The Big 12 remains one of the premier conferences in college basketball.
Baylor. Kansas. Texas Tech. West Virginia. Texas.
All are ranked in the top 10 rankings on KemPom.com, an analytic website, entering the season.
And as the early national signing period began Wednesday, the conference was poised to remain in the national spotlight.
Baylor landed the start of a star-studded class. Kansas began piecing together another loaded class with an eye toward more in the spring. And other teams improved.
It’s just unclear how much of an early impact this recruiting class can have after the NCAA recently granted an extra year of eligibility to all players.