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Big 12 Basketball Power Rankings: Texas Tech on top, Baylor falls slightly

By Jason Kinander

LUBBOCK, TX - FEBRUARY 23: Tariq Owens #11 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders dunks the basketball during the first half of the game against the Kansas Jayhawks on February 23, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - FEBRUARY 23: Tariq Owens #11 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders dunks the basketball during the first half of the game against the Kansas Jayhawks on February 23, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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AMES, IA – JANUARY 30: Head coach Bob Huggins of the West Virginia Mountaineers argues with official Tom Eades and was ejected from the game after the confrontation at mid court during a time out in the second half of play at Hilton Coliseum on January 30, 2019 in Ames, Iowa. The Iowa State Cyclones won 93-68 over the West Virginia Mountaineers.(Photo by David Purdy/Getty Images)
AMES, IA – JANUARY 30: Head coach Bob Huggins of the West Virginia Mountaineers argues with official Tom Eades and was ejected from the game after the confrontation at mid court during a time out in the second half of play at Hilton Coliseum on January 30, 2019 in Ames, Iowa. The Iowa State Cyclones won 93-68 over the West Virginia Mountaineers.(Photo by David Purdy/Getty Images) /

10. West Virginia Mountaineers (10-17, 2-12 B12)

Previous Ranking: No. 9

Absolutely nothing has gone right for West Virginia this season, and that hasn’t changed one bit in the last three weeks. On the court, the Mountaineers dropped all five games, the first three of which by more than 22 points. In these losses (to Texas Tech, Kansas and Texas), West Virginia didn’t eclipse 53 points, which just about sums up the performance of the Big 12’s worst offense and the worst team as a whole on the season.

Off the court, West Virginia has had it even worse. Arguably two of their best players coming into the season, Wesley Harris and Esa Ahmad, were dismissed from the program for unspecified team violations. While Harris and Ahmad had been in the midst of shaky seasons both on and off the court, the final straw had apparently occurred last week, hence the removal of the upperclassmen.

With a solid recruiting class coming in, and the emergence of a couple of underclassmen as future impact makers, West Virginia’s focus is, and should be, solely on next season. This season was lost from the beginning, and a disastrous conference play season has validated that. Bob Huggins’ worst Mountaineer team should be counting the days until this season is over.

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