Kansas flexed it's muscles on Monday win a big road win at West Virginia and the rest of the contenders responded by crapping their pants under the pressure of trying to keep pace. First OU and now Texas Tech drop road games against teams who aren't contenders for the Big 12 title.
Bob Huggins said it perfectly:
“I think this,” Huggins said. “You ever heard the story of the guy playing golf and he’s a guy who shoots 90 most of the time? So he goes out and shoots 37 on the front. What does he say? He says, ‘This isn’t like me. I don’t know what this is, but this ain’t like me.’ And he shoots a 59 on the back and he says, ‘See, I told you. This is more like me.’ He’s comfortable shooting a 59. He’s not comfortable shooting a 37.”
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“We probably weren’t very comfortable being No. 2 in the country,” Huggins said. “I told them in practice just the other day, 'Look up at that crow’s nest up there. What do you think of that?' They said, ‘That’s pretty high.’ I said, ‘Well, that’s kind of where you are. You’re one rung away from the top. It’s not so hard to climb up there. Boy, that fall’s a (bear). That fall is hard.' I told them that’s about what we’re getting ready to do. Our preparation wasn’t what it needed to be.”
Kansas EXPECTS to be at the top of the standings and knows what has to be done to get there and stay there. It is yet to be seen if the rest of the contenders can figure out that formula in time to stave off Kansas and wrestle the Big 12 crown from them.