A 2008 Big 12 Conference Performance Review

At any job, the employees have to sit down quarterly, biannually, or annually for a performance review.

As a fan of the Big 12 Conference, it's high time I sit down to examine the highs and lows of each team, grading the regular season and postseason (where applicable) performances of the teams, from top to bottom.

Fellow writers on the site have pegged me as a "Big 12 elitist," to which I say that's true. I can be blinded by my own conference's success, only to be let down when the teams fail me in December and January.

So here's Monk's examination of the Big 12's season in 2008.

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