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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2052916, member: 1969"]
While it's way too early to look at every bubble team's matches, I did want to note a couple of interesting teams and matchups this week.

A couple of interesting teams on the bubble right now are Oklahoma St and Wichita St.  Two teams that have major warts but have outstanding power rankings -- both are ranked around #20 which is extremely good.   It will be interesting to see if those numbers have any relevance this year.

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Oklahoma St is 2-6 in the Big Eight.   They have a good RPI, good KP, road wins.    But the record is not good.  It's a crucial game tonight for them against Oklahoma.

Wichita St is 17-4.  No bad losses - they beat everyone they should beat, and as I mentioned a good analytical rating of around 20 in KP.   But they are 0-4 against the top 50, including a loss at home to Oklahoma St, and a loss on a neutral court to Michigan St, and a loss at Illinois St.  They didn't have many opportunities, but you can't blow them all either.   Those were reasonable opportunities to get at least one win    This week will be their last chance to get a top 100 win.  -- on Saturday they play Illinois St at home which is     It will be an empty resume either way, but if they lose Saturday they have zero shot in my view.   They are already behind the eight ball, and unlike us they have zero chance to grow a resume.   They will probably still end up with a KP in the 20's -- how far can that carry them with the committee apparently embracing power ratings now other than RPI.
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