Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Welcome back to conference play, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. We’ve got a circus show on tap for you this year, if the first week is any indication. What’s next, creepy music? It wasn’t an alternate universe that descended on Big 12 […]
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Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing To modify an old axiom, getting the unexpected, at least when it’s the bad kind of unexpected, can leave a bad taste in your mouth. And if that’s true, the Big 12 Conference has a bit of halitosis right now. At the top […]
Big 12 Preview
Big 12 Conference 2005-06 Preview by Zach Ewing Welcome to mid-America, where the towns are mostly small and the athletic budgets are huge. The Big 12 Conference is loaded again and has what it takes to be considered one of the best conferences – maybe the best – in the […]
Chicago First Round Recap
Play-in Recap – Chicago Region by Zach Ewing UAB won its third tournament game in its last four tries, using a frenetic pace and lots of pressure to knock off LSU, 82-68, in the first round. The Blazers made a run to the Sweet Sixteen last season before losing to […]
Albuquerque First Round Recap
First Round Recap – Albuquerque Region by Zach Ewing After helping the Huskies to leads of 18-2 and 27-8 in the game’s first 10 minutes, Washington’s fast-paced attack slowed down enough to allow the underdog Grizzlies back in the game. A 15-5 Montana run cut the lead to 32-23, and […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Sorry for the two-week absence, but that just means we have lots to cover: Iowa State’s meteoric rise, Kansas’ week of close losses and, of course, the bubble watch. Preparing, hoping and downright praying The Big 12 can be assured of at least […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Can Texas go on without Tucker? The Texas Longhorns were blasted with some bad news this past week when they learned that star forward P.J. Tucker is academically ineligible based on the fall semester and will not play again this season. Tucker led […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing A new Big 12 power The Big 12’s South division has been long dominant in football, especially this past season. Now those six teams in Oklahoma and Texas are trying to make it the same way this basketball season. Obviously, No. 2 Kansas’ […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Three great games You know it’s time for conference play when one conference has three hotly-contested, down-to-the-wire games in the span of two days like the Big 12 did last weekend. Let’s start with a non-conference tilt between Kansas, one of the country’s […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and warm holiday wishes. A couple of injuries to key players and a big upset bid made an otherwise slow week important in the Big 12 Conference. Read on… Simien sidelined The Kansas Jayhawks’ best player and a […]
