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 to [...]

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 to [...]

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What a week this should be for the Big 12 Conference. It seems just like yesterday we were talking about the conference getting six bids into the tournament, and now with the recent play of a few teams (namely Oklahoma, Baylor and Texas A&M), it could be looking at only five tickets.
Let’s take a [...]

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With the Big 12 season winding down, it’s time to once again take another look at where all six major contenders stand in terms of chances of getting into the Big Dance.
Week 8 should give us a lot to talk about with the conference tournament quickly approaching, so this week’s edition of the “Confidential” [...]

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Ah, the Big 12 Conference; it’s good to see you’re back in rare form again!
Just when you think you have the Big 12 all figured out this year, the conference turns around throws a Dice-K gyroball your direction.
The “consistent” play from Kansas? Gone.
Baylor’s Cinderella run? It’s hanging on like one of those [...]

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I was thinking about writing a huge post on the resignation of former Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight and the impact it could have on the team in the coming weeks, but I figured most of us have already gotten their fill of the story from ESPN.com and the rest of the crew that [...]

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No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Tennessee
Of Note:
Casual fans probably won’t remember that Tennessee played Ohio State quite closely on January 13, losing 68-66 on (surprise, surprise) a Ron Lewis three-pointer at the end of regulation. That’s the same Buckeye who hit the game-tying three against Xavier over the weekend, for those keeping score [...]

General Comments:
Selection Committee Chair Gary Walters has repeated in numerous interviews that this was the hardest field to select and seed that he has encountered in his five years on the Selection Committee. I agree wholeheartedly. The number of teams in contention for the last couple of at-large slots was already massive before all of [...]