http://www.big12hoops.com/2011/1/16/1938987/missouri-vs-kansas-state-too-early-for-a-must-winIf you don't want to read it, it basically says: We are in a race with Texas, A&M, Mizzou, KU for regular season title (<-- who cares, but for the sake of this conversation). I would agree that to date, that list plus us ='s the top 5 teams regardless of the win/loss column. It then says that tonight’s game will eliminate one of us from that list (a MUST WIN Game)

?? WHAT???
We haven’t lost to any of those 4 and could split with Mizzou and still win it.
Mizzou lost to A&M, so yes... they don't get to play A&M again and if they lost tonight, that’s hard to recover from.
Why in the world would this eliminate us. Big 12 is such a long season and take my word... Col. wont win more then 8 games and the end of the season standings will still be close to predictions.