With just a couple of weeks of Big 12 action remaining, no team has separated itself enough to be the favorite for the regular season title.
The No. 23 Oklahoma Sooners have the top spot, but lead by just one game over the No. 5 Texas Longhorns, No. 22 West Virginia Mountaineers and No. 10 Kansas State Wildcats.
Here’s a closer look at these four teams and their challenges as they attempt to be queens of the hill when the regular season ends.
No. 23 Oklahoma Sooners: Can they hang on?
If there is such a thing as an underdog frontrunner, the Sooners fit that description. Few had them winning the conference at the start of the season, and even now, they are the third-highest-ranked Big 12 team in the national standings, despite leading the conference in wins.
They may not have been favorites, but the Sooners are not strangers to winning the Big 12. They’ve taken the regular season crown eight times, including sharing the title with Baylor last year. The Sooners also have four Big 12 tournament titles, although they last won it all in 2007.
Oklahoma had a nine-game winning streak before their most recent loss to West Virginia. If they want to remain at the top, they’ll have to win their last four games. They’ll need their one-two punch of Payton Verhulst and…
