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Editor's Note: The Kansan Big 12 Power Rankings are voted on by Ryan Colaiani, Kansas men's basketball writer, Daniel Berk, Big 12 men's basketball writer, Eric Sorrentino, sports editor, and Erick R. Schmidt, associate sports editor.
Not surprisingly, Texas overtook Kansas as the top team in this week's rankings. At this point, the Longhorns are without a doubt the Big 12's strongest contender. The Jayhawks, despite their woes Saturday night, maintained a second-place position in both the conference standings and this week's rankings.
The biggest controversy this week came at the No. 4 spot. The parallels between Colorado and Texas A&M go beyond the tie the two teams were locked into in this week's voting. The two teams share identical conference and overall records on the season. Colorado got the nod for the No. 4 position based on the fact that it beat Texas A&M in a head-to-head match-up on Feb. 8.
The "Worse than Baylor" chants that have been known to show up at Big 12 games may have to cease soon. The Bears knocked off Iowa State this weekend for their third conference victory of the season. Missouri blew a big lead at Colorado Saturday, and could be in danger of finishing behind mighty Baylor in the conference standings. Baylor has Texas Tech and Oklahoma State left on the schedule, while Missouri has Iowa State and Nebraska in the race for irrelevance.
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Kansas basketball coach Bill Self shouts at an official after a call during the second half of the game at Texas on Saturday in Austin. Texas won, 80-55, in Self's worst loss, topping a 21-point loss against Villanova last season.
Boxscore
KANSAS JAYHAWKS (20-7, 11-3 Big 12 Conference)
Wright, Julian... 18 0 0
Kaun, Sasha... 4 2 0
Robinson, Russell... 9 3 8
Chalmers, Mario... 10 2 2
Rush, Brandon... 3 4 0
Hawkins, Jeff... 0 0 3
Stewart, Rodrick... 0 0 0
Case, Jeremy... 3 1 0
Vinson, Stephen... 0 0 1
Jackson, Darnell... 0 1 0
Giles, CJ... 8 4 1
Moody, Christian... 0 0 0
Totals... 55 19 15
TEXAS LONGHORNS (24-4, 12-2 Big 12 Conference)
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PTS REB AST.
Tucker, P.J... 19 8 7
Buckman, Brad... 12 9 3
Aldridge, LaMarcus... 18 8 1
Gibson, Daniel... 6 0 4
Paulimo, Kenton... 5 3 1
Lewis, J.D... 3 0 0
Abrams, A.J... 12 1 3
Winder, Craig... 0 0 0
Atchley, Connor... 5 4 0
Williams, Mike... 0 1 0
Totals... 80 36 19
Texas senior forward Brad Buckman cheers from the bench area during the second half against Kansas on Saturday. Texas won 80-55. Buckman scored 12 total points in the game.
Mario Sanchez, University of Texas senior, holds a sign in the crowd before the basketball game against Kansas on Saturday in Austin, Texas. The sign alludes to a small quantity of the poison ficin found by a Texas student in a roll of quarters that tested positive.
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