I think 9-9 gets us in. Bubble teams comes down to politics. If you don't think the tourney committe doesn't want a figure like Frank on the sidelines, you're all crazy. It's little crap like this that they look for.
Actually 9-9 would get us in because of at least one very good win, several decent wins, and no bad losses. (OU will be top 100 RPI, but that home loss may be viewed as "bad"). It's better than most bubble teams. For example, compare us to ISU. They have an equivalent quality win, but they lost to Drake and Northern Iowa. We'd probably get in over them if the season ended today.
True, but "if the season ended today" discussions on Feb 1 are tough. There is too much basketball left, too many scenarios, and too many bubble teams out there to say anything definitive. I'm really only worried about K-State taking care of themselves. For example, beating KU at home would be huge; 2 wins of that caliber (and no bad losses, like aTm at home this Sat for example) would put us in really good shape (and likely put us in position to finish 10-8 for that matter).
Outside of KU, we "should" win all the rest of our home games, kp has them all at 70% or better. Then you've got @aTm (kp has at 70%) and @UT, you should at least split those. If we get to 9-9 by going 4-1 at home (loss to KU) and going 1-3 on the road (win @aTm), then its tougher, but not impossible, because MU will be a really good win.
