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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2199779, member: 488"] Is there anything to suggest that Texas basketball - or any Big 12 team sans Kansas - gets more exposure than UConn? Serious question. Because while I'm not making the upstater argument where I'm simply counting the amount of nationally televised games, we play Syracuse, Auburn, Arizona, and maybe Villanova in addition to playing in arguably the most talented preseason tournament field ever (granted Texas also plays in that same tournament). We also play what should be a top 10 Wichita State team twice, a top 25 Cincinnati team another two times, and a bunch of other potential tournament teams - Houston, SMU, UCF, etc. - on top of that. And yeah, even when Wichita State and Cincinnati are good they don't have the same brand appeal as Duke and UNC. But we're not talking about Duke and UNC, we're talking about Texas Tech and Oklahoma. The big 12, despite recent success, is not a conference with a lot of fan interest or marketing appeal. [/QUOTE]