The goal of the Friday Afternoon Big12Hoops.com Link Dump is to help you ease into the weekend faster by giving you links that will get you to 5PM faster.

Big 12 North

Colorado Buffaloes: Boulder Daily Camera - Buffs' Sharpe to miss entire basketball season

Kansas Jayhawks: Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas’ Reed can hit big shots

Kansas St. Wildcats: Manhattan Mercury - Wildcats ready to take next step

Iowa St. Cyclones: GoCyclones.com - Cyclones believe all the pieces are in place for a special season

Between the return of superstar forward Craig Brackins, the influx of exciting new talent and the progress made by returning players, there is more buzz around this team than any of the others during the Greg McDermott era.

Nebraska Cornhuskers: Lincoln Journal Star - Anderson, Henry voices of experience for NU's newcomers

Missouri Tigers:  Columbia Daily Tribune - Dooling’s NBA career takes pleasing turns

Big 12 South

Baylor Bears: Baylor Lariat - More than just a name

Superstitions just aren't his thing. Most athletes avoid wearing unlucky No. 13, but junior Ekpe Udoh chose it.

Why?

Friday is his middle name.

Oklahoma Sooners: Tulsa World - OU's Capel: Sooners young but talented

Oklahoma St. Cowboys: Stillwater NewsPress - OSU receives votes in preseason poll

Texas Longhorns: Austin American Statesman - Horns expect Lucas before North Carolina game

Texas A&M Aggies: AggieSports.com - A&M men, women get practice going

Texas Tech Red Raiders: RedRaiders.com -  Kansas, A&M games boost Singletary’s confidence

Non Big 12 Links

True Hoop (NBA) - Mark Warkentien's play-in tournament

This proposal calls for all the games to be played in four or five days after the season ends, which would mean four or five days of, effectively, Game 7s.The call is to have higher-seeded teams play at home, although I wonder if it might be better to skip the travel and have all the games at a neutral site.

ESPN.com - World Series: Umpires blow two calls in Game 2

MLB Daily Dish - LaRussa Returning to Cardinals/McGwire to be Hired as Hitting Coach

CBSSports.com Fantasy Football - Week 8 Start 'Em and Sit 'Em

Fanhouse - Dana White 'Not a Fan' of Amateur MMA

Have a great weekend!