The Big 12 is the best conference in college basketball, with five of the nation’s top 14 teams.<\/p>\n
As a nice mid-January Tuesday night treat, four of them faced off in two instant classics last night.<\/p>\n
Following a pretty good undercard between Texas and Iowa State (won by the Cyclones), a national audience was treated to an intrastate rivalry between the second-ranked Kansas Jayhawks and 13th-ranked Kansas State. These are teams not only destined to vie for the Big 12 title, but also #1 seeds and perhaps a trip to the Final Four.<\/p>\n
The last time K-State made the Final Four was the year LBJ was elected President. (KU has made a dozen such trips since ’64.) With their win last night over the bluebloods from Lawrence, all eyes will be on Manhattan… Kansas.<\/p>\n
Proof again that there is really nothing the matter with that place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Big 12 is the best conference in college basketball, with five of the nation’s top 14 teams. As a nice mid-January Tuesday night treat, four of them faced off in two instant classics last night. Following a pretty good … Continue reading