Big 12 has 10 members.
Big 10 has 14 members.
Pac-12, the only conference that can count correctly in its title, has 12 members.
Big 12 has 6 teams in 2nd round of March Madness. That’s 60%.
Big 10 has 6 teams in 2nd round of March Madness. That’s 43%.
Pac-12 has 5 teams in 2nd round of March Madness. That’s 42%.
Based on March Madness results so far, my contention for months that the Big 12 is the toughest conference, TOP TO BOTTOM, is vindicated by a wide margin. After all, the Big 12 came within ONE POINT of being the first conference in history to go 7-0 with Texas stumbling – with 22 turnovers! – to feisty Abilene Christian.
As a reminder, I’ve always said that, NEAR THE TOP, the Big 12 and Big 10 are pretty even. Still think so. But Big 12 teams play EVERY team in the conference. Big 10 doesn't do that. Who they don't play factors in as much as who they do play.
Today will be the first matchup of a Big 12 team against a Big 10 team when Baylor plays Wisconsin at 2:40 p.m. on CBS. Baylor was easily the best team in the Big 12, at 13-1. Kansas, Texas and West Virginia were next, with SIX losses in the fierce physical Big 12 gauntlet where teams whacked each other mercilessly all season long. Wisconsin was in SIXTH place in the weaker Big 10 with a .500 record (10-10).
Today’s March Madness games involving other Big 12 teams are:
My beloved alma mater, West Virginia, vs. Syracuse, a long-ago Big East rival, at 5:15 p.m. on CBS.
Texas Tech vs. Arkansas at 6:10 p.m. on TNT.
Oklahoma State vs. Oregon at 9:40 p.m. on TBS.
Big 10 has 14 members.
Pac-12, the only conference that can count correctly in its title, has 12 members.
Big 12 has 6 teams in 2nd round of March Madness. That’s 60%.
Big 10 has 6 teams in 2nd round of March Madness. That’s 43%.
Pac-12 has 5 teams in 2nd round of March Madness. That’s 42%.
Based on March Madness results so far, my contention for months that the Big 12 is the toughest conference, TOP TO BOTTOM, is vindicated by a wide margin. After all, the Big 12 came within ONE POINT of being the first conference in history to go 7-0 with Texas stumbling – with 22 turnovers! – to feisty Abilene Christian.
As a reminder, I’ve always said that, NEAR THE TOP, the Big 12 and Big 10 are pretty even. Still think so. But Big 12 teams play EVERY team in the conference. Big 10 doesn't do that. Who they don't play factors in as much as who they do play.
Today will be the first matchup of a Big 12 team against a Big 10 team when Baylor plays Wisconsin at 2:40 p.m. on CBS. Baylor was easily the best team in the Big 12, at 13-1. Kansas, Texas and West Virginia were next, with SIX losses in the fierce physical Big 12 gauntlet where teams whacked each other mercilessly all season long. Wisconsin was in SIXTH place in the weaker Big 10 with a .500 record (10-10).
Today’s March Madness games involving other Big 12 teams are:
My beloved alma mater, West Virginia, vs. Syracuse, a long-ago Big East rival, at 5:15 p.m. on CBS.
Texas Tech vs. Arkansas at 6:10 p.m. on TNT.
Oklahoma State vs. Oregon at 9:40 p.m. on TBS.