Kansas won at Oklahoma Saturday, giving the one-time fading, 11-time defending Big 12 champs five straight wins, back-to-back victories against the two teams primed to end the streak and a season sweep of a conference and national title contender.

So, no, the Jayhawks aren’t going away quietly. In fact, they might be the favorite now. Again. Actually, they probably are.

WVU is still tied for first in the Big 12 with Kansas, and the league crowns co-champs, but Bill Self’s squad has an advantage. Maybe? I don’t know. That’s why we’re here. We’re in awe of 11 straight conference titles and wondering if it’s good or bad or if it can be both.

Kansas plays its final six games at home against Oklahoma State, at Kansas State, at Baylor, against Texas Tech, at Texas two days later, against Iowa State.

WVU plays at Texas, against Oklahoma, against Iowa State two days later, at Oklahoma State, against Texas Tech and at Baylor.

That’s pretty even.

Bob Huggins said last week that the eventual Big 12 champion couldn’t lose more than one game the rest of the way — actually, he said everyone would lose one more game, and the realest teams wouldn’t lose two. So we might be staring at a co-champion situation, or perhaps tri-titlists.

True, Kansas has a game tonight against a team that was 20 points its superior last month, and WVU might take the court tomorrow at Texas with a chance to move a game clear of everyone, but Kansas is going to beat Oklahoma State tonight. Maybe by 20. If not, well, the Longhorns beat WVU last month.

But the Mountaineers and Jayhawks split this season, and the head-to-head result is the first tie-breaker for conference tournament seeding. Second is the best record against the next team in the standings, and that’s probably going to be Oklahoma. Kansas went 2-0 against the Sooners. The best WVU can do is 1-1, provided the Mountaineers get that one at home Saturday. If not, Kansas has a great look at an outright title, which two weeks ago seemed very unlikely.

Oklahoma has to go unbeaten and WVU and Kansas both have to lose if the Sooners want to put their hands on the trophy.

WVU wants a conference title, but seeding is no less important. Sharing the title and being the No. 2 seed wouldn’t be bad. Not as good as being the No. 1 but not ruinous. The key is to get a top-four seed, and WVU is close. In fact, wins against Texas and Iowa State would probably do the trick, and if the Mountaineers get Oklahoma in the middle, that’ll be enough.