Baylor Bears picked to win Big 12

To go along with her preseason pick to repeat as Big 12 Player of the Year, Brittney Griner's Baylor Bears were also slated to win the conference in 2011-12. The only other school to receive a first place vote (from Baylor's Kim Mulkey) was defending NCAA champions, Texas A&M:

1. Baylor (9) - 81
2. Texas A&M (1) - 73
3. Texas - 60
4. Oklahoma - 58
5. Iowa State - 43
6. Texas Tech - 37
7. Kansas - 35
8. Oklahoma State - 30
9. Kansas State - 23
10. Missouri - 10

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Is it a requirement for Texas to be in the top four?

2005-2006: Second in preseason coaches’ poll, tied for eighth in standings
2006-2007: Third in preseason coaches’ poll, tied for seventh in standings
2007-2008: Fourth in preseason coaches’ poll, tied for seventh in standings
2008-2009: Second in preseason coaches’ poll, sixth in standings
2009-2010: Tied for second in preseason coaches’ poll, tied for fourth in standings
2010-2011: Fourth in preseason coaches’ poll, seventh in standings

by RP_45 on Oct 12, 2011 8:09 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

Also rather surprising given that they lost Kat Nash...

…who led the team in rebounding and minutes and was second in scoring.

I didn’t see them much last season, but I struggle to see how they’d finish third without Nash, from what little I saw…

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by Nate Parham on Oct 12, 2011 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Apparently, yes.

Oh, politics. Let’s all suck up to Texas. ;)

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by Shannon Cotterell on Oct 13, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions

My goodness, what has happened to the Kansas State program?

Gone are the glory days of Laurie Kohn, Nicole Ohlde and Kendra Wecker. Their drop has been so precipitous, they have plunged so far from the top, the fall has been so ginormous, the decline so steep, that they are now predicted to perform below Oklahoma State. :P

by ttdomi on Oct 13, 2011 5:31 PM EDT reply actions