{"id":134026,"date":"2017-03-07T00:27:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T05:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=134026"},"modified":"2017-03-07T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T22:00:26","slug":"2017-big-12-conference-championship-expert-picks-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-big-12-conference-championship-expert-picks-and-predictions.html","title":{"rendered":"2017 Big 12 Conference Championship Expert Picks and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4zulQmTAVK722Nd7ZgqdRLk\/56\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-134651\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/March_Madness_News_Banners_620x110.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>With top-ranked Kansas lording over the Big 12 and basically the entire Division I for much of the season, it seems as though the Jayhawks will find themselves with yet another conference title in hand when all is said and done. Then again, we should be reminded to expect the unexpected during March Madness&#8217; fevered stretch, which means that the boys from Lawrence aren&#8217;t safe at all from a possible upset against any one of their conference rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Should we really anticipate\u00a0a shocking result from the Big 12 title game, or is Kansas really that damn good? Let&#8217;s examine how the internet&#8217;s experts\u00a0have predicted the upcoming conference tournament to pan out below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>College Basketball<\/strong><strong> News and Previews<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-ncaa-march-madness-final-four-predictions-picks-and-betting-preview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 NCAA March Madness Final Four Preview<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-march-madness-final-four-gonzaga-bulldogs-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks-predictions-picks-and-ncaa-basketball-betting-preview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. South Carolina Gamecocks Preview<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-march-madness-final-four-north-carolina-tar-heels-vs-oregon-ducks-predictions-picks-and-ncaa-basketball-betting-preview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Oregon Ducks Preview<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>2017 Big 12 Conference Championship\u00a0Expert Picks and Predictions<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/ncaa-conference-tournaments\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>*view all NCAA Basketball Conference Championship\u00a0lines here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Bleacher Report<\/h3>\n<table class=\"table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Expert<\/th>\n<th>Prediction<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Scott Phillips<\/th>\n<th>Kansas<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Paul Kasabian<\/th>\n<th>Kansas<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>No surprises here, as\u00a0both Scott Phillips and Paul Kasabian from Bleacher Report went with the Jayhawks (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/ncaa-conference-tournaments\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>+110<\/strong><\/a>) as their respective picks to win the Big 12 conference tournament this season. And how could they not? In the 13 previous seasons that head coach Bill Self has been at the helm of\u00a0Kansas&#8217; program, he&#8217;d\u00a0led the team\u00a0to 13-straight regular-season\u00a0championships and six conference tournament titles.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips even reinforced his prediction by stating that\u00a0the defending Big 12 champs\u00a0have the sheer tenacity to pull away with wins in close games, mostly thanks to their two\u00a0All-American standouts in Frank Mason III and Carlton Bragg Jr. If that wasn&#8217;t enough, by the way, Mason is also the leading\u00a0favorite to win the National Player of the Year award this season as the key cog\u00a0to the No. 1 school in the country.<\/p>\n<h3>Yahoo! Sports<\/h3>\n<table class=\"table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Expert<\/th>\n<th>Prediction<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Henry Bushnell<\/th>\n<th>Kansas<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Another vote in favor of Kansas comes from Yahoo! Sports&#8217; Henry Bushnell, who also couldn&#8217;t ignore the team&#8217;s dominance this season.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from winning the regular-season title by a sizeable three-game margin in the overall standings, Bushnell also highlighted the fact that this year&#8217;s Big 12 tournament will be held in Kansas City of all places, giving the Jayhawks yet another reason as for why they&#8217;re so heavily touted as the eventual victors from this week&#8217;s tourney.<\/p>\n<h3>Busting Brackets<\/h3>\n<table class=\"table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Expert<\/th>\n<th>Prediction<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Drew Dinnhaupt<\/th>\n<th>West Virginia<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>We&#8217;ve finally come across a non-Kentucky backer, as Drew Dinnhaupt of Busting Brackets\u00a0\u2013 Fansided&#8217;s portal to everything college basketball\u00a0\u2013 made a rather daring decision to side with the No. 11 West Virginia Mountaineers as this season&#8217;s Big 12 champs.<\/p>\n<p>The Mountaineers, currently and decently priced at <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/ncaa-conference-tournaments\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>+200<\/strong><\/a> to win the conference title, mustn&#8217;t be overlooked at all this week considering that they&#8217;re the closest contenders to Kansas&#8217; Big 12 title reign. WVU beat the Jayhawks by 16 points at home in late January, and would&#8217;ve completed the regular-season sweep\u00a0at Lawrence in the second regular-season meeting\u00a0if the team\u00a0didn&#8217;t collapse and just held on to its\u00a0double-digit lead in the dying minutes of the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Victories in nine of their last 12 contests and terrific roster depth are a couple more reasons why Dinnhaupt is high on the Mountaineers. That, and the team\u00a0is also in search of its first-ever Big 12 title since joining the conference in 2012, so you can expect the Press Virginia crew to arguably come out with the most energy in the tournament compared to the\u00a0rest of\u00a0the field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/6\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Create a betting account now<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0win big from all the heart-stopping\u00a0March Madness action!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4zulQmTAVK722Nd7ZgqdRLk\/56\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-134651\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/March_Madness_News_Banners_620x110.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"134026\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" 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