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going to be a really tough league. Everyone should be about the same or better. TCU will probably take over Texas Tech's role as sacrificial lamb. And Texas Tech is still probably a year or two away from being more competitive.
Kansas: best top 3 in the league when you consider offense and defense in Withey, Releford, Johnson. Talented influx of with Ellis, McLemore and White.
Iowa State- hard team to read. Will Clyburn will be a candidate for newcomer of the year along with M'Baye and Murray from West Virginia. I've never been that enamored with Corey Lucious from Michigan State- poor shooter. But I like Gibson, Ejim and Babb a lot. I think they don't lose much from an overall standpoint.
Kansas State: return 4 of their 5 best players in Rodriguez, Spradling, McGruder and Henriquez. Weber is known for being really good defensively and has been criticized for his offense. Will be interesting to see how this team develops. But McGruder is a candidate for B12 player of the year.
Oklahoma State- significantly better. Good 7-man rotation with Smart; Brown; Brian Williams; Darrell Williams; Olukemi; Nash and Cobbins. A likely NCAA team that might surprise and contend for the league title.
Oklahoma- significantly better. Experience and some holes have been filled with Hield and Hornbeck. Good top 5: M'Baye, Osby, Clark, Pledger, Grooms
Texas- better. Great recruiting class coming in with quality bigs. Last year's freshman class will benefit from being thrown to the wolves. Kabongo may take a big step forward not always deferring to Brown.
Baylor: will probably be the best perimeter team in the league offensively with Jackson, Heslip and Miller. But suspect defensively again. Success will depend on how much they get from Jefferson, Bello, Austin and Gathers.
Texas Tech- will be better. Their top 5 isn't terrible: Tolbert, Bail, Crockett, Nurse, Willis. Still a long way to go. But I can see 4-5 wins for them.
TCU- last year's Texas Tech. I don't see them wining more than 4 games in the league.
West Virginia- a wildcard. They have a really physical team. Aaric Murray (LaSalle transfer- 14 pts; 7 reb; 2 blks) and Deniz Kilicli will punish people on the blocks. Backcourt is suspect with Jabarie Hinds and Juwan Staten (Dayton transfer- 9 pts; 5.5 assists). But they have enough good players to make every game a war. Elijah Macon- 6'8" 220 lbs is a top 60 recruit.
An early prediction:
1. Kansas
2. Baylor
3. OSU
4. KSU
5. OU
6. Texas
7. West Virginia
8. Iowa State
9. Texas Tech
10. TCU
And I don't think the difference between 1-8 is going to be that noticeable. Thoughts?
Kansas: best top 3 in the league when you consider offense and defense in Withey, Releford, Johnson. Talented influx of with Ellis, McLemore and White.
Iowa State- hard team to read. Will Clyburn will be a candidate for newcomer of the year along with M'Baye and Murray from West Virginia. I've never been that enamored with Corey Lucious from Michigan State- poor shooter. But I like Gibson, Ejim and Babb a lot. I think they don't lose much from an overall standpoint.
Kansas State: return 4 of their 5 best players in Rodriguez, Spradling, McGruder and Henriquez. Weber is known for being really good defensively and has been criticized for his offense. Will be interesting to see how this team develops. But McGruder is a candidate for B12 player of the year.
Oklahoma State- significantly better. Good 7-man rotation with Smart; Brown; Brian Williams; Darrell Williams; Olukemi; Nash and Cobbins. A likely NCAA team that might surprise and contend for the league title.
Oklahoma- significantly better. Experience and some holes have been filled with Hield and Hornbeck. Good top 5: M'Baye, Osby, Clark, Pledger, Grooms
Texas- better. Great recruiting class coming in with quality bigs. Last year's freshman class will benefit from being thrown to the wolves. Kabongo may take a big step forward not always deferring to Brown.
Baylor: will probably be the best perimeter team in the league offensively with Jackson, Heslip and Miller. But suspect defensively again. Success will depend on how much they get from Jefferson, Bello, Austin and Gathers.
Texas Tech- will be better. Their top 5 isn't terrible: Tolbert, Bail, Crockett, Nurse, Willis. Still a long way to go. But I can see 4-5 wins for them.
TCU- last year's Texas Tech. I don't see them wining more than 4 games in the league.
West Virginia- a wildcard. They have a really physical team. Aaric Murray (LaSalle transfer- 14 pts; 7 reb; 2 blks) and Deniz Kilicli will punish people on the blocks. Backcourt is suspect with Jabarie Hinds and Juwan Staten (Dayton transfer- 9 pts; 5.5 assists). But they have enough good players to make every game a war. Elijah Macon- 6'8" 220 lbs is a top 60 recruit.
An early prediction:
1. Kansas
2. Baylor
3. OSU
4. KSU
5. OU
6. Texas
7. West Virginia
8. Iowa State
9. Texas Tech
10. TCU
And I don't think the difference between 1-8 is going to be that noticeable. Thoughts?