke 14, Seton Hall 14, Gonzaga 10, LSU 10, VCU 10, Valparaiso 9, Stony Brook 8, Saint Mary's 6, Saint Joseph's 5, UNC Wilmington 4, Hawaii 3, Utah 3, Chattanooga 2, Connecticut 2, George Washington 2, Michigan 1, Monmouth 1
Dropped from rankings: Indiana 22, South Carolina 25
Complete Rankings »[/COLOR]




USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Villanova (11) 20-3 753
2 Maryland (11) 21-3 749
3 Oklahoma (3) 19-3 708
4 Xavier 21-2 683
5 Iowa (3) 19-4 674
6 Kansas (2) 19-4 670
7 Virginia 19-4 616
8 North Carolina (1) 19-4 599
9 Michigan State (1) 20-4 567
10 West Virginia 19-4 490
11 Miami (FL) 18-4 433
12 Oregon 20-4 423
13 Texas A&M 18-5 387
14 Arizona 19-5 310
15 Iowa State 17-6 307
16 Purdue 19-5 292
17 Dayton 19-3 236
17 Providence 18-6 236
19 Baylor 17-6 221
20 South Carolina 20-3 185
21 Kentucky 17-6 178
22 Indiana 19-5 119
23 USC 18-5 105
24 Wichita St 17-6 91
25 Texas 16-7 69 [/COLOR]


Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 63, Gonzaga 53, Duke 40, Saint Mary's 28, Pittsburgh 25, Seton Hall 21, Valparaiso 14, Louisville 12, Monmouth 12, Utah 12, VCU 8, LSU 5, Saint Joseph's 2, Stony Brook 1, California 1, Clemson 1, Arkansas-Little Rock 1
Dropped from rankings: Louisville 18, Saint Mary's 25[/COLOR]

 

[Beechurst]

...and 3/5 of Big 12 teams are in the Top 25..that is 60%.

By way of contrast, only 40% of Big 12 teams (2/5) are not in the Top 25.

That means that each of 4 non-Top 25 Big 12 teams will face a Top 25 team 66.7 of the time in conference. That is 2 of every 3 games.

The 6 Top 25 Big 12 teams must each face a Top 25 team in conference 5 of every 9 league games that is 55.6% of the time.