Big 12 Men's Basketball Roundup

Feb. 10, 2015

Big 12 Standings (Through Games of Feb. 9)
School	Big 12	Overall
Kansas	8-2	19-4
Oklahoma	8-4	17-7
Iowa State	7-4	17-6
West Virginia	6-4	18-5
Oklahoma State	7-5	17-7
Baylor	6-5	18-6
Kansas State	5-6	12-12
Texas	4-6	15-8
Texas Tech	2-9	12-12
TCU	1-9	14-9

► The Big 12 is the No. 1 conference in the RPI and the Sagarin Ratings. Seven teams are among the top 32 of the latest RPI - the most of any conference in the nation. The next closest league has five.

► Big 12 men's basketball has a combined .677 winning percentage for its teams - the best mark for any conference since 1983-84 (ACC, .679).

► Twenty-five of the last 26 games played in Big 12 men's basketball have involved at least one nationally-ranked team.

► The Big 12 is the only conference in the nation where every team still boasts a .500 or better.

► Every team in the Big 12 has played at least five top 25 conference opponents to start the year, with every squad having at least seven games versus foes that were ranked at some point in 2014-15.

► The Big 12 has had seven top 25 teams two different weeks this year, six in eight straight weeks and at least five in 12 consecutive weeks.

► The Big 12 non-conference winning percentage (.827) is the best by any league since the 2004-05 season and only the second time that any conference has been over .800.

► Big 12 men's basketball has the nation's best non-conference record (105-22, .827). The Big 12 is the only conference in the nation that is at .800 or better this season.

► Nine of the 10 teams in the Big 12 have been ranked in the top 25 at some point since January 1, 2014.

► Eight of 10 teams in the Big 12 have been ranked in the top 25 this season. Nine of the 10 have been ranked or received votes.

► A total of eight Big 12 teams recorded 10 or more victories in nonconference play, the most of any league in America.

► The Big 12 had a 28-game winning streak between December 7-20, going nearly two weeks without losing a game.

► Big 12 men's basketball has a .500 or better record against every conference it has faced this season (29 total).

► Showcasing the depth of the Conference, teams predicted to finish 6th through 10th in the Big 12 preseason poll were 56-7 (.889) in non-conference play. Teams picked 8th - 10th were 33-5 (.868).

Conference RPI Leaders (Through games of Feb. 9)
Conference	RPI
1. Big 12	.5815
2. Big East	.5785
3. ACC	.5640
4. SEC	.5629
5. Big Ten	.5575
6. Pac-12	.5529
7. Atlantic 10	.5339
8. West Coast	.5219
9. American	.5205
10. Missouri Valley	.5184

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