Updated Big 12 Standings

I never thought I'd see the day when West Virginia was in last place in the Big 12. Well, the day has come. Probabilistically West Virginia is projected to win 6.0 games, a few hundredths of a game below K-State for last place. Tough times in Huggieville. On the other end of the spectrum, Kansas is back where we belong, leading the pack, projected to win 14 games a full game ahead of Baylor. But obviously, every game matters especially the head-to-head games. Saturday is a HUGE game. We obviously need to win that game. The other surprise team is TCU. They have crept silently into 5th place. Obviously they have played 2 games less than most other teams so that could affect that standing. But kudos to Coach Dixon. Iowa St, meanwhile, the pre-conference darling has predictably faded. Don't get me wrong. They are a decent team. Just not as good as many were saying going into conference play. Their 12-0 non-conference record before the new year was misleading. Most notable to me about this season in the Big 12 is the relative parity from 4-10. Texas should be better than they are but they are fading back into the pack. You can make a strong case that there will end up being 3 teams in the Big 12 with winning conference records. In addition to the standings graphic, I am including a chart of the mental toughness (Big 12 games only). I like this graph for obvious reasons. KU stand well ahead in this regard. Of the 9 completed games, we were projected to win 6.6 or so but we have won 8. That is 1.4 (or slightly more) ahead of where we should be. That is some mental toughness. Obviously we are projected to go 6-3 the rest of the way. I would take 7-2 right now.

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