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Big 12, SEC Men’s Basketball Challenge Set For 2013

It had been talked about for the better part of a year, and on Tuesday the talk turned to action. The Big 12 and Southeastern Conference will begin an annual basketball challenge series, beginning with…Read More

Kansas Lands Nation’s Top High School Basketball Recruit

If anyone doubted that Kansas men’s basketball would land solidly on its feet even after losing all five of its starters from last season’s NCAA Sweet 16 team, you can dismiss all concerns…Read More

Kansas Assistant The New Top Man At ‘Cinderella’ Florida Gulf Coast

Ten-year Kansas  basketball assistant Joe Dooley is the new head coach at Florida Gulf Coast, a school that virtuall nobody had heard of before this year’s NCAA Basketball Championship. That’s…Read More

Big 12 Women End Season As Top Conference In RPI

For the Big 12 men, the 2012-13 basketball season was a down year in terms of comparative strength with other top conferences arcross the college basketball landscape. That was not the story with the women,…Read More

Baylor’s Brittany Griner Top Pick Overall; 7 Others From Big 12 Taken In WNBA Draft

Baylor superstar Brittany Griner has set more records in her four brilliant years  in the Big 12 Conference and in women’s college basketball than you can count on both yours and my hands. And…Read More

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Kansas Basketball Coach Bill Self Is 2013 Wooden Legends of Coaching Honoree

Kansas head basketball coach Bill Self joins Baylor’s Brittany Griner as a Wooden Award winner…Read More

Baylor Superstar Brittany Griner A Slam Dunk For Women’s Wooden Award

Her Baylor Lady Bears fell short in their bid for a second consecutive NCAA women’s national championship,…Read More

Kansas’ Jeff Withey Honored For Top Defensive Skills By Coaches Association

With Louisville having captured the top prize in men’s college basketball’s this season…Read More

Baylor’s Brittany Griner Has No Business Even Considering The NBA

There is a lot of tak about Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban using one of his team’s picks…Read More

Baylor Runs Table To Men’s NIT Basketball Championship

Baylor won a national championship in basketball on Thursday, but it wasn’t the  Baylor team that…Read More

Three From Big 12 Selected To Play In NABC All-Star Game

Three players from the Big 12 will participate in this year’s annual all-star game hosted by the…Read More

Kansas State Women Run Out Of Gas In WNIT Semifinals

The Kansas State men’s basketball season came to an abrupt close a couple of weeks ago in the…Read More

Baylor Men Didn’t Get To Big Dance, But Now A Win Away From Next Best Thing

Every college basketball team enters the season full of hope, promise and the goal of ending the season…Read More

Texas Tech Hires Veteran Men’s College Basketball Coach Tubby Smith

Veteran college basketball coach Tubby Smith will become the new head coach at Texas Tech, according…Read More

Big 12 Sends A Dozen Teams To NCAA Dance; All 12 Were Gone Before Elite 8

The Big 12 men’s teams fell by the wayside early, but there were still three women’s teams…Read More

2013 NCAA Tournament: Should Kansas Feel Better About Michigan Being Final Four Bound?

Kansas Jayhawk fans undoubtedly are still reeling from the meltdown of their beloved basketball team…Read More

Kansas State Dominates 3rd Opponent, Moves On To Women’s NIT Semifinal

Kansas State had three scorers in double figures, led by senior Brittany Chambers’ 21 points,…Read More

Big 12 Basketball Coaches Cashing In On Season’s Success

For all but one Big 12 school, the 2012-13 men’s basketball season is over. But that’s only…Read More

Big 12 March Madness: Kansas’ Sweet 16 Loss To Michigan Of Its Own Making

There was no waving wheat in celebration of another Kansas Jayhawk victory Friday night at Cowboys Stadium…Read More

Kansas State Women Not To Be Overlooked In Basketball Postseason

In this space recently, I have recognized the Big 12 teams other than the Kansas Jayhawks who are still…Read More