Big 12 Men's Basketball Roundup

Feb. 20, 2015

Big 12 Standings (Through Games of Feb. 19)
School	Big 12	Overall
Kansas	10-3	21-5
Iowa State	9-4	19-6
Oklahoma	9-5	18-8
West Virginia	8-5	20-6
Baylor	7-6	19-7
Oklahoma State	7-7	17-9
Texas	6-7	17-9
Kansas State	6-8	13-14
TCU	3-10	16-10
Texas Tech	2-12	12-15

► The Big 12 is the No. 1 conference in the RPI and the Sagarin Ratings. Seven teams are among the top 34 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 .659 winning percentage for its teams - the best mark for any conference since 1985-86 (ACC, .664) and the seventh best since 1944-45.

► Six Big 12 teams are ranked in the top 19 for strength of schedule - easily the most of any conference. Nine league schools are in the top 68.

► Thirty-five of the last 39 games played in Big 12 men's basketball have involved at least one nationally-ranked team.

► For the first time in Big 12 history, every team in the conference has at least one win over a top 25 team.

► The Big 12 is the only conference in the nation where every team has 12 victories or moreand the only one with 90 percent of its squads at .500 or better.

► The Big 12 has had seven top 25 teams two different weeks this year, six in nine straight weeks and at least five in 13 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.

► Big 12 men's basketball has combined to post a 25-16 (.610) record versus the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC this season.

► 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. 19)
Conference	RPI
1. Big 12	.5926
2. Big East	.5797
3. ACC	.5732
4. Big Ten	.5695
5. SEC	.5624
6. Pac-12	.5618
7. Atlantic 10	.5340
8. American	.5287
9. West Coast	.5253
10. Mid-American	.5168

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