Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Rocky Mountain high In case you missed it, the Colorado Buffaloes pulled off one of the biggest wins in school history last Wednesday night, as CU edged Kansas, 60-59 in Boulder. CU’s narrow victory put an end to the Jayhawks’ 27-game winning streak […]

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Battin’ 400 The great Boston Red Sox slugger, Ted Williams, did it in 1941. Sixty-two year later, another Williams would reach the 400-mark . . . except this one did it with a clipboard instead of a bat, in a different sport, and […]

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Three for the road Three Big 12 teams have each the lost the service of a key player within the last few days. On Jan. 12, Missouri coach Quin Snyder announced sophomore forward Najeeb Echols is leaving the team for good. Apparently, Echols […]

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Hot streak Talk about starting the New Year off with a bang. As of last weekend, every Big 12 school is currently riding a winning streak. That’s right… all twelve teams are presently sitting on some kind of a hot streak, and their […]

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Tigers lock-up Snyder Good news for all hair salons in central Missouri. Last Friday, Mizzou signed head coach Quin Snyder to a two-year contract extension, meaning the Big 12’s best-haired and best-dressed coach will remain in Columbia through at least 2008. At 36, […]

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider And then there was one In last week’s notebook, I mentioned the Big 12 still had three undefeated teams within its ranks. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Iowa State, Texas Tech and Missouri all carried perfect records into mid-December. Now, the Tigers […]

Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Husker uprising Will the real Cornhuskers please stand up…? Please stand up…? Sorry for the Eminem reference, but we start out this week’s Big 12 notebook rappin’ about the Nebraska Huskers. In a three-week span, NU (3-3) has ridden its Lincoln roller-coaster in […]

Big 12 Notebook by Mitch Schneider Terrible Twos The Kansas Jayhawks aren’t too fond of the number two. KU, once ranked No. 2, has dropped two in a row, after starting the season 2-0. Both losses (67-56 to North Carolina and 83-73 to Florida) were by double-digit scores, and both […]

Big 12 Notebook by Mitch Schneider Colorado’s Mountain in the Middle Memo to all Big 12 basketball teams: Colorado center David Harrison has officially arrived. The sophomore seven-footer notched his first-ever triple double – second in CU history -as the Buffs cruised to a 107-74 win over Stetson (Fla.) University […]