Welcome to the Hotline’s Big 12 men’s basketball power rankings, a weekly assessment of the conference using analytics and common sense, with a strand of pasta occasionally heaved at the wall when mayhem is rampant. The power rankings will be published each Tuesday through the end of the regular season. (Last week’s edition can be found here.) The five minutes of self-reflection were, for Arizona State supporters, as alarming as they were candid. “We lack discipline in terms of listening to some of the things I’m trying to get across to the team,” coach Bobby Hurley said last week after a home loss to West Virginia. “So my voice isn’t working with this...
