The goal of the Friday Afternoon Link Dump is to help you ease into the weekend by giving you things to occupy your time at work until the clock strikes 5pm.

To accomplish that we dive into the top stories from each of the Big 12 school's local papers. We also add a few non-Big 12 links and a YouTube clip for the hell of it.

All the links available after The Jump

Big 12 North

Colorado Boulder Daily Camera - Bzdelik`s CU Buffs back on track

Kansas Lawrence Journal World - Late TV starts for Big Monday not ideal, but mostly unavoidable

Kansas St Manhattan Mercury - Escape artists

Iowa St GoCyclones.com - Brackins saw superstar Anderson emerge in international play

Missouri Columbia Missourian - Long arms help MU men's basketball's Laurence Bowers

Nebraska Lincoln Journal Star - Huskers fall in final moments at No. 7 KSU

Big 12 South

Baylor Waco Tribune- John Werner: Drew's path to 100 wins no easy task at Baylor

Oklahoma Tulsa World- Sports' greatest dynasties

Oklahoma St Tulsa World - A man of his own fashion

Texas Austin American-Statesman - Brown could be the answer, but questions remain

Texas A&M AggieSports.com - CESSNA: A&M oh so close

Texas Tech RedRaiders.com - Roberson might play after injury

Non Big 12 Links

SB Nation - Complete Winter Olympics coverage

Since pitchers and catchers report, starting today (I think today, but this is a basketball blog, so someone might be able to correct me) for most teams, feel free to follow coverage on one of the SB Nation's fantastic baseball blogs.

... and lastly, at the start of conference play the Big 12 was a remarkable 114-1 at home, and now the intra-league play has shown that is it damned tough to win on the road. Basically, all conference schools are putting on for their city.

Evan Pfaff, Senior Editor
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