WVU @tu starts @6 pm CST, ISU @BU @8

The horn just beat WVU 85 - 78.

espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400830925

Horns did defend their home court and gave us a one game pad. We my need it as the Longhorns have not lost a conference home game this season and we still have to pay them a visit. Maybe I am wrong but see the Horns as our toughest remaining game. ROCK CHALK

The Horns will win the BIG XII conference tourney and Shaka Kahn errrr, Smart will be BIG XII COY.

Put it in an envelope, seal it and date it. Open it after the tourney is over.*

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* Unless, of course, I'm wrong.

Alone in 1st place! We go to Manhattan on Saturday and need to win. OU goes to WVU, and I can say with relative certainty that one of those teams will likely lose, leaving KU 2 up on somebody and 1 up on the other.

OU still plays home games against OSU and Baylor. They travel to Texas and TCU (and WVU as mentioned).

WVU hosts ISU and Tech (and OU). They travel to OSU and Baylor.

KU plays ISU and Tech in Lawrence, and travels to Texas and Baylor (and KSU).

KU has the toughest road ahead (vs. ISU, @Tex, @Bay). OU and WVU have one tough home game (Baylor for OU, ISU for WVU) and one tough road game (OU@Tex, WVU@BAY). With this in mind, I'm rooting for WVU to even up the series by winning in Morgantown, putting OU two games back, and essentially out of the picture. That way, even with 1 loss, we'd be tied with WVU, but because they're (IMHO) not as strong as OU, more likely to lose another game.

The good news is that we control our destiny now, and can realistically run the table from here on out, with probably 1 game to throwaway and still safely share the title.

Now, for some fun math:
TCU, OSU, and KSU have already been mathematically eliminated from the race (which will give KSU some motivation to salvage SOMETHING from their year by beating us).

Assuming OU beats Tech tomorrow, Tech will be on the bubble (or "dormie" in golf terms) being 5 down with 5 left to play.

Now, with each round, the door really closes on yet another team, and gets us closer to the title.

In terms of a "magic number" for KU it's now 4 with 5 left.