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Its basically who can execute their [personal] strategy better.H2K surprised me the most, he went on. They had a boot camp in South Korea, and I thought they would come in really strong, but they showed that they learned a lot [in South Korea]. In my opinion, they are the best European team here. Their macro [especially surprised me] because they were so crisp. They dont get picked off and are always there to [complete] stuff. If they need to pull the trigger, they pull it instantly. I was very impressed with H2K.For him personally, he had fun going against two of the better bottom lanes in the tournament: H2Ks Forgiven and Vander, and EDGs Deft and Meiko. Jockster mentioned he learned a lot from playing against them.I think Brazil has become really passionate about esports. I honestly dont know why that is, he said. A lot of people like us, and a lot of people are watching us. Its getting bigger, and its showing up on television, so the [general public] is learning what League of Legends is. I think [esports] in Brazil is just going to get bigger, and the fan base is really, really amazing. They are really passionate about the game and [equally as] passionate about the teams. I think Brazil is amazing.The memory Jockster will take away most fondly from this tournament will be the sole win of the competition. It couldnt have come against a better team, with INTZ upsetting the giant from China, Edward Gaming, to start off the group in the most unexpected way possible. For us it was the biggest game of our lives. We always watched EDG, and we looked up to them. Every time we needed to get better and learn something, we watched EDG and tried to [copy] what they were doing and how to think, how they were thinking. 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Its not great to be young in any league, the Big 12 especially.Indeed, looking at the All-Big 12 teams of a year ago is likely to make some fans feel nostalgic, especially when you consider that the entire first team and 11 of the 15 players overall have departed.That includes Hield, Niang and Ellis, who were joined on the first team by Texas guard Isaiah Taylor and Baylor forward Taurean Prince. Williams and Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr. left school after their junior years, while the Cousins and Spangler joined the Mountaineers Jaysean Paige and big man Rico Gathers of Baylor in exhausting their eligibility.Every day we find something new about our team, said Sooners senior Jordan Woodard.Those veteran departures are certain to cause some coaches plenty of heartburn.Theyre also welcomed by a couple whose teams return intact.You lost a lot of valuable members of teams, some of the greatest players in the history of the Big 12, from Buddy to Georges to Perry, said Kansas State coach Bruce Weber, who managed to weather his own growing pains with a bunch of newcomers last year.Those guys, if you look at those teams, they seem to have parts back, Weber said, but youre not sure about other people. I think thats the case with a lot of teams.The Sooners still have Woodard and junior Khadeem Lattin. The Bears will rely on juniors Al Freeman and Johnathan Motley along with senior Ishmail Wainwright. And even the Jayhawks have seniors Frank Maason III and Landen Lucas to go with junior Devonte Graham.ddddddddddddTheyll be backed by some of the top freshmen in the country.Kansas guard Josh Jackson is considered by many the No. 1 recruit, and some analysts predict hell be chosen first in next years draft. Texas reeled in five-star prospects Jarrett Allen and Andrew Jones, and new TCU coach Jamie Dixon landed his first premier prospect in guard Jaylen Fisher.NEW COACHESThree new coaches will give the league an even fresher look.Dixon took over for the fired Trent Johnson after 13 seasons at Pittsburgh that included 11 trips to the NCAA Tournament. Chris Beard parlayed a 30-5 record in his only season at Arkansas-Little Rock into the top job at Texas Tech. And three solid seasons at Stephen F. Austin landed Brad Underwood the job Travis Ford held for eight seasons Oklahoma State.All have at least some ties to the Big 12: Dixon played for the Horned Frogs in their Southwest Conference days, Beard was an assistant to Bob Knight and Pat Knight at Texas Tech, and Underwood played at Kansas State and returned there as an assistant under Bob Huggins and Frank Martin.I dont consider our job a rebuild, said Beard, who also a student assistant at Texas under Tom Penders. We have eight returners and eight newcomers. Our job is to go to the next level.SURPRISING RETURNIowa State coach Steve Prohm said he was as surprised as anybody when guard Monte Morris returned for his senior season. Morris would likely have been a first-round draft pick, and was voted the leagues preseason player of the year.CLEAR FAVORITEThe Jayhawks were a unanimous pick to win their 13th straight title, which means they also got first-place votes from the three new coaches. That streak would match UCLA for the longest stretch of consecutive conference championships.Kansas dominance, it really comes down to three things: They have a great coach, great players and they never lose at home, Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins said. People have to go into Allen Fieldhouse and win once in a while, because the rest of us lose at home. ' ' '