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1972-73 Men's Big Eight Conference Season Summary

Record: 115-96, .545 W-L% (10th of 20) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 2.33 (7th of 19)

SOS: 2.54 (6th of 19)

Regular Season Champion: Kansas State

Player of the Year: Lon Kruger

Coach of the Year: Sox Walseth

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Kansas State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Kansas State)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Kansas State and Missouri)

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 State	12	2	.857	23	5	.821	76.3	68.6	10.2	2.5	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Missouri	9	5	.643	21	6	.778	77.5	71.5	7.5	2.1
2	Colorado	9	5	.643	13	13	.500	71.8	73.6	1.1	2.9
4	Oklahoma	8	6	.571	18	8	.692	76.0	72.3	3.3	0.5
5	Iowa State	7	7	.500	16	10	.615	80.8	74.1	5.2	3.0
6	Nebraska	4	10	.286	9	17	.346	63.5	69.6	-4.1	2.5
6	Kansas	4	10	.286	8	18	.308	66.7	70.1	0.7	4.1
8	Oklahoma State	3	11	.214	7	19	.269	69.7	76.2	-5.3	2.7

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Iowa State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	-	-	-	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colorado	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	17	16	20	17	16	18	17	14	18	18	18	15	13	16	11	9
Missouri	-	-	12	10	7	7	5	8	7	7	8	12	16	13	12	15

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 State	28	23	5	.821	12	2	12	0	8	3				31.3	65.4	.478					13.8	19.5	.705		43.4					16.3	76.3	68.6	10.19	2.51
2	Colorado	26	13	13	.500	9	5	9	3	3	8				29.6	67.9	.436					12.6	18.9	.666		37.7					21.2	71.8	73.6	1.08	2.93
3	Missouri	27	21	6	.778	9	5	11	1	5	4				31.2	65.9	.473					15.1	20.5	.736		39.0					19.2	77.5	71.5	7.48	2.12
4	Oklahoma	26	18	8	.692	8	6	14	0	3	7				32.3	71.0	.455					11.3	17.0	.666		38.5					19.2	76.0	72.3	3.33	0.46
5	Iowa State	26	16	10	.615	7	7	6	3	3	6				33.1	73.5	.450					14.7	20.4	.719		47.6					20.5	80.8	74.1	5.23	2.99
6	Kansas	26	8	18	.308	4	10	7	7	1	8				28.4	67.4	.421					10.0	15.7	.633		44.0	7.7				21.5	66.7	70.1	0.72	4.11
7	Nebraska	26	9	17	.346	4	10	4	5	2	7				27.1	63.3	.427					9.4	14.6	.642		37.4					18.8	63.5	69.6	-4.14	2.50
8	Oklahoma State	26	7	19	.269	3	11	3	6	1	10				26.9	66.8	.403					15.9	22.7	.702		47.9				11.7	19.2	69.7	76.2	-5.26	2.74