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Despite nearly 100 hundred games on the schedule college basketball took a back seat on Saturday. Such is life during college football season but there were some talking points to be had. I'm sure there are some who wonder why a ranked team such as Oklahoma would take on a challenging road trip such as the Sooners' voyage to Richmond and there's an answer. VCU had it written into former head coach Jeff Capel's contract that the school that if he were to leave for a BCS job he'd agree to a home-and-home series.

Betting odds are a great guide to college basketball entertainment. Unlike fans, who often ride the wave of media predictions, betting lines tend to be a bit more focused and can give you an objective picture of how teams matchup (though lines too can get caught up in the wave of human emotion).

 

California (Jerome Randle, Patrick Christopher)

Kansas (Sherron Collins, Xavier Henry, Tyshawn Taylor)

Kentucky (Eric Bledsoe, Darius Miller, John Wall)

Michigan St (Kalin Lucas, Chris Allen, Durrell Summers)

Oklahoma (Willie Warren, Tony Croker, Tommy Mason-Griffin)

Villanova (Scottie Reynolds, Corey Fisher, Corey Stokes)

Washington (Isaiah Thomas, Abdul Gaddy)

Other (Discuss Below)

While Kansas may be too much for the rest of the Big 12 too handle, no league features as many intriguing individual stars (young & old) on a nightly basis. Arguably the best conference in the country.

 

NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma men's basketball head coach Jeff Capel announced today that T.J. Taylor, a 6-3, 205-pound guard from Denison, Texas, has signed a letter of intent with the Sooners.

Ranking players is more art then science. How do you compare the potential of freshmen with seniors who have already peaked? How much does physical talent come into play versus intangibles and experience? How big a role do numbers play?

 

BIG 12 FIVE-YEAR STANDINGS

 

CHN's annual 5-year ranking answers a simple question is in a simple manner: Who has been the best team in the Big 12 over the last five years?

 

Kansas

Kansas State

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Texas

Texas A&M

Other (Baylor, Iowa State, Missouri, etc)