This year, nine teams will make an attempt to shatter a streak that predates the introduction of the first iPhone in 2007. Bill Self has won -- or shared -- 14 consecutive Big 12 championships. This stretch commenced in 2005 and continued when Kansas captured the league's title last season.
That's a Division I record, which the Jayhawks hope to extend with the addition of a top-five recruiting class and the arrival of Memphis transfers Dedric Lawson and his brother K.J. Lawson.
But nothing will come without a fight. The best Kansas State team of Bruce Weber's tenure, a squad coming off an Elite Eight run, will battle their rivals for the conference crown.