Tuesday, January 11
Bracketology
The Longhorns are enjoying their highest rankings of the season, now sitting at #10 in the Associated Press poll and #9 in the ESPN coaches poll. Texas' RPI (Rating Percentage Index) is only #32, but that's because Texas' nonconference opponents have largely stunk so far this year.
ESPN's Joe Lunardi is projecting Texas at a #5 seed, which seems about right. This relatively young Horns team is going to have a few bumps in the road in the brutal Big 12 schedule, and it's going to be tough to get their RPI ranking up very high without beating Oklahoma State or Kansas.
Still, Texas is well positioned to be anwhere from a #3 to #7 seed in tourney. It will be imperative to not drop to the dreaded #8 or #9 seed and force themselves into a second round matchup with a #1 seed. That looks unlikely, at this point. It's more likely that this team will continue to improve and win more conference games than people expect, bumping their seed up to the #3 or #4. That may be optimistic, but as I've said over and over, this is a team with limitless upside.
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ESPN's Joe Lunardi is projecting Texas at a #5 seed, which seems about right. This relatively young Horns team is going to have a few bumps in the road in the brutal Big 12 schedule, and it's going to be tough to get their RPI ranking up very high without beating Oklahoma State or Kansas.
Still, Texas is well positioned to be anwhere from a #3 to #7 seed in tourney. It will be imperative to not drop to the dreaded #8 or #9 seed and force themselves into a second round matchup with a #1 seed. That looks unlikely, at this point. It's more likely that this team will continue to improve and win more conference games than people expect, bumping their seed up to the #3 or #4. That may be optimistic, but as I've said over and over, this is a team with limitless upside.
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