Big 12 Basketball: What is the current state of the conference entering 2019-20?

The Bad

Now is where the issues come. Before this year the last time Kansas lost the regular season title was in 2004. That might be good might be bad. as it could show your top is truly a top team, or that your conference does not have depth. Also, along the title lines the only national title was in 2008 for Kansas.

There is also a constant up and down for every team. Just take West Virginia for example, You push Villanova last season hard for 35 minutes in the Sweet 16, lose 2 starters, then this season finish dead last. Or a few years ago when Oklahoma State had Marcus Smart to this year finishing 9th. You never know what you are going to get out of every team aside from Kansas who you know will be a mainstay in the top half.

The last minor issue is that they do not produce pros at all. Do not get me wrong they have a good amount drafted every single year, but not every year is that player game changing. Trae Young played well, Joel Embiid, Andrew Wiggins are the best players drafted since Blake Griffin was in the 2009 NBA Draft 10 years ago. Really good top-level players, but other quality starters are just far and few between.