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02/17/2010

Men's basketball: Colorado 77, Oklahoma 67
Cory Higgins scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, and Colorado withstood a late rally to beat Oklahoma 77-67 on Wednesday night.

UT's Damion James: 'We shouldn't be in this position'

Referee Ed Hightower catches the foot of Texas' Jordan Hamilton after he was fouled and fell to the court during the first half.

Despite 24 points from Justin Hamilton and 18 from Damion James, Texas lost at Missouri, 82-77, on Wednesday night, its sixth defeat its past nine games.

Women's basketball: Texas 62, Kansas State 41
Kat Nash scored a game-high 22 points and No. 12 Texas beat Kansas State 62-41 on Wednesday night.

Men's basketball: Oklahoma State 69, Iowa State 64
Obi Muonelo scored a season-high 31 points, including 21 in a row, and Oklahoma State hung on to beat Iowa State 69-64 on Wednesday night.

02/16/2010

Nebraska gives Bo Pelini a base-pay raise to $2.1 million
Nebraska announced Monday that it has added another year to the contract of head coach Bo Pelini and raised his base pay to $2.1 million.

02/14/2010

Texas A&M cultivates crowds, enthusiasm from Aggies

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Mark Turgeon issued a challenge to Texas A&M fans after his team's last basketball home game, a win over Baylor, writes DMN national colleges columnist Chuck Carlton. With No. 1 Kansas next on the team's home schedule, the Aggies' coach wanted no chants of "Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk" at Reed Arena. He'll probably get his wish today when the Aggies host the nation's top-ranked team for the first time.

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No. 1 Kansas pulls away for Self's 400th victory
It took Bill Self less than 17 full seasons to get to 400 wins. He doubts many coaches of his generation will stick around long enough to approach 800, the sort of numbers put up by giants like Bob Knight and Dean Smith.

Men's basketball: No. 9 Kansas State 68, Colorado 51
Frank Martin was determined to stick with his new offense against Colorado's 1-3-1 zone. Even as his team threw the ball away and struggled to get good shots, Kansas State's coach didn't back off his plan.

Women's basketball: No. 3 Nebraska 82, Missouri 78
Kelsey Griffin scored 28 points and Yvonne Turner had two steals and a third key defensive play in the final minute to help No. 3 Nebraska overcome a late deficit and remain unbeaten with an 82-78 win over Missouri on Saturday.

Women's basketball: No. 20 Iowa State 69, No. 11 Baylor 45
For one day at least, Baylor's standout freshman post player Brittney Griner was no match for Iowa State's three first-year centers, as the No. 20 Cyclones routed the 11th-ranked Lady Bears 69-45 on Saturday.

02/13/2010

Texas rebounds, crushes Nebraska, 91-51
Avery Bradley scored 25 points and No. 14 Texas used a big first half to romp to a 91-51 win over Nebraska on Saturday.

Women's basketball: Texas A&M 69, Kansas State 63
Sydney Carter scored a career-high 24 points to help No. 13 Texas A&M overcome a sluggish start and get a 69-63 win over Kansas State on Saturday night.

Women's basketball: No. 12 Oklahoma 65, Colorado 55
After an easy win over Colorado, Oklahoma turned its attention to Monday night's matchup with the No. 1 team in the country.

Women's basketball: No. 14 Texas 85, Kansas 82
Ashleigh Fontenette scored eight of her 20 points in the two overtime periods, including a clutch 3-pointer, to help No. 14 Texas beat Kansas 85-82 on Saturday.

Men's basketball: Udoh's late tip-in gives Baylor 64-62 win over Missouri
Epke Udoh was thinking NBA after his tip-in with 1.3 seconds left gave No. 24 Baylor a 64-62 victory over Missouri on Saturday.

02/11/2010

Women's basketball: Texas 74, Colorado 50
In Boulder, Colo., Ashleigh Fontenette scored 13 points, Cokie Reed added 12, and Texas routed mistake-prone Colorado for its fourth consecutive win.

02/10/2010

Men's basketball: Baylor 55, Nebraska 53
Ekpe Udoh scored the go-ahead basket with 25 seconds left and Quincy Acy made two big defensive plays at the end, giving No. 24 Baylor a 55-53 victory over Nebraska on Wednesday night.

02/09/2010

Longhorns shocked: 'This is the worst we're going to play'

Kansas' Cole Aldrich rejects a shot attempt in the first half of the Jayhawks' win over Texas.

"I don't know what happened; it happened so fast," Texas forward Damion James said after a blowout loss to No. 1 Kansas.

'The worst 11 minutes' in Longhorns coach's career

Longhorn: 'we’re No. 1 in our hearts regardless' of rank

Check out Texas’ new uniforms

UT plummets to 14th in AP poll

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02/07/2010

Free-falling Texas faces Kansas with free throw woes

Head coach Rick Barnes and the Texas Longhorns are finding free throws a frustrating problem.

On a Super Bowl Sunday before a larger-than-usual Big Monday, Texas basketball players talked about the impending showdown with No. 1 Kansas, writes Chuck Carlton. Yet free throw misses may keep Texas from the big time.

02/06/2010

Women's basketball: Nebraska 71, Texas A&M 60
Texas A&M did all it could to try and physically intimidate Nebraska. The fourth-ranked Cornhuskers wouldn't budge, walking away with another victory.

02/03/2010

Big 12 North signees

Men's basketball: Texas A&M 77, Missouri 74
David Loubeau scored all but five of his 17 points in the second half, and Texas A&M held Missouri without a basket for more than 10 minutes of the second half, ending the Tigers' 32-game homecourt winning streak with a 77-74 victory Wednesday night.

02/04/2010

Men's basketball: Baylor 84, Iowa State 63
In Waco, LaceDarius Dunn scored 21 points, including four 3-pointers, Ekpe Udoh had his 11th double-double of the season and Baylor backed up its big win on the road with the victory over Iowa State.

02/03/2010

Women's basketball: Nebraska 88, Oklahoma State 67
Even as she's put up career offensive numbers this season, Yvonne Turner always says her game begins with defense.

Women's basketball: Texas A&M 65, Missouri 55
Danielle Adams was supposed to play for Missouri.

Women's basketball: Baylor 65, Kansas State 47
Pulling her chair away from the table, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey started to stand up, then bent back down to the microphone.

Latest rankings: Where Texas, other Big 12 schools stand in recruiting
Rivals.com rankings of college recruiting classes (latest issue Wednesday, Feb. 3). The list contains total commitments, 5-star, 4-star, 3-star commits and average star ranking.

Nebraska football signings

After win at UT, Baylor returns vs. Iowa State
In its first game since its defeat of Texas in Austin, Baylor men's basketball team hosts Iowa State tonight at the Ferrell Center.

02/01/2010

Kansas tops AP men's poll; Texas ranked ninth, Baylor 20th
Kansas is No. 1 again in The Associated Press' college basketball poll.

NCAA conferences criticized over concussion standards
A member of the House Judiciary Committee criticized the biggest conferences in college athletics Monday for failing to adopt policies on handling athlete concussions that go beyond what's required by the NCAA.

Time for Texas Longhorns to step up

Texas talked a far better game than it played Saturday against Baylor, writes DMN's Chuck Carlton. The Longhorns, once No. 1 and now losers of three of four games, get a chance to prove doubters wrong quickly in two road games.

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01/31/2010

Women's basketball: Kansas State 73, No. 22 Iowa State 67
Ashley Sweat scored 31 points and Kansas State snapped a three-game losing streak with a 73-67 win over No. 22 Iowa State on Sunday.

01/30/2010

Men's basketball: No. 2 Kansas 81, No. 11 Kansas State 79 (OT)
Sherron Collins returned from a debilitating bout with back spasms to score on a hard drive with 9 seconds left in overtime, helping No. 2 Kansas pull out a gritty 81-79 win over No. 11 Kansas State on Saturday night.

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Men's basketball: Nebraska 63, Oklahoma 46
Brandon Richardson scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half and Nebraska pulled away from cold-shooting Oklahoma for a 63-46 victory and its first Big 12 win Saturday night.

Men's basketball: Missouri 95, Oklahoma St. 80
Kim English ended a scoring slump with 20 points and had four of Missouri's 16 3-pointers, helping the Tigers bounce back from their worst loss of the season by whipping Oklahoma State 95-80 on Saturday.

Nebraska-Kansas State football game rescheduled to Oct. 7
A news release from the Nebraska athletic department says the Huskers' game against Kansas State had been scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved to Oct. 7 to accommodate ESPN's broadcast plans.

01/28/2010

Arlington Sam Houston junior QB Turner commits to Nebraska
Arlington Sam Houston junior dual-threat quarterback Jamal Turner said Thursday that he has orally committed to Nebraska, choosing the Huskers over Alabama and Oklahoma.

Men's basketball: Oklahoma 89, Iowa State 84
With its top two scorers injured and in street clothes, Oklahoma built a big lead, then held on to beat Iowa State 89-84 Wednesday night behind Tommy Mason-Griffin and Cade Davis.

01/27/2010

Kansas State squeezes past Baylor, 76-74

Kansas State's Jacob Pullen (right) scored 25 points on just 11 shots and hit the winning free throws.

Kansas State knew about Baylor's imposing zone defense, the Bears' rebounding and sometimes unstoppable LaceDarius Dunn, writes Chuck Carlton. The Wildcats made certain none of those things beat them in a gritty, 76-74 win.

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01/26/2010

OU, Missouri, Baylor ranked in in preseason softball polls
Three Big 12 schools are ranked in the USA Today/NFCA and the ESPN.com/USA Softball preseason polls.

Texas Longhorns veto Thursday football game in Lincoln
Texas has turned down an ESPN request that would have moved the Oct. 16 game at Nebraska into a Oct. 14 broadcast on a Thursday night, the Omaha World-Herald reported.

Men's basketball: No. 2 Kansas 84, Missouri 65
Cole Aldrich dominated Missouri inside with 12 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocked shots, helping No. 2 Kansas run over the rival Tigers, 84-65, Monday night.

01/25/2010

Kansas – not Texas – the team to beat in Big 12

As the Big 12 men's basketball season began, the consensus was clear – there was Kansas and everybody else. Entering the final week in January, it's still Kansas and everybody else, DMN columnist Chuck Carlton writes.

Blog: Colleges

Former Lincoln standout leads Oklahoma State women to win
Former Lincoln star Andrea Riley had 26 points and 11 assists, Tegan Cunningham added 21 points and Oklahoma State fended off Colorado 74-63 on Sunday.

01/23/2010

Men's basketball: Oklahoma State 73, Kansas State 69
James Anderson scored 30 points and Obi Muonelo hit two key 3-pointers in the final minutes to boost Oklahoma State past No. 10 Kansas State 73-69 Saturday, just six days after the Wildcats beat No. 1 Texas on the same court.

Women's basketball: Iowa State 73, Texas 71
Kelsey Bolte scored 19 points, including hitting a 3-pointer that put Iowa State up for good in a 73-71 overtime victory over No. 20 Texas on Saturday.

Women's basketball: Oklahoma 81, Kansas 69
Nyeshia Stevenson scored 21 of her 22 points during an 8-minute stretch as No. 13 Oklahoma opened a wide gap early in the second half and beat Kansas 81-69 Saturday to give coach Sherri Coale her 300th career victory.

Men's basketball: Texas A&M 67, Colorado 63
Donald Sloan scored 18 points, including four late free throws, as Texas A&M beat Colorado 67-63 on Saturday to extend the Buffaloes' Big 12 road misery.

01/22/2010

Kansas coach Self says no more Facebook questions
An annoyed Bill Self said Friday that reports of Tyshawn Taylor's saying on Facebook that he might want to transfer out of Kansas are untrue.

01/20/2010

Men's basketball: Kansas 81, Baylor 75
Sherron Collins had 28 points and hit his fifth 3-pointer with just over a minute left, helping No. 3 Kansas outlast No. 25 Baylor 81-75 Wednesday night.

Men's basketball: Oklahoma State 90, Colorado 78
James Anderson scored 26 points, Marshall Moses had 20 points and 18 rebounds and Oklahoma State snapped a two-game losing streak by beating Colorado 90-78 on Wednesday night.

Men's basketball: Texas Tech 78, Iowa State 71
Mike Singletary scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Texas Tech over Iowa State 78-71 on Wednesday night, giving the Red Raiders their first conference win.

Women's basketball: Oklahoma 62, Missouri 61
Amanda Thompson scored off a rebound with 9.6 seconds left to give No. 13 Oklahoma a 62-61 victory over Missouri on Wednesday night.

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