John Gasaway did his weekly breakdown of in-conference play across the country. Here is how the Big 12 shapes up.
Pace: possessions per 40 minutes
PPP: points per possession Opp. PPP: opponent PPP
EM: efficiency margin (PPP - Opp. PPP
Big 12: Best offense plus best defense equals this....
Year after tempo-free year, Kansas looks this dominant within the Big 12. True, a lot of those years you could call into question the relative strength of the conference itself. But not in KU's national championship year of 2008, and not this year. With rivals like Texas, Kansas State, Missouri, and Baylor--two of whom are in the Big 12 North along with the Jayhawks--Kansas will come by any statistical dominance honestly this season. So far Bill Self's team is hegemonic just the same thanks to the league's best defense (fun fact: KU's conference opponents have made just 38 percent of their twos) and an offense that's even better.
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