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Big 12 Hoops Week 9 Power Rankings: Iowa State Leads Pack Into New Year
Big 12 Men’s Basketball Power Rankings – Week 9
Iowa State Cyclones – Impressive 12-0 start; firmly the team to beat at this stage of the season.
Oklahoma State Cowboys – The Cowboys are right on the Cyclones’ heels and primed to ascend to the top spot if Iowa State stumbles.
Baylor Bears – Baylor has two wins over ranked teams (Kentucky and Colorado). Their only loss was to No. 2 Syracuse.
Kansas Jayhawks- Very young, but exceptionally talented. This bunch is going to get better as the season progresses. Look out in February and March.
Oklahoma Sooners – The Sooners were tripped up in their final nonconference game, but this team is playing much better than the experts first thought.
Texas Longhorns – Off to an 11-2 start to the season, the Longhorns have been playing much better in their last few games.
Kansas State Wildcats – The Wildcats started the season 2-3 but have won eight straight to build theur record to 10-3 with one-loss Oklahoma State coming to Manhattan on Saturday.
TCU Horned Frogs – TCU is 9-3 heading into Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs only won 11 games all of last season.
Texas Tech Red Raiders – Tubby Smith’s bunch faces their toughest test of the season with league-leading Iowa State coming to town on Saturday.
West Virginia Mountaineers – Based on the early going, it appears it is going to be another long season for head coach Bob Huggins.
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