(by Matt Patton) Rounding out the bottom tier of the conference are the mighty Oklahoma Sooners. Last season they floundered without 2008-2009 Player of the Year, Blake Griffin. Willie Warren proved incapable of stepping up in Griffin's absence; McDonalds All-Americans Tiny Gallon and Tommy Mason-Griffin played below their potentials; and the Sooners suffered for it (along with Warren's salary). Like Nebraska, Oklahoma fans probably see basketball as a diversion from the boredom that accompanies the football offseason....read more from Big 12 Hoops (SB Nation blog)