The best conference in men's college basketball is on thin ice.
Since the last round of conference realignment, no league has been as consistently great in the sport as the Big 12. It has ranked in the top two of KenPom’s conference rankings all but once, sent four different programs to the Final Four and cut down the nets in 2021 with Baylor.
But in major college athletics, decisions are made because of football and the television revenue that comes with football. And with Texas and Oklahoma seemingly on the verge of jumping ship for the king of football (the SEC), the eight other schools that have played a huge role in making the league a men's basketball power are left in flux.