How the selection committee figures out the Big 12 pecking order is going to be one of the key NCAA tournament-centric storylines to follow over the next two months. It's been the best men's college basketball league in the country, with all 10 teams looking like they had a chance to play in March when conference play began. Oklahoma State, West Virginia and Texas Tech have faltered since then, but the Cowboys and Mountaineers are still ranked in the top 40 in most metrics.
For our purposes, sifting through the second tier of teams behind Kansas will be a weekly task.