Big 12 Represents in the NCAA Tournament
by Evan Pfaff on Mar 14, 2010 5:54 PM CDT
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Seven Big 12 teams are going dancing in this year's NCAA Tournament anchored by #1 seed, Kansas Jayhawks.
Joining KU in the Midwest are the Oklahoma St. Cowboys, the 7th seed in the flyover region.
Out West, the Kansas St. Wildcats secured a 2 seed as the lone Big 12 rep there.
In the East, the Texas Longhorns secured the 8 seed and the Missouri Tigers the 10 seed.
And finally in the South, the Baylor Bears got the 3 seed and the Texas A&M Aggies the 5.
First round opponents for all seven teams are:
Kansas - Lehigh
Oklahoma St - Georgia Tech
Kansas St - North Texas
Texas - Wake Forest
Missouri - Clemson
Texas A&M - Utah St
Baylor - Sam Houston St
Instant region by region breakdown from SB Nation: East | Midwest | South | West
See the complete bracket here also feel free to enter the Emerald Underdog Bracket Game for a chance at $10,000
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Survivor Big XII: FINAL Tribal Council
by Evan Pfaff on Mar 14, 2010 5:09 PM CDT
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NOTE: THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT IT WAS TAKEN DOWN UNTIL SUNDAY. YOU ARE NOT SEEING DOUBLE.
Congratulations to the TEXAS A&M AGGIES! Champions of the inaugural "Survivor Big XII." A late push (I mean REALLY late push) helped propel the Aggies to victory. At the start of the Wednesday Big 12 basketball games the Aggies were down nearly 2-to-1, but pulled through to win with 58% of the vote.
The Aggies persevered through thick and thin, and were the beneficiaries of some timely losses by the competition to take home the prize.
This just goes to show you, kids reading at home, that you don't have to be the tallest or the strongest or the fastest to get ahead in life. No, what it tells you is that if you sustain yourself and fight through the bad times that you too can win at anything you put your mind to.
This public service announcement has been brought to you by the number 12 and the letters A and M.
Lastly, I hope everyone had fun with this game. Due to overwhelming popularity it will be back next season, unless I can come up with a cheesier different idea. If you have any thoughts, feel free to submit them to me.
After The Jump, see when all the schools got kicked off.
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Big 12 Tourney Championship Recap... Score, Recap and Player of the Game
by Evan Pfaff on Mar 14, 2010 9:29 AM CDT
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Kansas (1 Seed) - 72
Kansas St (2) - 64
Full Recap
Player of the Game: Marcus Morris, Kansas, 18 pts, 8 reb
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Previewing Saturday's Big 12 Conference Tournament Championship - Predictions and Commentary
by Evan Pfaff on Mar 13, 2010 8:00 AM CST
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No. 1 Kansas vs No. 2 Kansas St - ESPN 5:00 p.m. CST
A great match-up, and a fitting way to end a solid week of play. Intra-state rivals clash in Kansas City, as the Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas St Wildcats meet up for the third time this season. The first meeting was an epic battle that ended with Sherron Collins cementing his Jayhawk legacy. The second meeting, in Lawrence, wasn't as close, as the Jayhawks dominated the Wildcats in all facets of the game.
This one will be somewhere between those two games. Somewhere between overtime and a 17-point blowout. The two-headed partisan crowd, half dressed in red and blue, half dressed in purple will get the Sprint Center a-rockin, but in the end the number one seed will show why they've been the cream of the Big 12 crop all season.
Denis Clemente, Jacob Pullen and Jamar Samuels will put up a good fight, but at the end of the day Collins, Cole Aldrich, the Pick-a-Morris twins, Xavier Henry and company will head into the NCAA tourney as the number one overall seed after getting past K-State in this brutal affair.
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Big 12 Tourney Final Four Recap... Scores, Recaps and Players of the Games
by Evan Pfaff on Mar 12, 2010 11:15 PM CST
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We're down to two teams left. The number one seed and their intra-state rivals. Both could have lost on Friday night, having trailed in their games, but both found a way to pull through.
After the Jump see complete scores, recaps and players of the games for each of the two games.
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Previewing Friday's Big 12 Conference Tournament Action - Predictions and Commentary
by Evan Pfaff on Mar 12, 2010 9:01 AM CST
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All four top seeds advanced on Thursday, making for some interesting games on Friday.
No. 1 Kansas vs No. 4 Texas A&M - Big 12 Network 6:00 p.m. CST
I wouldn't say Kansas was close to being upset by Texas Tech, but it was a close game.
I wouldn't say Texas A&M was close to being upset by Nebraska, but it was a close game.
So one might say that both teams are looking for their grove after coming off close games. Luckily for KU, though, they are loaded and playing a virtual home game. Sure Lawrence is still 40 minutes outside of the Sprint Center, but tell that to the completely partisan crowd. There will be more red and blue in attendance than maroon and white. Oh yeah, that and KU is absolutely LOADED. The Jayhawks need to contain Donald Sloan on the perimeter, and Sherron Collins and Xavier Henry will be up for the task. They also need to contain Bryan Davis down low, and they've got Cole Aldrich and the Morris twins to take care of that. And once they've locked those guys down, they might as well start thinking about the breakfast buffet at the Sheraton, because they are spending another night in the City of Fountains.
No. 2 Kansas St. vs No. 3 Baylor - Big 12 Network 8:30 p.m. CST
These teams are stock full of superstars, making this the game of the conference tourney I have been waiting for. K-State has Jacob Pullen, Denis Clemente and Thursday's star Jamar Samules. Baylor has Tweety Carter, LaceDarius Dunn and Ekpe Udoh starting for them. All told you have 5 on the Big 12 Hoops All Big 12 Squads, including the defensive player of the year, and the conference's official 6th man of the year. So this should be a good and close one, one I wouldn't be surprised to see going into overtime. In the end, though, it'll be Udoh's defense that rattles the Wildcats just enough to squeak out the W.
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Tweet of the Day: Baylor coach Scott Drew
Baylor moves to Big 12 semi-final with a 86-67 win over Texas. Baylor's Rpi is up to # 7 in the country. Sic'em Bears!
via @BUDREW
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Big 12 Tourney 2nd Round Recap... Scores, Recaps and Players of the Games
by Evan Pfaff on Mar 11, 2010 11:02 PM CST
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The headline nationally is that Kansas won its 2000th game, but in local news I don't have to sell plasma to pay off a what I thought would be a breeze of a statement.
Thanks to the Texas A&M Aggies, I am not on the hook for paying all commenters to the tournament preview $100 each, as I said I would if Nebraska won the whole thing. The Corn did scare me on Wednesday when they took out Missouri, but the Aggies gigged 'em and live to see another day.
In the late game, the low seeds also swept, thanks in large part K-State's Jamar Samuels who picked a good time to score a career high and Ekpe Udoh who proved his worth as newcomer of the year.
See all the scores, recaps and players of the games after The Jump.
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Big Twelve Conference Standings
(updated 11.6.2009 at 3:30 PM CST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
Texas Longhorns
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Texas A&M Aggies
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Texas Tech Red Raiders
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Nebraska Cornhuskers
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Missouri Tigers
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Iowa St. Cyclones
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Kansas Jayhawks
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Kansas St. Wildcats
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baylor Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Colorado Buffaloes
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Oklahoma Sooners
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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