Notebook: Big 12 looks daunting as conference play begins

The KU men prepare to travel to Austin for the Big 12 opener, while the women will head to Ames for a matchup with Iowa State.

You will not be seeing Silvio de Sousa in the game against Texas.

KU’s free throw attempts are way off from where they usually are under Bill Self.

Jesse Newell gets together with Ken Pomeroy to try and determine KU’s chance to win the Big 12 this year.

Now that teams have wrapped up non-conference play and look ahead, the Big 12 looks to be one of the strongest conferences across the country this year.

The KenPom stats back that up, with Iowa State as the lowest-rated Big 12 team at 76. The rest are all in the top 50.

Benton Smith takes a look at the transfer players in Beaty’s 2018 recruiting class and how long they might be able to contribute at KU.

Kansas has offered a prep QB out of Arizona.

LeBron James, the alleged GOAT, couldn’t handle a rookie point guard last night

Today in schadenfreude, a punter won MVP of a bowl game. Everyone LOL @ Missouruh.

I hate linking to more MU stuff, but this was pretty funny. Then again, so was the final score.

Of course, Missouri players blamed everyone but themselves for what happened last night.

Missouri sucks.

How is that not a catch? Ref: I don’t know.