Big 12 hoops: On the preseason hype, in-season twists, NCAA success and all those mouths to feed
The Big 12 put one team in the Final Four, two in the Elite Eight and four in the Sweet 16. By most measures, that multi-round representation constitutes a stellar finish to the season. But the bar was set extraordinarily high back on Oct. 14, when the Big 12 became the first conference in history