Big 12 Tournament 2018: Schedule and Conference Bracket Predictions

One aspect of Big 12 basketball seemingly never changes—the Kansas Jayhawks always come out on top.

Bill Self's bunch hasn't even completed its full slate yet and already secured its 14th consecutive regular-season title. That pushed the program clear of the 1960s and '70s UCLA Bruins for the longest conference title streak in Division I history, per ESPN.

But don't mistake that astonishing run of success for a sign that the upcoming Big 12 tournament will be predictable. Last year, the then-fourth-seeded Iowa State Cyclones took the crown at Kansas City's Sprint Center. (Don't expect a repeat, though; Iowa State has since plummeted to the bottom of the standings).

While the conference only…