(02-09-2021 11:28 PM)ICThawk Wrote:  I didn't check your numbers but is Kansas State really worth more than KU?

It is a football valuation by the WSJ and while Kansas, North Carolina, and Kentucky roughly equal their football values in hoops that only adds 20 percent more to the football totals. So in actuality Kansas gains about 15% on KState which is enough to put you on par with the Wildcats but does not substantially change your overall position. Being without question the better academic addition and the state's flagship, not to mention Missouri's rival all are heavily in your favor as a travel companion for either OU or UT. It would be enough to jump you over TTU and possibly OSU which is enough distance to still make you the 3rd best choice. So not enough to worry about but certainly a good reason to continue to try to redevelop some semblance of competitiveness in football, as doing that absolutely makes you #3 in all statistical data for the Big 12 and quite frankly that is the best you can do. Texas and Oklahoma are absolutely unassailable.

That said calculating basketball values for each team with it making practically no difference in standing for any of the schools but the top basketball schools just didn't seem worth the time when you can just add 20% onto your value. When I looked at Kansas's basketball value it was equal to your football value it's just that it earns much less in media revenue, so since your basketball value was already included in your media rights deal it wouldn't vary by % that much than the data I posted.