Associated Press No. 14 Oklahoma State 74, Baylor 72 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Phil Forte stepped to the foul line and Marcus Smart couldn’t bear to watch, so with 2.9 seconds left on the clock in a tie game, Oklahoma State’s star freshman turned around. Lined up along the lane, [...]
Texas Tech tops West Virginia Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For a heart-stopping half-second, Dejan Kravic thought he was too late. Then, just after the ball dropped through the bucket, the buzzer sounded. Texas Tech, after squandering a 14-point lead, had a 71-69 victory over West Virginia in the opening round [...]
Special to RattleandHumSports.com The University of Kansas has earned no less than a share of the 2012-13 Big 12 men’s basketball regular-season title and will be the No. 1 seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship, scheduled for March 13-16 at Sprint Center in Kansas City. It [...]
Special to RattleandHumSports.com Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart has joined an exclusive group of three student-athletes to be named Big 12 Player and Freshman of the Year in the same season, leading the 2013 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball awards. Jeff Withey of Kansas earned Defensive Player of the Year recognition, [...]
By KEVIN LONNQUIST Big 12 Insider It’s March and now the only thing anyone is talking about right now is who is going to make the field of 68 of the upcoming NCAA Tournament. The Big 12 is pretty much going to have five in the field in Kansas, Kansas [...]
By KEVIN LONNQUIST Big 12 Insider Competition can show us two sides of humanity. It can bring out the very best in us and the very worst. We’ve all slept some since the Kansas-Iowa State classic in Ames, IA. this past Monday. But sometimes, a little distance can provide better [...]
Oklahoma State 73, West Virginia 57 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With the shot clock running down, Oklahoma State’s Le’Bryan Nash badly missed a desperation 3-pointer in front of West Virginia’s student section, only to have teammate Brian Williams there all alone under the basket to tip in the errant shot. It [...]
Big 12 Conference Basketball Saturday By KEVIN LONNQUIST Big 12 Insider A run to the Elite 8 augmented by a heralded recruiting class appeared to suggest that Baylor should contend for the Big 12 2012-13 championship. Senior point guard Pierre Jackson was the preseason player of the year. Brady Heslip [...]
Associated Press Oklahoma State 84, Oklahoma 79 STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford can’t remember ever being more down on his team than after a loss in the Bedlam rivalry game last month. He’s got every reason to feel great about the 17th-ranked Cowboys now. Marcus Smart scored [...]
By KEVIN LONNQUIST Big 12 Insider You’ve often heard coaches tell the media and fans that their freshmen are really no longer freshman at this time of year. The youngsters have played about 25 games, know all the particulars of the offensive and defensive systems and been through enough game [...]
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