Just proves that this league is really competitive when all of the players are on the same pay scale.
It really doesnt. What it proves is that it took a starter being out for injury for all Big 12 games, another being sent home for the last 8 games, a bench big being out all season and another guard missing 6 games while having a really young group around them to happen in the same season that KSU had 2 players who will have their jerseys hung in their rafters be seniors together along with a third 1000 point scorer and another team having a local relatively unheralded recruit develop into a lottery pick in his sophomore season. It took ALL of tbat for KU to finish 3rd.
How often will all of these things happen again? KSU has never had 3 1,000 point scorers on their roster together. I doubt many other Big 12 teams have either.
How often will a Big 12 team strike gold on a player like Culver unexpectedly turning into a lottery pick? It rarely happens.
How often will Kansas' roster be so decimated by injuries and other issues? In my 40+ years as a KU fan I cannot recall a roster situation even remotely close to this year. Not even close.
All three of these things individually are very unlikely to happen. The odds of them all happening in the SAME SEASON any time soon are insanely low. Sorry.