The ERAs of our three primary starters last year in Big 12 play were 5.75, 6.70 and 8.91. So, it's not like we were killing it last year, either.
Greg could probably speak to this, but I imagine the splits home v. away were pretty sizable. One hallmark of Pete's teams has been the massive gap between performance at home vs. on the road - like, it's way worse than a typical team. In 2021, when we actually did have a good team, we were 24-7 at home (8-4 in Big 12 and won every home series, which included some vs. ranked teams) and we were 3-12 on the road overall (2-10 in Big 12 play). If that team had won 2-3 more Big 12 road games, they're probably in the tourney.