Blair Kerkhoff
Former Big 12 stars share a painful bond
CHICAGO | The NBA draft beckons, and on June 24, when player after player from the Big 12 is summoned to shake commissioner David Stern’s hand we’ll again ask, what in the world happened? You remember the March results, or have tried to forget them: Top-ranked and NCAA Tournament favorite Kansas dispatched in the second round, Texas, ranked No. 1 for the first time, bounced from the polls and in the first-round of the tournament.
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