Talk of March Madness and NCAA seeding can wait until next month.
For Texas Tech and Baylor, as well as Kansas and Iowa State, it's all about the Big 12 chase and staying in contention. And that's chase, not race, at this point. The rest of the Big 12 is looking up at Kansas State (19-5, 9-2 Big 12), which has a two-game lead on the four other contenders. There's little room for error.
"We're not in a very favorable position at all," said Kansas coach Bill Self, whose teams have won or tied for 14 consecutive Big 12 regular-season titles but may see it ended by K-State.