Pac 16 and BBall

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Longhorn01

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Quite an upgrade. Especially if Kansas goes to the Pac 16. We'd play Arizona every year, plus KU would be in our division, plus UCLA every so often.

Any word on how scheduling would work for BBall?
 
KU has only an outside shot, and Arizona has slid. Pac-10 basketball was pretty bad this year.

Remains to be seen how many league games will be played...
 
With 16 teams in the Conference, it makes it a lot more grueling to have a post-season tourney. Those Big East teams that play 4 games in 4 nights seemed to be gassed for the Big Dance. If you started Conference games a week earlier and finished a week later (i.e. played regular season games in lieu of a tourney), you could play a 20-game Conference schedule (2 intra-conference games +1 inter-conerence).

When comparing the Big 10 to the Pac 10, I'd give the Big 10 a slight advantage in hoops (currently), but the baseball competition is a joke.
 
I believe KU to the Pac 10 is a real possibility - maybe even probability - IF aggy moves out of our basement and heads to the SEC.

I personally feel that Kansas would be an upgrade over aggy. Not only in basketball obviously, but they have certainly had more success in football over the past few years as well.
 
If Texas, Tech, OU and Ok State go, then yes, KU is possible. If OU doesn't, then maybe Ok State can't, and then Texas and Tech doesn't look so hot either. KU then may be back to Square one.
 
Bob, yeah that is what I meant. All being contingent on the teams you mentioned going to the Pac 10.

Of course if OU joins a&m in going to the SEC, the PAC 10 deal totally falls apart and we could be headed to the Big 10 with everyone else left to fend for themselves.
 
The old Big 12 was the #1 RPI basketball conference last year, and now they get rid of two of the worst programs. The New Big 12 is a very very good basketball conference, lets compare (using last years Sagarin Ratings, also ESPN Bracketology 2011 projection):

PAC-12
25. California 24-11 (NCAA 2nd Round) - 2011 Proj: 7 seed
31. Washington 26-10 (NCAA Sweet 16) - 2011 Proj: 7 seed
62. Arizona State 22-11 (NIT 1st Round)
85. USC 16-14
90. Arizona 16-15
93. Colorado 13-16
116. Stanford 14-18
119. Oregon 16-16
121. Washington State 15-15
122. UCLA 14-18
136. Utah 14-17
153. Oregon State 14-18
AVERAGE RANKING: 96
COMBINED: 204-179 (.533)
POST SEASON RECORD: 3-3 (3-2 NCAA, 0-1 NIT)
RECORD vs. Top 25: 9-42 (.176)
RECORD vs. Top 50: 24-73 (.247)

BIG 12
2. Kansas 33-3 (NCAA 2nd Round) - 2011 Proj: 3 seed
6. Kansas State 28-8 (NCAA Elite 8) - 2011 Proj: 2 seed
7. Baylor 27-8 (NCAA Elite 8) - 2011 Proj: 1 seed
16. Texas A&M 23-10 (NCAA 2nd Round) - 2011 Proj: 5 seed
19. Texas 24-10 (NCAA 1st Round) - 2011 Proj: 7 seed
20. Missouri 23-11 (NCAA 2nd Round) - 2011 Proj: 5 seed
38. Oklahoma State 22-11 (NCAA 1st Round) - 2011 Proj: 11 seed
63. Texas Tech 19-16 (NIT Quarterfinals)
73. Iowa State 15-17
96. Oklahoma 13-18
AVERAGE RANKING: 34
COMBINED: 227-112 (.670)
POSTSEASON RECORD: 11-8 (9-7 NCAA, 2-1 NIT)
RECORD vs. Top 25: 40-67 (.374)
RECORD vs. Top 50: 61-87 (.412)
 
I think it makes for a very very good conference, 80% of the remaining Big 12 members were in postseason play last year (70% were in the NCAA tournament and 20% were in the Elite 8).
 
the Houston Chronicle says:

With the loss of Colorado and Nebraska and their underperforming programs, the Big12 Conference will become even more daunting in basketball. An indication of how good the league figures to be came this week from rating expert Ken Pomeroy. When asked to remove Colorado and Nebraska from last season's Big12, Pomeroy found that the conference would not only have been No.1 for that season but the highest rated since the ACC in 2004.
 
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