Big 12 Conference Notebook by Neal Heston An important week for four schools Two squads have an opportunity to keep the ball bouncing uphill on Wednesday when Missouri visits Kansas State. Aside from the top three in the Big 12, the Tigers and Wildcats are the two hottest teams in […]

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Race shaping as expected The Big 12 conference slate is only one-fourth finished, but the teams expected to contend aren’t disappointing thus far. Fifth-ranked Kansas leads the league as predicted with a 3-0 mark. Texas A&M and Texas sit tied with the Jayhawks […]

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Northern Iowa well prepared for the storm The situation for this past Wednesday’s Iowa State-Northern Iowa matchup in Cedar Falls, Iowa, was a lot different than the one two years ago. Former Northern Iowa head coach Greg McDermott went from defending a Mid-Major’s […]

Big 12 Conference 2006-07 Preview by Neal Heston Welcome back to the Big 12 Conference, home of new hope for several teams. Despite several noteworthy changes throughout the Big 12, the conference favorite has a decidedly familiar flavor. Half of the Big 12 went through a makeover during the off-season, […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 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 […]