[smithandrew051]

Another thing too.

The Big 12 champs steak ending really hurt. Since then, conference play doesn’t seem to mean as much.

You could feel an incredible amount of pressure on each team to win the conference. Once it ended, it seems like “it’s okay” not to win it. You’d hear each player say they couldn’t be on the team that broke the streak.

I’m not saying the players don’t care about winning the conference now, but they definitely don’t care AS MUCH.