Big 12 MBB power rankings: Major injuries, exposed flaws and recent losses conspire to dim to outlook for March

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. (Here is last week’s edition, which looked at coaches on the hot seat.)

To this point, the Big 12 has equaled, if not surpassed, the lofty preseason expectations. But it’s increasingly...