Maybe this has already been mentioned, but Joe Lunardi currently has K-State in his "next four out" portion of bracketology. For those not familiar, that portion would be after the "first four out" meaning K-State is anywhere from 4-8 spots "out" of the NCAA Tournament as of now in his belief.
if you're a glass half full type, this is encouraging. Due to a bad non-conference slate K-State's resume, on paper, was terrible heading into league play. It gets far better with every league win. Every league game, win or loss, is essentially bumping K-State's SOS up 20 or so spots a night. That will of course level out at some point, but the season SOS will likely easily land in the top 50.
it would be a mistake to look at it and say "K-State is 3-3 and .500 in the league, so what would change to put K-State in just by staying at .500 in the league?" A lot would. I would imagine if K-State ends up going 9-9 in the league they'd finish getting votes in the AP, have a SOS around 40 and and RPI probably around 30. They would be safe for getting in the NCAA Tournament at that result.
Now, I know we could get into the whole conversation about whether or not just getting in the tournament is good enough, etc., but I wanted to take a second to talk about where K-State currently stands in regards to the NCAA Tourney. I still think 9-9 is an absolute lock and that 8-10 (with wins over Georgia and one or two more "key" wins in league play) is probably a 60-70% chance of getting in.
if you're a glass half full type, this is encouraging. Due to a bad non-conference slate K-State's resume, on paper, was terrible heading into league play. It gets far better with every league win. Every league game, win or loss, is essentially bumping K-State's SOS up 20 or so spots a night. That will of course level out at some point, but the season SOS will likely easily land in the top 50.
it would be a mistake to look at it and say "K-State is 3-3 and .500 in the league, so what would change to put K-State in just by staying at .500 in the league?" A lot would. I would imagine if K-State ends up going 9-9 in the league they'd finish getting votes in the AP, have a SOS around 40 and and RPI probably around 30. They would be safe for getting in the NCAA Tournament at that result.
Now, I know we could get into the whole conversation about whether or not just getting in the tournament is good enough, etc., but I wanted to take a second to talk about where K-State currently stands in regards to the NCAA Tourney. I still think 9-9 is an absolute lock and that 8-10 (with wins over Georgia and one or two more "key" wins in league play) is probably a 60-70% chance of getting in.
