After topping the past two NCAA men's tournaments, the Big 12 continues to establish itself as the best conference in men's college basketball in 2022-23. Here are just a few stats from ESPN Analytics that show how dominant the conference has been this season:
The Big 12 has the highest average rating using the Men's College Basketball Power Index (BPI) of any conference at 11.
The weakest team, Texas Tech, has a BPI (how many points above or below average a team is) of 9, higher than the average of the second-ranked Big Ten (8.