Big 12 MBB Overrated?

[Clonefan32]

They really went downhill ... never really gelled after they got knocked off by UConn.

UT must have really slipped — Wake beat them, and Wake looked horrible vs. UK.

There really was no excuse for UT being that bad. They lost Ward early, and seemed to play well without him immediately after his injury. Losing Balbay certainly hurt, but he isn't the type of player whose loss makes you go from first to terrible. They had at least 5 future NBA players, and were inexcusably bad.

[twojman]

Don't remind me, I get to thinking of how bad ISU really was this season.

[delt4cy]

2 of the 8 from the Big 12. Not that bad actually. Props to K-state and Baylor for following up strong.

[cy1010]

K-State and Baylor could both easily be in the final 4. K-State will be favored, and even if Baylor plays Duke they wont be too much of an underdog.

[bos]

There really was no excuse for UT being that bad. They lost Ward early, and seemed to play well without him immediately after his injury. Losing Balbay certainly hurt, but he isn't the type of player whose loss makes you go from first to terrible. They had at least 5 future NBA players, and were inexcusably bad.

Texas always seems to have these issues. Get tons of great players but never really get the momentum like KU seems to. I think Rick Barnes is a great coach for Texas, but their drop off every year puzzles me.

[Wesley]

Texas always seems to have these issues. Get tons of great players but never really get the momentum like KU seems to. I think Rick Barnes is a great coach for Texas, but their drop off every year puzzles me.

Might be the $5M coach.

[CycloneErik]

K-State and Baylor could both easily be in the final 4. K-State will be favored, and even if Baylor plays Duke they wont be too much of an underdog.

Very possible. That would make it seem that the conference wasn't overrated.

[mikeiastat]

greggy boy must be looking for some credits. I'll bite, but that could really be the only reason to say something this dumb.