Big 12 Basketball Beat '23-24

[GoBearcats31]

Preseason Poll vs. actual finish (based on conference tournament seeds)
1. Kansas -- finished 6th (NCAA #4 seed, lost in round two)
2. Houston -- finished 1st (NCAA #1 seed, currently in Sweet 16)
3. Texas -- finished 7th (NCAA #7 seed, lost in round two)
4. Baylor -- finished 3rd (NCAA #3 seed, lost in round two)
5. TCU -- finished 8th (NCAA #9 seed, lost in round one)
6. Kansas State -- finished 10th (NIT)
7. Iowa State -- finished 2nd (NCAA #2 seed, currently in Sweet 16)
8. Texas Tech -- finished 4th (NCAA #6 seed, lost in round one)
9. West Virginia -- finished 14th with interim coach
10. Oklahoma State -- finished 13rd, fired coach
11. Cincinnati -- finished 11th (NIT)
12. Oklahoma -- finished 9th (barely missed NCAA, declined NIT bid)
13. BYU -- finished 5th (NCAA #6 seed, lost in round one)
14. UCF -- finished 12th (NIT)

[sedz]

Not sure. Their coach (Tad Boyle) is in good standing but not sure if he's exploring other high-major jobs.

Tad's been there for 14 years now, I didn't realize it's been that long. He's had a very solid run there for a program without much basketball history since the 60s.

[Carthage World]

Is that a coaching change? Seems like a lot of movement for a team that made the tournament

Not sure. Their coach (Tad Boyle) is in good standing but not sure if he's exploring other high-major jobs.

[Lobot]

Colorado just lost their 4th and 5th leading scorers (6'6 J'Vonne Hadley, 11.6 ppg & 6'11 Eddie Lampkin 10.6 ppg) to the transfer portal this morning and are expected to lose their top 3 scorers to the draft this summer.

Is that a coaching change? Seems like a lot of movement for a team that made the tournament

[Carthage World]

Colorado just lost their 4th and 5th leading scorers (6'6 J'Vonne Hadley, 11.6 ppg & 6'11 Eddie Lampkin 10.6 ppg) to the transfer portal this morning and are expected to lose their top 3 scorers to the draft this summer.

[bearcatbret]

The Big 12 and the NCAA tournament.
March Madness: Top 5 Big 12 Takeaways From the First Weekend (heartlandcollegesports.com)

[GoBearcats31]

Here is a speculation of what the 16-team tournament will look like next year. How The Big 12 Tournament Could Work in 2025 (heartlandcollegesports.com)

I just got triggered thinking about #16 DePaul upsetting No. 9 UC in the 2009 Big East Tournament... fortunately, no one remembers this and UMBC and Fairleigh Dickinson have re-defined what it means for a #16 seed to win a tournament game in March.

[bearcatbret]

Here is a speculation of what the 16-team tournament will look like next year. How The Big 12 Tournament Could Work in 2025 (heartlandcollegesports.com)

[swilsonsp4]

OK State just fired Mike Boynton. As far as I know, they let him get back to Stillwater, unlike the UT State AD this week.

[bearcatbret]

Big 12 Basketball awards. Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards: 2023-24 Heartland College Sports Edition

[bearcatbret]

No bubble teams are in the Big 12. K-State and UC have fallen off. Big 12 Goes Into Final Saturday With No Bubble Teams (heartlandcollegesports.com)

[GoBearcats31]

John Newman — Big 12 All-Defensive team

Aziz and Dan picked up Honorable Mention honors

[bearcatbret]

K-State currently up 6 coming out of the half against ISU.

They are up by 7 with 1:30 left in the game.

[Lobot]

K-State currently up 6 coming out of the half against ISU.

[Carthage World]

With the mid-week games now complete, our path to a first round Big 12 tournament bye is laid out clear.

Bearcats need a Senior Day win over WVU AND a Kansas State home loss against Iowa State to secure the #10 seed.

It appears as if multiple teams could still end up as the #7 seed based on Saturday's results and the ensuing tiebreakers.

I dug a little deeper into this weekend's schedule, projections, and tiebreakers, and identified the most likely #7 seed as TCU.