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02/28/2010

Men's basketball: No. 6 Kansas State 63, Missouri 53
Curtis Kelly had a double-double, Jamar Samuels scored 14 points and No. 6 Kansas State overcame an ugly first 15 minutes to pull out a defense-dominated 63-53 victory over Missouri on Saturday night.

Women's basketball: No. 3 Nebraska 67, Missouri 51
Nebraska cut down the nets three nights after winning its first Big 12 title. The third-ranked and unbeaten Cornhuskers made merry with their fans after dispatching last-place Missouri, 67-51, Saturday.

Women's basketball: No. 17 Baylor 70, Kansas 47
Brittney Griner scored 21 points and blocked 10 shots to help No. 17 Baylor rout Kansas 70-47 on Sunday night.

02/27/2010

Men's basketball: Nebraska 83, Texas Tech 79 (2 OT)
Sek Henry scored seven of his 21 points in the second overtime and Nebraska ended a seven-game losing streak with an 83-79 victory over Texas Tech that put a dent in the Red Raiders' NIT hopes on Saturday.

Women's basketball: Texas A&M 95, Colorado 61
Adaora Elonu scored a career-high 21 points, Danielle Adams had 19 and No. 12 Texas A&M routed Colorado 95-61 on Saturday.

Oklahoma State upsets No. 1 Kansas
James Anderson scored 27 points, Keiton Page was perfect on four 3-point tries at crucial times and Oklahoma State denied a bid by No. 1 Kansas to go undefeated through Big 12 play with an 85-77 victory on Saturday.

02/23/2010

Kansas State rolls over Texas Tech, 83-64
Jacob Pullen scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half to lead No. 6 Kansas State to its sixth consecutive victory, an 83-64 win over Texas Tech on Tuesday night.

02/22/2010

Texas, Texas A&M and Baylor in last five of AP men's Top 25
Texas, which was ranked No. 1 last month for the first time in school history, is at the lowest ranking of the season after dropping from 15th to No. 21. Texas A&M will be in two of this week's games between ranked teams.

02/21/2010

Big 12 may roll a lucky seven come tournament time

In a recent mock NCAA Tournament bracket, the Big 12 had seven teams among the field of 65, writes DMN's Chuck Carlton.

Wisconsin AD: Texas nowhere in initial Big Ten study

Sherrington on Mike Leach

Blog: Colleges

Wisconsin AD: Texas nowhere in initial Big Ten study
Maybe it's a smokescreen. Maybe it got lost in the fine print. Or maybe the Big Ten really isn't targeting Texas like a lot of people think, based on that report in a Kansas newspaper.

Men's basketball: No. 1 Kansas 94, Colorado 74
Bill Self could kick himself.

Women's basketball: No. 3 Nebraska 89, Colorado 73
Nebraska coach Connie Yori looked at the statistics sheet and shook her head.

Women's basketball: No. 13 Iowa State 55, Missouri 42
Chelsea Poppens scored 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to help No. 13 Iowa State beat Missouri 55-42 on Saturday night.

Men's basketball: Missouri 74, Nebraska 59
Marcus Denmon was feeling it Saturday, pouring in a career-high 24 points to lead Missouri past Nebraska 74-59.

Women's basketball: No. 11 Oklahoma 64, Kansas State 58
Nyeshia Stevenson led all scorers with 24 points and No. 11 Oklahoma overcame a 21-point deficit to defeat Kansas State 64-58 on Sunday.

02/20/2010

Kansas State hands Oklahoma its fourth straight loss
Denis Clemente scored 27 points and led a 3-point barrage by No. 7 Kansas State, propelling the Wildcats to an 83-68 victory against scuffling Oklahoma on Saturday.

Aggies win third straight road game
Texas A&M's Donald Sloan put it best: There's a fine line between winning and losing in the brutal Big 12.

02/19/2010

Beebe: Big 12 can remain among best

Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe is optimistic about the future of the conference.

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Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe doesn't expect his conference to be torn apart, writes Chuck Carlton. But he's not ignoring challenges facing the league in the current unstable college environment.

Sherrington: Eyes of Texas could wander

Would UT jump? | Pros, cons

Point-counterpoint: Does UT to Big Ten make sense?

Big Ten network enticing

Many think Texas won't want Big Ten

Blog: Colleges

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.

Blog: Colleges

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

Box score

Colleges blog

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.

Blog: Colleges

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.

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