NCAA Basketball: Ranking the top 8 conferences for 2018-19

By Adam Childs | Oct 15, 2018

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 10: Head coach Tony Bennett of the Virginia Cavaliers cuts down the net after defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels 71-63 during the championship game of the 2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament at Barclays Center on March 10, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

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KANSAS CITY, MO – MARCH 10: The Kansas Jayhawks watch a highlight video after the Jayhawks defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers 81-70 to win the Big 12 Basketball Tournament Championship game at Sprint Center on March 10, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

3. Big 12

2017 Tournament Teams – (7) Kansas, Kansas State, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, West Virginia, TCU

The top three conferences are so close it is hard to rank them and any one of them has a legitimate case to be considered the best conference in the nation. Kansas has ruled the Big 12 but it looked like it was in serious jeopardy of losing that hold until Texas Tech faltered down the stretch. The Jayhawks are still the cream of the crop in the Big 12 but the other teams are closing in on them.

Jamie Dixon has helped resurrect TCU’s basketball program and Texas and Texas Tech are on the upswing also. Bob Huggins and his press have West Virginia a major force also. If Kansas State and Oklahoma can stay up this could be the best conference by years end. The Wildcats will look to build off their surprising Elite 8 run and the Sooners will need to cover up the loss of Trae Young. But both teams look like they could have bright futures.

Kansas still looks like their only national title contender until proven otherwise, but the other teams provide depth that the conferences behind them are lacking. This is a good conference that most people overlook when talking about basketball because the Jayhawks have ruled it for so long. But don’t sleep on what they can do.

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