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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kansas has been named the preseason favorite to win the 2014-15 Big 12 regular season title, the conference&amp;nbsp;announced Thursday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Jayhawks received six first-place votes by the conference coaches, edging Texas by four points. Texas received three first-place votes and Oklahoma received one.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kansas State and Iowa State round out the top five places.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;\u200B&lt;strong&gt;Key question for ten top teams as practice begins&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kansas has won 10 straight Big 12 regular season titles, whether outright or shared. Last season, the Jayhawks&amp;nbsp;went 25-10 and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament before losing to 10th-seeded Stanford.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two of Kansas' top three scorers from last season, Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid, have departed for the NBA, but junior Perry Ellis and sophomore Wayne Selden Jr. return.&amp;nbsp;Ellis averaged 13.5 points and 6.7 rebounds last season, while Selden&amp;nbsp;averaged&amp;nbsp;9.7 points and 2.5 assists.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Longhorns return all five starters from last year's NCAA tournament team, including senior Jonathan Holmes\u200B and sophomore&amp;nbsp;Isaiah Taylor\u200B.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Big 12's leading returning scorer is West Virginia senior&amp;nbsp;Juwan Staten, who averaged 18 points per game in 2013-14.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Top-10 recruit Henry Ellenson commits to Marquette&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kansas brings in Rivals' No. 3 recruiting class of 2014, including three five-star recruits. Texas welcomes the No. 20 class, highlighted by five-star Myles Turner, and Oklahoma State brings in a six-man class ranked No. 27.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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