Big 12 Conference
March 9-12. All games at Kansas City.
kPOY: Buddy Hield, Oklahoma.

The Big 12 tournament gets underway with two first-round games on Wednesday at the Sprint Center.

Is the 2016 Big 12 the best conference ever, or not even the best conference this season? This question will not be answered at the Big 12 tournament. One question that will be answered is: Can West Virginia win its first conference tournament game since 2010? The Mountaineers figure to have a good shot in a potential quarterfinal game against Texas Tech.

I’m curious to see how Oklahoma fares. The Sooners’ offense went a long way with three-point shooting this season and they finished as the rare 40/40 team. They took over 40% of their shots from beyond the arc and they made over 40% of those attempts. But OU’s offense is average or below average at most other things. Particularly troubling was that they finished ninth in the conference, and 209th in the country, in two-point percentage.

Among the teams in the field, only Kansas and Iowa State have experienced a Big 12 tournament title in the past decade.

                  Qtrs Semis Final Champ
 1 Kansas          100  83.9  62.0  38.6
 2 West Virginia   100  76.0  41.9  21.7
 3 Oklahoma        100  58.5  31.7  16.1
 6 Iowa St.        100  41.5  19.0   8.1
 5 Baylor          100  50.1  16.0   6.0
 4 Texas           100  49.9  16.0   5.9
 7 Texas Tech     80.3  22.3   7.1   2.2
 8 Kansas St.     65.5  12.4   5.0   1.4
 9 Oklahoma St.   34.5   3.7   1.0   0.2
10 TCU            19.7   1.8   0.2   0.02

Big 12 tourney records (since 1999)

Kansas       32-10
Oklahoma St. 22-15
Texas        22-17
Oklahoma     17-14
Iowa St.     13-14
Baylor       14-16
Texas Tech   12-17
Kansas St.   10-17
TCU           1- 3
West Virginia 0- 3