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1997-98 Men's Big 12 Conference Season Summary

1996-97 Big 12 1998-99 Big 12

Record: 206-158, .566 W-L% (7th of 30) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 7.18 (6th of 30)

SOS: 5.12 (6th of 30)

Regular Season Champion: Kansas

Player of the Year: Raef LaFrentz

Coach of the Year: Eddie Sutton

Conference Tournament Champion: Kansas

NCAA Tournament: 4 teams (Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Kansas)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Kansas	15	1	.938	35	4	.897	84.6	67.4	22.8	6.5	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Oklahoma	11	5	.688	22	11	.667	74.6	68.3	9.4	4.2	NCAA Tournament
3	Oklahoma State	11	5	.688	22	7	.759	78.9	69.2	14.3	4.6	NCAA Tournament
4	Nebraska	10	6	.625	20	12	.625	71.6	68.5	8.7	5.7	NCAA Tournament
5	Baylor	8	8	.500	14	14	.500	70.4	72.1	3.2	4.9
6	Missouri	8	8	.500	17	15	.531	71.3	71.8	6.8	7.4
7	Texas Tech	7	9	.438	13	14	.481	77.3	78.6	4.1	5.4
8	Kansas State	7	9	.438	17	12	.586	74.5	68.6	9.4	3.4
9	Colorado	7	9	.438	13	14	.481	71.4	73.0	2.1	4.5
10	Texas	6	10	.375	14	17	.452	79.5	81.4	4.5	6.5
11	Iowa State	5	11	.313	12	18	.400	63.7	67.7	0.8	6.0
12	Texas A&M	1	15	.063	7	20	.259	75.0	77.4	0.0	2.4

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/17	11/24	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Texas	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	5	3	4	4	4	3	2
Iowa State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	25	25	-
Missouri	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Texas A&M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	20	19	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Texas Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colorado	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Kansas	39	35	4	.897	15	1	16	0	8	2	112.9	89.9	+23.0	32.0	65.0	.493	5.9	15.6	.375	.538	14.7	21.6	.681	15.5	43.1	19.1	8.1	5.6	16.0	16.7	84.6	67.4	22.83	6.51	74.7
2	Oklahoma	33	22	11	.667	11	5	12	3	6	4	107.0	97.9	+9.1	25.1	56.4	.446	5.5	15.7	.351	.495	18.8	26.9	.701	14.3	38.2	14.5	7.4	4.2	15.5	19.7	74.6	68.3	9.41	4.19	69.2
3	Oklahoma State	29	22	7	.759	11	5	14	2	6	3	109.1	95.8	+13.4	28.0	60.0	.467	5.8	17.4	.331	.515	17.1	24.2	.704	12.9	36.9	17.0	8.6	1.8	13.9	17.1	78.9	69.2	14.30	4.64	71.1
4	Nebraska	32	20	12	.625	10	6	13	2	5	7	98.7	94.5	+4.2	27.1	60.6	.447	4.7	13.6	.344	.486	12.7	20.3	.626	14.8	39.5	16.0	10.0	4.9	17.3	18.2	71.6	68.5	8.72	5.65
5	Baylor	28	14	14	.500	8	8	9	4	3	9	96.6	99.0	-2.4	24.1	58.2	.415	7.8	23.2	.334	.482	14.3	23.1	.619	12.9	38.7	14.1	6.8	4.1	16.2	19.4	70.4	72.1	3.19	4.90
6	Missouri	32	17	15	.531	8	8	14	2	0	10	97.7	98.5	-0.8	24.7	58.5	.423	6.7	18.1	.369	.480	15.1	21.6	.700	12.3	37.2	14.2	8.0	2.8	16.5	18.8	71.3	71.8	6.81	7.41
7	Colorado	27	13	14	.481	7	9	11	5	2	7	99.5	101.7	-2.2	24.5	60.7	.404	5.7	16.3	.347	.450	16.8	24.4	.688	15.0	39.2	15.4	6.6	4.0	14.3	18.2	71.4	73.0	2.15	4.45	70.8
8	Kansas State	29	17	12	.586	7	9	12	2	3	9	104.1	95.8	+8.3	27.4	59.8	.459	5.9	16.8	.350	.508	13.8	19.8	.696	12.9	38.8	16.9	7.4	4.2	15.3	19.1	74.5	68.6	9.39	3.42
9	Texas Tech	27	13	14	.481	7	9	8	5	5	8	104.2	105.9	-1.7	26.4	58.7	.450	7.7	20.7	.372	.516	16.7	24.1	.693	10.3	36.4	14.6	6.3	3.0	14.4	19.1	77.3	78.6	4.07	5.37	72.9
10	Texas	31	14	17	.452	6	10	9	5	3	9	102.9	105.4	-2.5	27.9	64.7	.431	7.6	23.1	.329	.490	16.0	23.6	.680	15.4	40.3	14.2	7.4	6.5	16.7	22.0	79.5	81.4	4.53	6.47
11	Iowa State	30	12	18	.400	5	11	10	6	1	9	93.7	99.6	-5.9	22.7	51.6	.440	3.5	11.9	.295	.474	14.8	23.0	.642	11.9	36.3	12.2	5.4	3.3	17.1	16.6	63.7	67.7	0.76	6.01	67.4
12	Texas A&M	27	7	20	.259	1	15	7	8	0	10	95.4	98.4	-3.0	28.2	66.0	.427	4.7	15.3	.308	.463	14.0	24.1	.579	15.6	40.6	17.1	10.7	3.5	16.7	21.5	75.0	77.4	0.04	2.37	78.3

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