Big-12 Basketball Season Preview

With the college basketball season in full swing right now, we are beginning to see the true colors of certain teams. Teams that have begun to prove themselves legitimate, pretenders or the next Cinderella story.

One team that has proven them self as a legitimate power house are the Texas Longhorns. Texas has already taken on some of the nation's best such as, Notre Dame, Villanova and UCLA, losing to only Notre Dame by 1. The return of sharp shooting guards A.J. Abrams and Damion James make Texas my pre-conference play favorite to win the Big-12.

Oklahoma is another favorite to take the conference, but Oklahoma has yet to prove their legitimacy to me. While they are 10-0, they have struggled to put away teams such as George Washinton and USC. I still feel this team will be a 30 game winner, but still has not proven it to the country. Other teams that have not fully proven their legitimacy are Texas A and M and Baylor.

Now for the pretender in the conference........THE KANSAS JAYHAWKS. Coming off an incredible national championship run, this team has stumbled out of the gates pretty badly. With pretty much home losses to Syracuse and UMass, I just don't see this team being the team everyone thought it would be.

With a national title victory in their back pocket, the "Rock Chalk" nation will still continue their streak of annoyance and continue to jizz their pants over stars like Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich. Look for the team and fans to face a stone cold reality early in Big-12 play, that rebuilding in Lawrence has begun.



Now the Cinderella team in the conference this year, WILL be the Missouri Tigers. I know it has taken awhile Tiger nation, but the "40 minutes of hell" have begun to melt the cold off of the rafters and will put Mizzou in post-season play for the first time in 5 years. With incredible play from such diaper dandies as Marcus Denman, Kim English, Miguel Paul and Keith Ramsey, the Tigers will be very explosive and deep off the bench.

With Leo Lyons and Demarre Carroll looking like the second coming of Neon Bodeaux. The Tigers will be a force to reckoned with this year in the Big-12 and a possible 25-26 win team, which will ship the Tigers to the NCAA tournament this season.



Final Standings
1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Baylor
4. Missouri
5. Texas A & M
6. Kansas
7. Oklahoma St.
8. Texas Tech
9. Nebraska
10. Kansas St.
11. Iowa St.
12. Colorado