Wins by Texas Tech, K-State put Kansas’s Big 12 Reign in Jeopardy

By ADAM ZAGORIA

The last time Kansas did not win the Big 12 title, George W. Bush was President and the No. 1 song in the land was Yeah! by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris.

The year was 2004.

Yet with wins Monday by Texas Tech and Kansas State, Kansas’s reign atop the Big 12 is in serious jeopardy.

The Jayhawks now have just a 6 percent chance of winning a chance of the Big 12 for a 15th consecutive season.

Kansas has just a 6 percent chance to win the Big 12 for a 15th straight time, per ESPN BPI.
Texas Tech and K-State in the driver’s seat(s). pic.twitter.com/rtU5elnaXs
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 5, 2019

No. 8 Texas Tech and No. 18 Kansas State are both 13-4 in the Big 12 and both control their destiny. Texas Tech finishes at Iowa State and K-State at Oklahoma. With wins, they would share the Big 12 title.

No. 13 Kansas (11-5) has two games left at Oklahoma and against Baylor.

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.