USA Today has us at 17, behind KU and ahead of Tech.
ESPN has us at 27, behind KU and Tech.

Only Big 12 teams mentioned are KU, Tech and us.

Expectations are here.

gobears20 said:

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Cincy probably just dropped a few spots with the upcoming change in coaching staff.

Marquette is way up there for looking as bad as they did down the stretch, but I guess that could be said about us as well.

Based upon their coach's reputation, Houston will probably be on probation within the next 5 years.

Why do they think tech will drop so much?

BellCountyBear said:

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Why do they think tech will drop so much?

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They lose 3 starters to graduation, and will probably lose another (Culver) to the draft. They'll lose their top scorer from last night (Francis off the bench) to graduation as well. I think that's around 20 ppg left (assuming Culver does declare).

If Culver stays, they'll be ranked higher come preseason.

Bobby Tables said:

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BellCountyBear said:

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Why do they think tech will drop so much?

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They lose 3 starters to graduation, and will probably lose another (Culver) to the draft. They'll lose their top scorer from last night (Francis off the bench) to graduation as well. I think that's around 20 ppg left (assuming Culver does declare).

If Culver stays, they'll be ranked higher come preseason.

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No way Culver stays.

The two reasons Tech is ranked at all are 1. Beard, and 2. Class coming in. It may take them a year, but at this point, I wouldn't bet against Beard.