Loose 3 and it is the end of the world; win 5 and you're back in business; but what about now? We are on the bad end of a two game streak and the regular season ends in a few weeks, so where are we?

Joe Lunardi has us as a 6 seed, but we can still blow it. Our last five games are Nebraska and Tech at home, at Oklahoma, at Baylor, and the finale with the Jayhawks at Reed. If we go 3-2 we dance. A 2-3 and finish would put us at 8-8 in the Big 12, and would requite a strong conference tournament performance to be a factor in anyone's bracket (yes, no one does a NIT bracket).

The question I ask is which 3 can we get?

Nebraska? They just beat K-State using a combo of box-and-one and 2-3 zone defense that made a "national player of the year candidate a non-factor." If they can shut down Beasley we should not expect Carter to get a lot of open shots.

Tech? When was the last time we beat these guys at anything?

Oklahoma? We eeked one out in College Station by making all of their players foul out. I don't think Jeff Capel will keep his starting PG in with four fouls that early in the 2nd half again.

Baylor? If you think we were in a free fall, the Bear have lost 6 of 7 since beating us in the marathon game. But those losses were to teams like KU, Texas, and OU; not exactly cup cakes.

Kansas? We cannot play against pressure defense. KU plays very good defense. KU is very good.

If we play like we did against Texas in College Station, we can win any of these games. If we play like we did in Austin NIT here we come.