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  • and for more on the Big 12 in the tournament.

  • We welcome in ESPN College basketball analyst King McClure.

  • Thanks so much for joining us.

  • And let's begin talking about Baylor, one of the favorites, of course, to cut down the Nets this season in the tournament.

  • As you look at this team, what concerns you about them and their chances moving forward?

  • But when you look at the Baylor Bears, the guards are terrific.

  • However, the only question mark that I have personally is the fact that their interior is a little suspect.

  • Don't get me wrong.

  • Those are my guys.

  • I played with them, but the interior is just a little suspect.

  • When they went against, uh, Iowa with Luke Garza when they run against the Michigan with with Hunter Dickinson, I think Biggs in the tournament could give them trouble.

  • That's my concern for Baylor now.

  • We will slide elsewhere in the Big 12 to focus our attention on the Kansas Jayhawks, who in a weird season wound up being a part of that blue blood group that fell out of the Top 25 everybody was losing their minds.

  • But they mess around in 17 of their last eight.

  • How much are you trusting them, though?

  • And I don't know if I'm a believer yet.

  • I mean, when you look at the last four out of 74 out of the seven wins, two against tour against Iowa State, one was against Kansas State and the last one was against UTEP when they were down majority of that ball game.

  • I don't know if I'm a full believer.

  • They're a good team, but I do not know if I really trust them in March.

  • Yeah, yeah, I'm not sure I do either, especially when you've seen some of the results they've had against lesser competition.

  • King.

  • I want to stay with the big 12 because currently seven of those teams are in the top 25 yet, judging by your T shirt, my question is, how many of them have big Fauci energy to make it to the Final Four?

  • I like that question.

  • Well, I like my second favorite.

  • Other than Baylor has to be West Virginia.

  • I really like their squad.

  • I like the outside perimeter scoring that they have in Sean McNeil.

  • Tash Sherman.

  • Dudes get straight buckets, then you look at Miles McBride, All American point guard.

  • Then, when she way left and they moved Jalen Bridges to the fore complete game changer, he stretches the floor, gives Derek over the Manchild.

  • Download a lot of space.

  • My second team would have to be Texas Tech.

  • Reason why?

  • Because they defend Coach Beard is one of the greatest coaches in college basketball.

  • His team is tough.

  • They bring grit, he's been to the Final Four and the elite eight actually been to the championship and the elite eight.

  • The only problem is, can they score?

  • I don't know if they score the ball well enough, but if they can get Tyler Edwards to step up and score the ball the way he needs to, I think they could be maybe a Final Four.

  • I'm not gonna say championship.

  • I'm gonna say Final Four, All right.

  • I like it just as much as we like your shirt that had all of us.

  • Just diet.

  • So good.

  • King McClair Thank you so much for joining Sports Nation.

  • It was a pleasure.

  • Thank you for watching ESPN on YouTube for live streaming sports and premium content.

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