The biggest surprise of the Big 12 has been West Virginia, although they need to improve their resume, they have beaten Kansas when the Jayhawks were #1 and lost by only 2 at Oklahoma. West Virginia runs a complex zone scheme and will look to beat Florida in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Speaking of the challenge, there are some very good games in the challenge. One of the bigger games would be Kentucky at Kansas, two of the top programs in the nation should make for a big games. Then it turns from top programs to top players as Buddy Hield (Oklahoma) takes on Ben Simmons (LSU). Hield is one of the best pure scorers in the nation, mainly because of his ability to shoot the three. Simmons scores in the exact opposite way, his jump shot is practically non existent so he scores by slashing inside. Either way both games should be outstanding.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Big 12 Basketball
Even though I am a Big Ten fan, I think it is obvious that the Big 12 is the best conference, even if the ACC wasn't in a down year I think that would be true. The Big 12 has four, maybe five teams that are capable of making the final four, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa State are all expected to make it pretty far, and West Virginia and Baylor could possibly pull it off. Oklahoma is perceived to be the best team in the Big 12, but Iowa State has certainly made themselves known after starting poorly. After starting 2-3 in conference the Cyclones had a brutal stretch of games coming up, home vs #1 Oklahoma, at TCU, home vs #4 Kansas, at #5 Texas A&M, and home vs #9 West Virginia. They've already played and won the first three games, and next they have to travel to Texas A&M. Beating Kansas and Oklahoma was big for them because many consider them the two best teams in the conference. Both games were at home for the Cyclones so that plays a role, but the Cyclones have already traveled to Oklahoma and lost and will have to travel to Kansas too. As much as I hate Iowa State, right now they are playing like a top three team in the country. What remains to be seen is if they can actually get far in the NCAA Tournament (Last year they lost to a 14 seeded UAB team in the first round of the tournament).
The biggest surprise of the Big 12 has been West Virginia, although they need to improve their resume, they have beaten Kansas when the Jayhawks were #1 and lost by only 2 at Oklahoma. West Virginia runs a complex zone scheme and will look to beat Florida in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Speaking of the challenge, there are some very good games in the challenge. One of the bigger games would be Kentucky at Kansas, two of the top programs in the nation should make for a big games. Then it turns from top programs to top players as Buddy Hield (Oklahoma) takes on Ben Simmons (LSU). Hield is one of the best pure scorers in the nation, mainly because of his ability to shoot the three. Simmons scores in the exact opposite way, his jump shot is practically non existent so he scores by slashing inside. Either way both games should be outstanding.
The biggest surprise of the Big 12 has been West Virginia, although they need to improve their resume, they have beaten Kansas when the Jayhawks were #1 and lost by only 2 at Oklahoma. West Virginia runs a complex zone scheme and will look to beat Florida in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Speaking of the challenge, there are some very good games in the challenge. One of the bigger games would be Kentucky at Kansas, two of the top programs in the nation should make for a big games. Then it turns from top programs to top players as Buddy Hield (Oklahoma) takes on Ben Simmons (LSU). Hield is one of the best pure scorers in the nation, mainly because of his ability to shoot the three. Simmons scores in the exact opposite way, his jump shot is practically non existent so he scores by slashing inside. Either way both games should be outstanding.
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