Filling out the bracket: Big 12 starts stumbling - 13 hours ago - blog.newsok.com

I have the Big 12 going 7-0 in the first round, which seems awfully optimistic. The league basically has three tossup games in the first round, not counting a Texas A&M-Utah State matchup that could be a grinder. Anyway, let’s move on to the second round. Midwest Regional Kansas over UNLV:Won& Read More »;</a></b>
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NCAA Tournament picks: Villanova to win it - 1 day ago - blog.newsok.com

</td> The bracket is out and it’s time to pick the winners in the NCAA’s 65-team bracket. Here’s the truth. If you want to win your bracket, pick all the higher seeds to win every game. You almost surely will win. Just because the NCAA basketball committee is part of the corrupt system t Read More »;</a></b>
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Emails in on Big 12 basketball - 2 days ago - blog.newsok.com

The new emails are in, and lots of talk about Big 12 basketball. Greg: “Great article on Griner and the justice OU won and played clean. I even think Kim’s behavior and commentary mirrored the fact she and her team felt compelled to be on their best deportment. OU’s demeanor helped Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: Sloan's value apparent - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

</td> Texas A&M's Donald Sloan (15) drives by Oklahoma State's Obi Muonelo, left, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in College Station. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel) When the all-Big 12 basketball team was announced,Â; perhaps some were surprised to se Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: KU reaches 2,000 wins - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

</td> Kansas’ 80-68 victory over Texas Tech was win No. 2,000 in Jayhawk history. “It’s exciting to be part of the 2,000th win, because very few programs have that opportunity,” KU center Cole Aldrich said. “I think when we’re all done playing basketball, we’ll lo Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: Kansas survives Tech - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

</td> In Oklahoma City last March, Kansas went home from the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals, with Baylor delivering an upset. Thursday in Kansas City, the Jayhawks seemed on the ropes again. Texas Tech forward Darko Cohadarevic (31) loses the ball in front of Kansas forward Thomas Robinson during the fir Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: KSU a tough matchup for OSU - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Kansas State is a tough matchup for Oklahoma State. The Wildcats are known for guards Jacob Pullen and Denis Clemente, but KSU has much more than those two. “They’ve got a complete team,” Cowboy coach Travis Ford said. “I’ve said all along — I said it after we pla Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: RPI ratings very impressive - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Literally more than a dozen factors go into teams’ selection to and assignments in the NCAA Tournament. But I think the most important factor to the committee is the RPI. The Ratings Percentage Index. The RPI is derived from three elements: 1. Division IÂ; winning percentage, 25 percent; Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: OSU's defense underrated - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

</td> When you play small, as the Oklahoma State Cowboys do, it usually doesn’t hurt your offense. Defense is another matter. The Cowboys really have only two interior players, Matt Pilgrim and Marshall Moses, and Travis Ford rarely plays them together. His forwards are James Anderson and Obi Muonel Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: Crocker sad to see it end - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

</td> Tony Crocker was a rock for the Oklahoma basketball team. A veteran who played in five NCAA Tournament games with Blake and Taylor Griffin was reduced as a senior to trying to keep his team together with an infusion of young players who never meshed. Crocker’s career ended with an 81-67 loss t Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: So long Missouri - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

</td> Kemper Arena is still standing over in Kansas City’s West Bottoms. Missouri would vote to return the Big 12 Tournament to its previous KC home. The Tigers remained 0-for-the-Sprint Center, losing to Nebraska 75-60 Wednesday. Mizzou also lost to Nebraska in the first round at the Sprint Center Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: Another beleaguered Colorado season - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

</td> Colorado doesn’t have a lot of basketball fans. The question is not why there are so few. The question is, why are there so many. Another beleaguered Buff season ended Wednesday. Colorado lost 82-67 to Texas Tech in the Big 12 Tournament at the Sprint Center. The Buffs finish 15-16 in Jeff Bzd Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: NIT! NIT! - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

You can’t say Pat Knight is not a realist. His Texas Tech basketball team just beat Colorado 82-67, a nice victory considering the Buffs routed Tech 101-90 last Saturday and got off to a hot start Wednesday. So Tech’s remains alive for the dream of every also-ran in America: a hot run th Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: Anderson more than player of the year - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Oklahoma State’s James Anderson has been named the Big 12’s player of the year. But there’s sort of an underlying belief that Anderson might not have been selection if the award was named something different. Like MVP. Most Valuable Player. The theory goes this way: Anderson is the Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: Late-season results lessened in value? - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero, chairman of the NCAA basketball committee, conducted a teleconference today, and I learned a few things I didn’t know about the process. 1. The committee takes an initial vote strictly based on what teams should absolutely be in the field. Guerrero says tha Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: Little atmosphere at opening tip - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

The Big 12 Tournament just tipped off, Texas Tech-Colorado, and there couldn’t have been 1,000 fans in the Sprint Center seats at the 11:35 a.m. tip. Since the Big 12 formed, creating a fourth day of the tournament, this first round has been a tough sell for fans. Not necessarily to buy ticket Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: Capel still calls on Coach K - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

It’s been a long season for Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel. One of his few comforts has been periodic chats with his mentor, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Capel played point guard for Coach K back in the ’90s and still frequently talks with Krzyzewski. Coach K makes Capel feel better about this Read More »;</a></b>
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Chat with Berry at 11 a.m. - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

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Big 12: Don't call OSU young - 6 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Oklahoma State basketball coach Travis Ford was talking about his Cowboys yesterday, how talk of seeds and NCAA Tournament placing aren’t high on his priority list. “With as young of a basketball team as we have, we just have to worry about one game at a time,” Ford said. “Le Read More »;</a></b>
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Big 12: Watered-down women's honors - 6 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Someone asked Sherri Coale last Sunday, after Amanda Thompson played a near-perfect game, scoring 29 points to ignite a 95-62 Bedlam rout of Oklahoma State, if Thompson deserved to be first-team all-Big 12. I thought, what? Thompson’s a wonderful player, but she’s not one of the top five Read More »;</a></b>
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Filling out the bracket: Big 12 starts stumbling - 13 hours ago - blog.newsok.com

NCAA Tournament picks: Villanova to win it - 1 day ago - blog.newsok.com

Emails in on Big 12 basketball - 2 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Sloan's value apparent - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: KU reaches 2,000 wins - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Kansas survives Tech - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: KSU a tough matchup for OSU - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: RPI ratings very impressive - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: OSU's defense underrated - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Crocker sad to see it end - 4 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: So long Missouri - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Another beleaguered Colorado season - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: NIT! NIT! - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Anderson more than player of the year - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Late-season results lessened in value? - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Little atmosphere at opening tip - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Capel still calls on Coach K - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Chat with Berry at 11 a.m. - 5 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Don't call OSU young - 6 days ago - blog.newsok.com

Big 12: Watered-down women's honors - 6 days ago - blog.newsok.com