Big 12 League Play: Not Turning Out How Many Thought
by Joe Loyd on Jan 16, 2011 10:30 AM CST
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PrintThe saying "That's why they play the games" could not be more true in the Big 12 this season it seems. So far the first few games of Big 12 play have provided some bizarro world kind of scenarios compared to preseason expectations.
Who would have guessed earlier this season that Colorado would be 3-0 in Big 12 play and with a probable Top 25 ranking on the near horizon. This is the same Buffs team that lost to Harvard and San Francisco in November.
Not many people would have guessed that Kansas State and Missouri would both be 1-2 and facing a Big 12 title race elimination game of sorts Monday night in Columbia. Neither fanbase expected a loss to Colorado to be on their resumes at this point either.
And if before the season you looked at the schedule and thought hmm I think Iowa State will beat Baylor by double digits well then I commend you.
Not everything is out of whack though. KU has played Iowa State and Nebraska and won both game as expected but the margins were too close for comfort for many Jayhawk fans. Texas A&M could have reasonably expected to be 3-0 at this point and they look strong.
Also many did not expect much out of Texas Tech and Oklahoma and those preseason expectations have been well justified.
So while it has not been total anarchy in the Big 12 so far it certainly has been interesting to watch just not fun to try and predict. The hope is the rest of the year will be just as fun as the start.
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For me, it’s ISU over Baylor. I am not surprised Colorado got a win over K State, based on the talent level of Burks and Higgins. I was shocked about the margin of victory for the Cyclones. They are 14-4 but UVA was their biggest win to date, which is not that great. I am still (foolishly) on the Baylor bandwagon and was amazed by the level of the beatdown handed to them yesterday.
UVA is a better win than any win Baylor has.
Baylor has been far more disappointing than even KSU this year. They are just aweful. It’s a shame too with all that obvious talent on their team.
I voted for Iowa State as well
CU has talent in Burks & Higgins while Baylor losing by 15 to Iowa State is crazy to comprehend from preseason expectations
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I didn’t think CU would win either of those games, but I was high on them early on and am not surprised they won; The Baylor loss threw me for a loop.
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Kind of depends
Based on preseason projections ISU and Baylor would have been a huge surprise but at the same time Vegas had ISU as 1.5 point favorites in that game because Baylor has been pretty brutal away from Waco.
CU getting a road win over a team that (at the time) was still ranked was pretty surprising to me even if K-State hadn’t been playing well at all.
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