Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider It was an interesting first week for the Big 12’s top three teams. Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas (Hoopville’s No. 2, 3 and 5 teams, respectively) proved that even the Big 12’s best have some glaring weaknesses. Though the Jayhawks routed Holy Cross on […]
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Big 12 Preview
Big 12 Conference Preview by Mitch Schneider It’s a great time to be a fan of Big 12 basketball. Many preseason polls have ranked three Big 12 squads within the nation’s top five (Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas), while a number of other schools have a decent shot at earning a […]
Ivy League Wrap-Up
Ivy League Playoff Wrap-Up Not So Much “Penn Wins” as “Yale Loses” Yale tried to become the first team other than Princeton and Penn since 1988 to play their way into the tourney. It didn’t happen. On March 9th, in an Ivy playoff game hosted by Lafayette, Yale had their […]
Big 12 Tournament Preview
Big 12 Tournament Preview This much is clear: Six teams (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Missouri) are marching on. The other six teams (Nebraska, Kansas State, Colorado, Baylor, Iowa State, Texas A&M) are relegated to spoiler status. Six in. Six out. That type of competitive symmetry might […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Notebook The Big Dozen With Selection Sunday just under 3 weeks away, it is clear that the Big 12 will be well represented in the Field of 65, as 5 members (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech) figure to be amongst those invited to the Big […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Notebook The General Last year Texas Tech finished a dismal 9-19 and tied for last in the league at 3-13. However, last season may go down as the conclusion of the BTG (Before The General) era in Lubbock. Could anyone have ever envisioned that Bobby Knight would have […]
Ugly Without an Alibi
U-G-L-Y! You ain’t got no Alibi… by Bill Thayer I think we’ve all seen the video by now. Texas freshman point guard T.J. Ford chasing down a loose ball, only to end up in the stands being attacked by an angry Oklahoma State fan. It was an ugly scene that […]
Big 12 Preview
2001-02 Big 12 Conference Preview by Craig Stanek From top to bottom, this is one of the strongest conferences in the country. Let’s start with the teams. As most campuses across the country have finished up semester finals, the Big 12 schools have to receive high marks for their non-conference […]
