On the week of the Big 12 tournament, we look at who has best chances of making a run out of the Big 12 in this week’s power rankings
Conference play is in full swing, and we now are starting to get a feel for who these teams are and how dangerous they can be in March. The Big 12, like most years, looks to be a strong conference from top to bottom with teams like Kansas, Baylor and West Virginia making the best cases for a high seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Here are our final Big 12 Power Rankings
Texas finished off the regular season where they spent most of their time in our power rankings — the bottom. Texas finished off the season on an ugly seven-game losing streak in conference play. They will enter the Big 12 tournament as the 10-seed. With that, they will face Texas Tech in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament. It is safe to say that the Longhorns’ run will end then and there, and year two of Shaka Smart will go down as a transition year in Austin.
Year one without Buddy Hield will likely come to a screeching halt in the first round of the Big 12 tournament as well. Oklahoma also lost its starting point guard, Isaiah Cousins and stretch-4 Ryan Spangler last season as well. It showed on the court as the Sooners went from title contenders to one of the worst teams in the Big 12 over night. The Sooners did give their fans a treat on senior night, beating TCU to end the season after a loss to Kansas earlier in the week. However, this will only increase the incentive that TCU now has to beat them in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. TCU will be favored and should be able to get their revenge this week.