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The favorite: There are four remaining undefeated teams in college basketball, and two of them — Baylor and Missouri — reside in the Big 12. Still, until they’re dethroned, the Kansas Jayhawks are the favorites to win the league.
Big man Thomas Robinson has put up monster numbers for Kansas.
Look, this is clearly the worst team Bill Self has had since arriving in Lawrence in 2003. The Jayhawks have no depth and are extremely turnover-prone on the perimeter. But at 10-3, Kansas is still pretty darned scary. Forward Thomas Robinson is a national player of the year candidate and Tyshawn Taylor is in his fourth season as KU’s starting point guard. Kansas also touts an underrated defensive presence in the paint in 7-foot center Jeff Withey, who has performed far better than anyone could’ve expected.
Here are the three biggest reasons I give Kansas the edge: Allen Fieldhouse offers arguably the best home-court advantage in the country. KU has won 82 of its last 83 games there. Next, Bill Self’s teams always get better as the year progresses, especially ones that lost a lot from the previous season (i.e., the 2008-09 squad returned just one player, Sherron Collins, who played a major factor in the NCAA title the previous season, yet still won the league). And finally, the Jayhawks have an innate ability to win away from Lawrence. In the last five years, Kansas is 33-7 in Big 12 road games. That’s just sick.
Jason King in a Primer for the Big 12 Season.
It’s finally basketball season.
Let’s go. Time for championship #8.
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