re: Predicted SEC Basketball records according to warrennolan.com

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No they won't be. 6th place last season in the Big 12 was Baylor and they went 10-8. Texas Tech finished 7th and were 9-9.

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That was with Oklahoma State going 3-15 and TCU 2-16. I don't think there are any awful teams in that conference this year to suck up losses. The 6th team in a 10 team conference going 10-8 is statistically less likely than that team going 8-10.

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19-12 and 9-9 got 7th place Texas Tech into the NCAA tourney last year with an RPI of 50. You're undervaluing what winning games in the Big 12 does to a teams RPI.

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The difference is that Texas Tech was 10-3 out-of-conference. Their record was still in "acceptable range."

OU and UT are both 6-5 and both could easily lose another out-of-conference game. A 16-14 or 15-15 Oklahoma team isn't making the tournament, even if their RPI is in the 50s.