I am looking at a #6 seed for the Cats if we can split this week and a #5 seed if we can get to the Big 12 tournament Championship.
I obviously hope you are right, but no one else has us this high. What makes you so sure?
Well Lunardi's #6 seeds are currently
Ohio State
Texas
UMass
Iowa
In my opinion we are neck and neck with Ohio State (got swept by Penn State) and Texas (we split with Texas and might finish higher in conference).
Iowa has done a really good job of limiting bad losses and probably deserve to be a 5 or 6 seed.
UMass is 2-0 against the top 1-25 RPI and has a fantastic RPI but is unranked. I am unsure about where they will land.
It is pretty universally acknowledged that the Big 10 and Big 12 are the two best conferences and that will help us in the tournament selection.
If we went 11-7 in the Big 12 and finished in the top 25 I am going to bet on a 6 seed. Our wins against Gonzaga and George Washington still look good and and Georgetown doesn't look bad.
Baylor is an RPI 41 and OSU is a 44 according to ESPN.