Kansas State may have much at stake in Big 12 baseball tournament
The Big 12 baseball tournament is usually Kansas State’s final opportunity to prove it is worthy of an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.
OKLAHOMA CITY — For Kansas State, the hardest part of a 4-3 victory over Texas Tech on the opening day of the Big 12 baseball tournament at Bricktown Ballpark might have been waiting for it to start.
The Big 12 baseball tournament is usually Kansas State’s final opportunity to prove it is worthy of an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.
Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops’ latest thrust into the national spotlight — he seemed to question the overall strength of the Southeastern Conference in an interview with the Tulsa World at a fan gathering earlier this week — has touched a nerve nationally.
The Dallas Cowboys selected Oklahoma State running back and Wichita native Joseph Randle in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday.
The emotion figured to favor Iowa State in the Big 12 semifinal.
Iowa State couldn’t make a shot. Then the Cyclones couldn’t miss, and they advanced to a Big 12 Tournament semifinal matchup against Kansas with a dramatic 73-66 comeback victory over Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon.
In the minutes after Kansas’ 91-63 victory over Texas Tech on Thursday afternoon, Kansas coach Bill Self faced a minor dilemma.
The participants of major conference tournaments can be broken down into several categories.
Record: 26-5, 14-4 Big 12
Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart is The Associated Press Big 12 men’s basketball Player of the Year.
Under Scott Drew, Baylor basketball has become notorious for two things: underachieving during the regular season and thriving in the postseason.
Kansas State basketball coach Bruce Weber was voted Big 12 Coach of the Year on Sunday by the conference’s coaches.
Kansas’ Angel Goodrich and Kansas State’s Brittany Chambers were named to the 10-player All-Big 12 Conference women’s team, chosen by the league’s coaches.
Jeff Withey had an ambitious goal, something he’d been mulling all offseason. But he preferred to keep it secret, like a seasonlong covert operation as he began his final year at Kansas.
You won’t hear any Big 12 coaches or basketball players ask that question this week. They will stick with the politically-correct approach until Kansas hosts Texas Tech on Monday and Kansas State takes on TCU on Tuesday. But they have got to be looking forward to the weekend as much as the rest of us.
Oklahoma State didn’t cause a seismic shift in the Big 12 basketball standings by upsetting Kansas over the weekend at Allen Fieldhouse, but the Cowboys might as well have.
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby has repeatedly said his league prefers its 10-team membership. Protecting it could mean alliances with other conferences.
Bob Huggins hasn’t suffered through a losing season since he was Akron’s coach in 1985. He has won 20 or more games 23 times and advanced to two Final Fours since.
A plane carrying two Oklahoma State University basketball coaches and a couple ferrying them to Arkansas for a recruiting trip was inspected and its muffler repaired about a week before it crashed, killing all four people on board, according to a report released this week.
Take a look at the bottom of the Big 12 standings to find something strange.