Five Big 12 teams have to sit on the sideline, and quite honestly, the five that sit out should be rotating every year.
That means that these teams have to rotate in:
It also means that programs like Kansas and Baylor, two of the last three national champions, will be cycled out.
Sure, we could still see UConn/Houston or Creighton/Arizona or Marquette/Kansas.
But we’re probably also going to have to subject ourselves to DePaul/UCF along the way, and that’s a much worse outcome than anyone wants.
Or maybe the series just isn’t renewed after the 2024-25 season, and we don’t really have to worry about this! Is that better for Marquette, since it will give them more freedom in scheduling?
That means that these teams have to rotate in:
- Colorado, who hasn’t made consecutive NCAA tournaments since 2014.
- Arizona State, who has made consecutive NCAA tournaments just once — 2018 and 2019 — since the 1960s.
- BYU, who holds a reputation as a respectable basketball program, but hasn’t made consecutive NCAA tournaments since 2015.
- UCF, who has made the NCAA tournament just five times since joining Division 1 in 1984.
It also means that programs like Kansas and Baylor, two of the last three national champions, will be cycled out.
Sure, we could still see UConn/Houston or Creighton/Arizona or Marquette/Kansas.
But we’re probably also going to have to subject ourselves to DePaul/UCF along the way, and that’s a much worse outcome than anyone wants.
Or maybe the series just isn’t renewed after the 2024-25 season, and we don’t really have to worry about this! Is that better for Marquette, since it will give them more freedom in scheduling?
