By Michael Haag | Sports Editor
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Big 12 is often regarded as one of, if not the best, men’s basketball conferences in the country.
There are Quadrant 1 wins to be picked up from virtually every team in the 14-, soon-to-be 16-team conference, and it’s sparked this narrative that the Big 12 is in a league of its own.
Clemson head coach Brad Brownell isn’t too fond of those sentiments.
In late February, Brownell said on the Tigers’ flagship radio station that Big 12 teams would adjust their nonconference schedules to play softer opponents with the idea that more routs would take place.