Texas Basketball: 3 Big 12 teams that hurt the most with the SEC move

Kansas State

It’s really tough to avoid saying that the Big 12 program that could be impacted the most in all sports by Texas and Oklahoma leaving for the SEC is the Kansas State Wildcats. Other Big 12 programs, especially noting men’s hoops, could be negatively impacted to a large degree by Texas and Oklahoma leaving. But Kansas State is going to be affected across the board.

Kansas State is namely going to hurt in football and men’s basketball, especially with the in-state rival Kansas Jayhawks potentially heading somewhere like the Big Ten. It’s hard to imagine that the Big Ten would want to take on Kansas State, along with the Jayhawks. Kansas State doesn’t hold that AAU membership that the Big Ten covets in its members.

Moreover, there isn’t a traditional record of success that the Kansas State basketball program brings to the table. The Wildcats are often a decently competitive program on the hardwood, but it’s been more than a decade since this team’s last time was higher than a four-seed in the NCAA Tournament.

It’s not a good sign either that current head coach Bruce Weber is on the wrong trajectory with this program in the last two seasons. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, Kansas State’s record sits at 20-41 (7-29 Big 12). That’s nothing to write home about, and likely won’t get the Wildcats much attention from another power conference.