The Big 12/SEC Challenge, the basketball series that every winter interrupts some great conference play, is not particularly interesting but is quite important this year.
The Big 12 needs some victories.
The Big 12 has made a habit of putting more than half its teams in the NCAA Tournament: six teams were included in 2019 and 2017; seven were included in 2018, 2016, 2015 and 2014.
But this year, just five Big 12 teams are in most of the projections for the 68-team field.
In the NCAA’s NET rankings, Baylor is No. 2, Kansas No.