Did the BIG 12 Fail to Live Up to March Madness Hype? Plus, a Coaching Movement & Rumors Run Wild!
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The Big 12 Conference only got three teams to the Sweet 16, fewer than the Big Ten (6) and the SEC (4). What does that say about the league that called itself the best after the NBA?
Heartland College Sports' Pete Mundo gives an honest analysis as to what it means. Plus, a TON of coaching news and rumors around the league in the last two days. Who are the winners and losers?
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| 0:00.0 | All right, you guys know I'm never going to blow smoke. And when it comes to the Big 12, |
| 0:05.0 | there's also not a bigger fan. But the reality is the Big 12 has had a bad March madness. |
| 0:12.4 | I referenced this on the Sunday show. I didn't really dig into it because I wanted to more |
| 0:18.0 | react to the game from the second round and the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament. |
| 0:22.6 | But I just, I don't see how you can look at this tournament any differently right now, |
| 0:28.3 | other than look at it and say the Big 10 got six in to the Sweet 16, the SEC got four, the Big 12 got three. |
| 0:34.9 | And if the Big 12 is going to run around and talk about how it's the second |
| 0:37.5 | best league behind the NBA, can you get fewer teams into the Sweet 16 than the Big 10 in |
| 0:44.0 | the SEC and claim that you're somehow superior to them? Is there an obvious argument to make |
| 0:51.3 | there? Because to me, there isn't. I'm Pete Mundo, Heartland College Sports. Thanks for |
| 0:56.7 | joining us. Hope you'll follow us. Subscribe as well to the channel. If you are new here, |
| 1:01.6 | we cover the Big 12 Conference, podcast, YouTube channel. Thanks so much, as always, for joining us. |
| 1:08.0 | So, you know, you had Houston, you had Arizona, and you had Iowa State make it to |
| 1:13.1 | the sweet 16. And obviously, that's a huge win. That's a great success. And those were the three |
| 1:18.8 | most consistent and the best teams in the Big 12 all season long. Now, did the injury bug bite |
| 1:24.8 | the Big 12? No doubt about it. You lose Richie Saunders at BYU, |
| 1:29.9 | although BYU is trending in the wrong direction prior to that. You lose J.T. Topin at Texas |
| 1:35.8 | Tech. Darren Peterson's hit or miss all season long with the injuries. I get it. Like, yeah, |
| 1:42.0 | that's a tough spot. Okay. But it doesn't change the reality that here's how I like to look at it, whether it's sports or politics or anything. |
| 1:51.6 | If the people or the group, the organization, the party, whatever, that I didn't like was doing the thing that the people I like was doing. |
| 2:02.5 | How would I view it? |
| 2:04.5 | And think about it from an SEC football perspective. |
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