The Big 12 had 60 percent of its teams make the NCAA Tournament. That’s pretty good! Two more, in TCU and Texas, were right there on the bubble. All in all, heading into last weekend, Bob Bowlsby and his merry band of administrators at the Big 12 offices in Irving had to be pretty excited.
Except through two games, only one Big 12 team remains in the NCAA Tournament. Congrats, Texas Tech — you stand atop the ash heap.
Let’s go and figure out what happened. We’ll travel down into the lesser tournaments as well for some extra analysis.