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Big 12 Basketball 2016-17: Predicting the Champ, Contenders and Pretenders

Kansas

As much as it pains me to separate the Big 12 categories this way, there really is no other option. After 12 consecutive Big 12 regular season titles, it would be completely naïve for the Jayhawks not to be listed at the top. Granted, Kansas has lost a few major pieces, the biggest of which is 14 year veteran Perry Ellis. Wayne "He-Has-Green-Eyes?" Selden, Brannen "Doghouse" Greene and Cheick "Wasted-College-Career" Diallo are all declared for the NBA draft. Selden has hired an agent and hopefully the others will pull a Curtis Stinson and do the same.