The 2020–21 men’s college basketball season is in the books, but it’s not too late to look back on the year that was. We’re going conference by conference within the high-major leagues to examine what went right—and what went wrong—along with a brief look ahead to 2021–22. First up was the ACC, next is the Big 12.
The 2020–21 season marked one of the deepest versions of the Big 12 in recent memory as the conference tallied seven men’s NCAA tournament teams, though just one advanced past the second weekend.