winner of the Big 12/SEC matchups Saturday: The chalk.
In ALL TEN GAMES, the winner was a ranked or higher-ranked team or a team with a better record by midnight Saturday.
True, Oklahoma and Mississippi State were both 12-6 before the game and Oklahoma State was 9-9 and Texas A&M 9-8 before the game. But even if you count that as going against the chalk, it’s pretty amazing in a season when 64 ranked teams have lost to unranked opponents and it's still January.
March Madness is going to be crazy but, for one day, the teams that were supposed to win did win in the Big 12/SEC matchups.
#1 Baylor (17-1) 72, Florida (12-7), 61
#3 Kansas (16-3) 74, Tennessee (12-7), 68
#14 West Virginia (16-3) 74, Missouri (9-10) 51
#15 Kentucky (15-4) 76, #18 Texas Tech (12-7) 74 (overtime)
#16 Auburn (17-2) 80, Iowa State (9-10) 76
LSU (15-4) 69, Texas (12-7) 67
Oklahoma (13-6) 63, Mississippi State (12-7) 62
Oklahoma State (10-9) 73, Texas A&M (9-9) 52
Arkansas (15-4) 78, TCU (13-6) 67
Alabama (12-7) 77, Kansas State (8-11)
For the SEC, which has won these Big 12/SEC matchup days only once, it at least tied at 5-5 for the 2nd time. Otherwise, the Big 12 pretty well proves that it's better in basketball. SEC can brag about being #1 in football.
In ALL TEN GAMES, the winner was a ranked or higher-ranked team or a team with a better record by midnight Saturday.
True, Oklahoma and Mississippi State were both 12-6 before the game and Oklahoma State was 9-9 and Texas A&M 9-8 before the game. But even if you count that as going against the chalk, it’s pretty amazing in a season when 64 ranked teams have lost to unranked opponents and it's still January.
March Madness is going to be crazy but, for one day, the teams that were supposed to win did win in the Big 12/SEC matchups.
#1 Baylor (17-1) 72, Florida (12-7), 61
#3 Kansas (16-3) 74, Tennessee (12-7), 68
#14 West Virginia (16-3) 74, Missouri (9-10) 51
#15 Kentucky (15-4) 76, #18 Texas Tech (12-7) 74 (overtime)
#16 Auburn (17-2) 80, Iowa State (9-10) 76
LSU (15-4) 69, Texas (12-7) 67
Oklahoma (13-6) 63, Mississippi State (12-7) 62
Oklahoma State (10-9) 73, Texas A&M (9-9) 52
Arkansas (15-4) 78, TCU (13-6) 67
Alabama (12-7) 77, Kansas State (8-11)
For the SEC, which has won these Big 12/SEC matchup days only once, it at least tied at 5-5 for the 2nd time. Otherwise, the Big 12 pretty well proves that it's better in basketball. SEC can brag about being #1 in football.