The Big 12 reached its official halfway point this week, which means there are enough data points out there for speculation about NCAA tournament positioning to begin in earnest.
The speculation gets its official stamp of approval from the NCAA this weekend. Taking a page out of the College Football Playoff selection process, the NCAA tournament committee will release its current version of the Top 16 seeds in this year’s tournament field on Saturday.
We should expect to see three Big 12 teams in that group — Baylor and Kansas as likely No. 1 seeds, and West Virginia conceivably anywhere from a 2-4 depending on the committee’s thought process.