Which only helped our chances of playing in Omaha.
As Pollard said on KXNO today, the selection committee simply takes their top 16 teams (note: NOT the AP top 16 teams) and then determines which of these teams have Omaha as their closest regional site. As of right now, those teams would be ISU, Baylor, and Kansas. The top 2 of these teams will be given the Omaha site.
Even though KU lost to ISU and falls below ISU in Big 12 standings, the fact they have beaten UConn, Houston, and another top 5 team has kept them neck and neck with ISU in the eyes of the selection committee.
Tonight's loss in Lawrence should definitely move Kansas below ISU, so we're sitting pretty right now for Omaha. However, we have to take care of business down the home stretch and that won't be an easy task.