1. texas - the best players and the best coach.
2. a&m - the third best players and the fourth best coach, hence the second best combination.
3. oklahoma - sweet shooting cam is both silky and bouncy. that plus cream elites gets you third in the power rankings.
4. colorado - fourth in the big 12 = last in the pac 10? yes, because higgins, burks and knutson won't be coming along to the coast.
5. kansas - adding one and done selby has made the one time favorites look like a fifth place team. can they recover?
6. nebraska - doc, doc and more doc. less germans and more doc.
7. missouri - could have been first, but without mitchell, their lineup has a mitchell-sized hole in the middle.
8. tech - senior leadership gives this undertalented bunch the edge on fellow cellar dwellers.
9. ostate - the cowboys feature the best player in the league down low, but coaching is a question mark.
10. kstate - losing the colombian sensation will be hard to overcome.
11. istate - at 1-2, the iowans lone victory comes over hapless baylor. at home, no less.
12. baylor - losers of their annual matchup for last place against iowa state, the rudderless bears will try to regroup.
