Five Big 12 Teams with Top 15 Recruiting Classes

[CyDude16]

Why? Elite 8 two years ago, B12 championship last year, USA championship coach. Great arena. Great town. Solid academics. What the hell do you want?

Great arena? No
Great town? It’s decent
Solid academics? No

 

[SCyclone]

Why? Elite 8 two years ago, B12 championship last year, USA championship coach. Great arena. Great town. Solid academics. What the hell do you want?

Oh, let's see.........how about
$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[surly]

Great arena? No
Great town? It’s decent
Solid academics? No

Read The Atlantic about arenas.
America's #1 college town
Top 150 academics according to US News.

 

[FinalFourCy]

Great arena? No
Great town? It’s decent
Solid academics? No

Decent town, unless you’re from cities that typically produce basketball talent.

 

[tim_redd]

What?

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Big 12 Basketball championships last year:

Iowa State - 1
Texas Tech - 0.5
Kansas State - 0.5
Kansas - 0

 

[derpyherky]

Ha, ha. Like anyone, anywhere recognizes the postseason tournament winner as B12 champion. Hell, the other schools let ISU win that every year just so they don't jump to the B10.

I love a good bromance story.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Ha, ha. Like anyone, anywhere recognizes the postseason tournament winner as B12 champion. Hell, the other schools let ISU win that every year just so they don't jump to the B10.

I want you to know how dumb you sound right now.

 

[dahliaclone]

Ha, ha. Like anyone, anywhere recognizes the postseason tournament winner as B12 champion. Hell, the other schools let ISU win that every year just so they don't jump to the B10.

I see you're still as an annoying piece of **** as always.

 

[cyclones500]

We need more teams to reach Final Four and championship game like Tech did last year.

And have it not limited to KU. Big 12 has done better in that regard for tournament runs by multiple teams in past several years. OU and Tech reaching F4, TT to title game (and also E8 prior year). KSU did have the E8 run as 8 seed (Big 12 hasn't had a lot of teams advance multiple rounds above its seeding. Yes, UVa's loss helped, but did beat 5 UK).

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Great arena? No
Great town? It’s decent
Solid academics? No

Exactly.

Been to every arena/stadium and college town in the conference (aside from Baylor & WVU), and I wouldn’t even put Manhattan in the top 5 in the conference, let alone one of the best in the country.

 

[Cydkar]

Should we expect these rankings to hold? Bruce Weber pulling in a top 15 class seems hard to believe.

No.

 

[Blackhawk6515]

Great arena? No
Great town? It’s decent
Solid academics? No

Ames looks like Paris compared to Manhattan.

 

[surly]

Exactly.

Been to every arena/stadium and college town in the conference (aside from Baylor & WVU), and I wouldn’t even put Manhattan in the top 5 in the conference, let alone one of the best in the country.

The Athlete did a B12 player poll on the subject. Hilton and Bramlage tied for second. The article quoted a WVU player who said he liked K-State best because of atmosphere, configuration, crowd noise, and lighting.

https://livability.com/top-10/colle... Great Place,majors and 165 graduate programs.

 

[ISUalways]

Love this basketball conference

5. Texas Tech
8. Baylor
11. Kansas
13. Kansas State
15. Iowa State
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24. Oklahoma State
51. West Virginia
53. TCU
91. Oklahoma
N/A. Texas

You can see why the BIG 12 basketball conference has been the best in the land for many years and these recruiting classes will continue that trend.
Go Cyclones

 

[Bewilderme]

 

[jdcyclone19]

The Athlete did a B12 player poll on the subject. Hilton and Bramlage tied for second. The article quoted a WVU player who said he liked K-State best because of atmosphere, configuration, crowd noise, and lighting.

https://livability.com/top-10/college/10-best-college-towns/2019/ks/manhattan#:~:targetText=Why It's a Great Place,majors and 165 graduate programs.

Did The Athlete check the WVU player's previous social media feeds for professionalism? Wouldn't want you unintentionally promoting unprofessional info associated with WVU.

 

[Statefan10]

The Athlete did a B12 player poll on the subject. Hilton and Bramlage tied for second. The article quoted a WVU player who said he liked K-State best because of atmosphere, configuration, crowd noise, and lighting.

https://livability.com/top-10/college/10-best-college-towns/2019/ks/manhattan#:~:targetText=Why It's a Great Place,majors and 165 graduate programs.

K-State's arena is good no doubt, but Hilton has been marked as one of the toughest places to play by many national media members. Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg, Fran Fraschilla, and Jay Williams, just to name a few, have all talked about Hilton Coliseum being one of the best in the country.

 

[randomfan44]

In the end I am sure KU will be near the top of the list based on player payments and family benefits. To my knowledge, the other 9 schools in the Big 12 don't do that.

Okie State hired the brother of the #2 player in the class to land him.

 

[Statefan10]

Okie State hired the brother of the #2 player in the class to land him.

I think that's for next year's class though right?

 

[randomfan44]

Ha, ha. Like anyone, anywhere recognizes the postseason tournament winner as B12 champion. Hell, the other schools let ISU win that every year just so they don't jump to the B10.

They are called titles, not championships. "Championships" typically refer to the conference tourney.

Noob.