Kansas dominance bad for the big 12?

[Price is Right]

Personally I think it hurts the image of the big 12 with the run of dominance coach self has experienced. Curious what the rest of you think?

 

[Max Power]

It's only bad when all the teams from the conference make early exits from the tourney. If Kansas always wins but we always have 4-5 teams still around for the 2nd weekend then it's not a huge deal other than wanting to win it ourselves.

 

[jerry]

Other programs need to step it up. Look what TCU and Baylor have done in football.

 

[bocabull]

Texas has recruited well enough to give them a run but Barnes is mediocre. Nobody else, including us other than Blake, have had the horses to contend.

I agree that it doesn't matter as long as we don't get bumped in the tourney opening round. Baylor & Iowa State have done OK. It's our turn to make something happen in March.

 

[nikebasketball]

Texas has recruited well enough to give them a run but Barnes is mediocre. Nobody else, including us other than Blake, have had the horses to contend.

I agree that it doesn't matter as long as we don't get bumped in the tourney opening round. Baylor & Iowa State have done OK. It's our turn to make something happen in March.

If were on our a game I can see a sweet 16 or elight eight run but can't wait tell next year when were loaded

 

[opsooner]

It's not good this year because this is the worst Kansas team in a while. Tells me that the conference is better at the bottom but not at the top. We should have been the team to give them a run this year but everything had to go better than it has. They are just a basketball school stuck in the middle of a football conference.

 

[DenverSooner]

Looking at OU's historical performance against KU it is ugly. From 2001-2005 Sampson won four of six games. Since that game in 2005, OU is 1-13. About the only good news is Kruger won in 2013 and has been in single digits since, including two games in Lawrence but I feel like an Aggie even saying that.

Tubbs had a nice run from 88-91 going 7-2 but unfortunately lost in the Championship game in 88.

 

[JBaker]

The only reason this run is as long as it is is because of Blake's damn concussion. Screw you, Dexter Pittman!

 

[stormspencer]

It's not good this year because this is the worst Kansas team in a while. Tells me that the conference is better at the bottom but not at the top. We should have been the team to give them a run this year but everything had to go better than it has. They are just a basketball school stuck in the middle of a football conference.

I put this response in another thread below, but I thought I would copy it over to this thread:

Similar to a few years during their Big 12 title run, I don't think this year's KU team is that much better than the rest of the league. However, I believe one of the main reasons that KU is at the top every year is because they minimize losses to bad and mediocre teams. Very rarely over the last few years have you seen them lose to bad/mediocre teams (exception TCU 2013). They simply sweep most of the bottom half or the bottom two/thirds of the conference usually. Thus, they don't end up with more than 3 or 4 losses. No other team has that consistency or has at least half of our league psyched out like they do.

 

[tycat947]

I put this response in another thread below, but I thought I would copy it over to this thread:

Similar to a few years during their Big 12 title run, I don't think this year's KU team is that much better than the rest of the league. However, I believe one of the main reasons that KU is at the top every year is because they minimize losses to bad and mediocre teams. Very rarely over the last few years have you seen them lose to bad/mediocre teams (exception TCU 2013). They simply sweep most of the bottom half or the bottom two/thirds of the conference usually. Thus, they don't end up with more than 3 or 4 losses. No other team has that consistency or has at least half of our league psyched out like they do.

I agree! If they really were so much better they would be winning the NC at least every other year! But they have the mindset every game that they are going to win and in the vast majority of cases, they do.

 

[MercedeSooner]

The only reason this run is as long as it is is because of Blake's damn concussion. Screw you, Dexter Pittman!

The fact he didn't play that game seriously still burns me so bad inside. We dominate that game if Blake plays. 20 fing years.

 

[NMSooner'80]

I don't know about it being bad for the conference, but it's definitely bad for my middle-aged stomach. That's because I hate KU more than I do Texas and OSU.

 

[OUSKINS]

I think it's bad for the conference. They dominate the B12 more than any team dominates any other major conference year in and year out and I do think it hurts our argument of being the toughest league in the nation-- at least to a point. It isn't so tough for Kansas as once again they are cruising to a title despite struggling a bit OUT of conference and despite a very young roster. I don't think it's a good thing overall for the league.

 

[SoonerWarVet]

The only reason this run is as long as it is is because of Blake's damn concussion. Screw you, Dexter Pittman!

This!!! Blake was abused in that game with little or no calls. Awful!!!!

 

[152219]

I don't know about it being bad for the conference, but it's definitely bad for my middle-aged stomach. That's because I hate KU more than I do Texas and OSU.

I'm with you. In regards to basketball rivals or at least in the teams I dislike the most from our conference, my ratings go:

1. KU
2. Okie State
3. Texas

Obviously, Texas wouldn't be #3 in football.

 

[Price is Right]

I think it's bad for the conference. They dominate the B12 more than any team dominates any other major conference year in and year out and I do think it hurts our argument of being the toughest league in the nation-- at least to a point. It isn't so tough for Kansas as once again they are cruising to a title despite struggling a bit OUT of conference and despite a very young roster. I don't think it's a good thing overall for the league.

This was my thought exactly. A buddy of mine is a die hard UNC fan and we were jabbing back and forth about the strength of our respective conferences and his main arguing point was if our conference was really as good as the ACC Kansas wouldn't come out on top every year for a decade. He used the SEC and Kentucky as an example and while I don't entirely agree with that reference I understand his point.