It's been an interesting year so far and as it stands now there seems to be no clearly dominant team. All of these Top 10 losses were to currently unranked teams except for OU's second loss this week to KU.

We haven't really looked dominant in our conference wins so far....but hell....we are 3-0 in conference play. I'll take it.

Top 10 losses this week:

#1 Purdue 72
Nebraska 88

#2 UH 53
ISU 57

#2 UH 67
TCU 68

#3 KU 60
UCF 65

#5 Tenn 72
Miss St 77

#6 UK 92
Aggy 97

#8 Zona 70
Wash St 73

#9 OU 71
TCU 80

#9 OU 66
KU 78

No. 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,11,17,19,21,23,25 all lost to UNRANKED opponents this week 😮

The upsets just won’t go away 🫣 pic.twitter.com/hJzi09q09y

— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) January 14, 2024

#11 Marquette lost twice this week so we should pass them.

#9 OU lost twice this week so we should pass them.

#8 Zona lost to Washington state. Not sure if they would drop far enough for us to jump them.

Teams 1-7 probably would not fall behind us with one road loss. But #2 Houston lost twice this week. I'll be curious to see how far they get dropped.

I would guess we end up around #11.

TCU had a great week, OU laid bricks, who in the world is at UCF?

To think we are a top 10 team at this juncture is frightening.

It's far too early in the season to have any clear idea. And, as black or pointed out, their is do much parity across Division 1 MBB. WBB too.

Memphis will be staying in front of us

Wichita, Kansas just got hit with an AVALANCHE. Memphis scores 63 points in the SECOND HALF to beat Wichita State by 26. Tigers don't have same margin for error without Caleb Mills, but they're still really, really good.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) January 14, 2024

Hate to admit it, but TCU is really good. They have athletes all over the place. They are going to be a tough match up.

The home wins over BYU and Cincinnati were soooo big! The road is going to be brutal this year. Kansas losing at UCF is evidence of that, they were projected 13th in the league if I remember correctly. Iowa State, TCU and Kansas are the teams to beat. I think they are all more well rounded than Houston. Houston late is the Shed show. It seems like they just clear the floor and run IsO for him.

#10 Illinois trailing unranked Maryland by 8 with 7 mins to go at home

Power 5 teams undefeated in conference play and have a ranked win:

7. North Carolina
14. Baylor
15. Wisconsin
Texas Tech

— Baylor Cupp Enthusiast🌵🏴‍☠️ (@DoubleTSports) January 14, 2024

boognish_bear said:

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Power 5 teams undefeated in conference play and have a ranked win:

7. North Carolina
14. Baylor
15. Wisconsin
Texas Tech

— Baylor Cupp Enthusiast🌵🏴‍☠️ (@DoubleTSports) January 14, 2024

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I was gonna say they were wrong since Duke has been on a streak, but for some reason they had a conference game before they played us.

There goes gravity

Yes. They lost at unranked Georgia Tech. They paid them back at home.

https://instagr.am/p/C2F5FswgXM0

Guessing we're #9 in today's poll

Curious if TT breaks in this week

I hope so especially if Texas falls out as they should. The more Big 12 teams in the better.

IowaBear said:

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Guessing we're #9 in today's poll

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You nailed it!

IowaBear said:

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Guessing we're #9 in today's poll

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Good prediction

Gonna be a wild year.

Now 7 Big 12 teams in the Top 25 this week as TCU, Iowa State, and TTech are now ranked. That's half the conference. Three teams are in the Top 10. Surprised UH only fell to number 5.

UH should have dropped much much lower. Especially considering how weak their non con was

Johnny Bear said:

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Now 7 Big 12 teams in the Top 25 this week as TCU, Iowa State, and TTech are now ranked. That's half the conference. Three teams are in the Top 10. Surprised UH only fell to number 5.

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I counted 8 Big 12 teams:

4. Kansas
5. Houston
9. Baylor
16. OU
19. BYU
20. Iowa State
22. TCU
25. Texas Tech

Also 8 teams from the 2024-25 Big 12 replacing OU with Arizona.

historian said:

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Johnny Bear said:

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Now 7 Big 12 teams in the Top 25 this week as TCU, Iowa State, and TTech are now ranked. That's half the conference. Three teams are in the Top 10. Surprised UH only fell to number 5.

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I counted 8 Big 12 teams:

4. Kansas
5. Houston
9. Baylor
16. OU
19. BYU
20. Iowa State
22. TCU
25. Texas Tech

Also 8 teams from the 2024-25 Big 12 replacing OU with Arizona.

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Good catch - I stand corrected. MORE than half the conference. That number will inevitably drop the more Big 12 teams beat each other up in conference play, but man - that's still really impressive.

Johnny Bear said:

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historian said:

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Johnny Bear said:

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Now 7 Big 12 teams in the Top 25 this week as TCU, Iowa State, and TTech are now ranked. That's half the conference. Three teams are in the Top 10. Surprised UH only fell to number 5.

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I counted 8 Big 12 teams:

4. Kansas
5. Houston
9. Baylor
16. OU
19. BYU
20. Iowa State
22. TCU
25. Texas Tech

Also 8 teams from the 2024-25 Big 12 replacing OU with Arizona.

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Good catch - I stand corrected. MORE than half the conference. That number will inevitably drop the more Big 12 teams beat each other up in conference play, but man - that's still really impressive.

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Im not sure about it dropping much. I think we will see somewhat of an SEC football effect with so many of our teams being ranked most losses will be "good losses" and may not be that damaging....like UH just experienced.

Absolutely.

33% of the current top 25 MBB teams are in the Big 12.
Amazing!

Don't sleep on the MWC

Top 50 NET Rankings by Conference:

AAC: 3
ACC: 4
Atlantic 10: 1
Big 12: 9
Big East: 6
Big Ten: 5
Ivy League: 1
Mountain West: 6
MVC: 1
Pac-12: 3
SEC: 7
WAC: 1
WCC: 3

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) January 15, 2024