@benshawks08 said in Big 12 Regular Season Title (if that still matters to you):
@kuballin10 Do you believe this is the WORST team Bill Self has ever put on the floor at Kansas? Because 11-7 would be the worst in conference record he's ever produced. Maybe if Remy never returns and we end up with another injury to say Braun or Och. But outside of that I don't see how this team doesn't win at least 12-13 games in conference.
It's not a just a matter of how this team compares to others during the Self era. At least equally as relevant is the depth of quality of the rest of the conference. The B12 this year is arguably the best it's ever been in terms of both top of the conference strength, as well as overall balance.
The formula during most of Self's tenure has been to win every home game - maybe a single loss every once in a while - and win more road games than anyone else. In most years, KU was just better than most of the conference, and typically could win most road games and not be threatened at home.
That has started to change the past 2-3 years. The aura of KU invincibility in the conference has eroded. Teams feel they can win at AFH. And, we're not winning a majority of road games. We're .500 on the road as of now, and just barely held serve at home. Based on what we've seen so far, I think 13-5 is optimistic and 12-6 or even 11-7 more realistic. Where will feel confident winning away the rest of year - other than maybe Manhattan? And, with a pretty porous defense and inconsistent offense, at least against quality defensive teams, do we really think we'll go undefeated at AFH?