Good Wins: LSU, Arizona, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma State, Stephen F. Austin Bad Losses: at Baylor Strengths 1. The guards. It took a while for A&M’s guards to gel early on, but anyone who’s seen the team late in the year knows that this group has finally started to find its groove. Derrick Roland is one of the [...]

Good Wins: Purdue, Davidson, Utah, Texas Bad Losses: @Arkansas Strengths: 1. Blake Griffin. He may be one player, but Griffin appears to have the energy and strength of two men when he’s on the court. Not only is he a lock to win the National Player of the Year award, but he’s probably a better [...]

Good Wins: Tennessee, Missouri, @Oklahoma, Texas A&M Bad Losses: @Texas Tech, Massachusetts Strengths: 1. Sherron Collins. With the exception of Blake Griffin, there’s no better player in the Big 12 than the Kansas guard. He is currently averaging 18 points and almost five assists per game for a team that was considered way too green [...]

Another non-conference season has come and gone, and with the exception of the Kansas vs. Michigan State game on Saturday, the rest of the conference will play their first conference games of the season this weekend. It’s hard to believe that’s true–the last couple of months have been a relative blur. North Carolina, the one [...]

The Big 12 Conference is riding the wave of last season’s success, and it has Oklahoma, Baylor, Kansas and Texas among others to thank for bringing it back to the top of the college basketball pecking order. Big early-season wins have been the norm for a couple of teams, as the Big 12′s cream continues [...]

The Big 12 Conference is riding the wave of last season’s success, and it has Oklahoma, Baylor, Kansas and Texas among others to thank for bringing it back to the top of the college basketball pecking order. Big early-season wins have been the norm for a couple of teams, as the Big 12′s cream continues [...]

Record: (24-10, 8-8 Big 12) Key Wins: Oral Roberts, N-Ohio State, Texas, Oklahoma Key Losses: @ Texas Tech, Baylor, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Key Stat: 46.6. The team field-goal percentage this season — second best in the Big 12. Biggest Strength: Size. Texas A&M head coach Mark Turegon knew he had a lot of work to [...]

Record: (24-10, 8-8 Big 12) Key Wins: Oral Roberts, N-Ohio State, Texas, Oklahoma Key Losses: @ Texas Tech, Baylor, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Key Stat: 46.6. The team field-goal percentage this season — second best in the Big 12. Biggest Strength: Size. Texas A&M head coach Mark Turegon knew he had a lot of work to [...]

Record: (31-3, 13-3 Big 12) Key Wins: Arizona, @ USC, Oklahoma, Kansas State Key Losses: @ Oklahoma State, @ Kansas State, @ Texas Key Stat: 50.1. The team field-goal percentage this season — third best in the nation. Biggest Strengths: Depth. To put it plainly, the Jayhawks are loaded with talent. From forwards Darrell Arthur [...]

Record: (20-10, 10-6 Big 12) Key Wins: California, @ Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Kansas Key Losses: Oregon, @ Missouri, @ Nebraska, @ Texas Tech Key Stat: 41.7. The number of rebounds Kansas State averages per game. (5th best in the country) Biggest Strengths: Michael Beasley and Swagger. Sure, Michael Beasley is just one player, but look [...]