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On paper, this year’s Texas Longhorns team looks good. Like, scary good. This is weird, considering how much they lost. Three guys from last year’s team are now in the NBA, and their leading minutes-getter is gone too. Then, head coach Shaka Smart left to take the Marquette job. But the Longhorns were not down […] READ MORE
Technically, the Kansas Jayhawks are coming off of their “worst” season under head coach Bill Self. That “worst” was still 21-9 and a three-seed in the NCAA Tournament. That just shows you how good they have been. But they have not won a national championship since 2008. There is a good chance that changes this […] READ MORE
The Baylor Bears. The defending national champions. One of the better teams you will ever see. But the core of that team, four starters, are now gone. But his team still has loads of talent and got some more, which is why they are at #12 in my rankings. If you have not yet seen […] READ MORE
Over the past decade, one of the most consistent conferences in all of College Basketball has been the Big 12. They are headlined by one of the best regular-season collaborations with the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Big 12 has won that competition four of the seven seasons. The only instance where the conference lost the […] READ MORE
Bill Self’s Kansas Jayhawks team finds itself in an unfamiliar position this season. Not only are they looking up at top-ranked Baylor in the conference standings, but they are doing so because of a rare Big 12 home loss. For the first time in 14 seasons, this program is not defending a conference crown, but […] READ MORE