Big XII Week Ahead: February 18 - 24
by awiggo on Feb 17, 2008 9:58 PM CST
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PrintThe Sooners and Bears may have flipped places after last week’s games. OU won two, while Baylor dropped both of their contests. The Big XII still looks like at least a four team league and with the lack of strength in the mid-majors is probably more likely to get six than just four. If the season ended today, OU would be in and Baylor would be out.
The race for the conference championship is looking like a three team race and will become even more so if Texas can take care of business on Monday night. A 14-2 conference record should take the crown.
Kansas 9-2 (Last Week 1-1) The Jayhawks were taken down in Austin but bounced back over the weekend against Colorado. Even with three of their last five coming on the road, I don’t expect Bill Self’s club to lose again.
Week Ahead: at Oklahoma State Saturday
Kansas State 8-2 (Last Week 1-1) The Wildcats also took a spill on the road in their mid-week game but bounced back by throttling Missouri on Saturday. If you missed Michael Beasley’s line, here it is: 40 points (12-of-22 field goals, 14-of-15 FTs) and 17 rebounds! Forget Big XII Player of the Year, Beasley is my pick for National POY. Four of KSU’s final six are on the road.
Week Ahead: at Nebraska on Wednesday and at Baylor on Saturday
Texas 8-2 (Last Week 2-0) The Longhorns followed one of the biggest home wins in their history by playing 37+ minutes of solid basketball in Waco. If only the final three minutes were as impressive. Nonetheless, with four of the final six at home, 12-4, at least, is achievable.
Week Ahead: vs. Texas A&M on Monday and vs. Oklahoma on Saturday
Texas A&M 6-4 (Last week 0-1) The Aggies laid an egg in their only game last week as OSU won their first road game in over two years. A&M goes from the hottest team in the league to a team in desperate need of a road win.
Week Ahead: at Texas on Monday and vs. Nebraska on Saturday
Oklahoma 5-5 (Last Week 2-0) After three straight losses, I was ready to leave the Sooners for dead. Jeff Capel’s club bounced back in a big way with two wins last week and now gets the Bears in Norman, for a game that will separate fifth and sixth places. If OU can get to 8-8, they will be in.
Week Ahead: vs. Baylor on Wednesday and at Texas on Saturday
Baylor 5-5 (Last Week 0-2) The 4-0 conference start is ancient history. The Bears have lost five of their last six and the road doesn’t get any easier. Getting to 8-8 is a stretch but would put them in the NCAAs.
Week Ahead: at Oklahoma on Wednesday and vs. Kansas State on Saturday
Texas Tech 4-6 (Last Week 1-1) Even though the Red Raiders lost on a Sooner heave on Saturday, the first week of the Pat Knight era should be viewed as a success.
Week Ahead: at Colorado on Wednesday and vs. Iowa State on Saturday
Missouri 4-7 (Last Week 1-1) The Tigers rebounded to get a split of their road games last week and now get the work week off.
Week Ahead: vs. Colorado on Saturday
Oklahoma State 4-7 (Last Week 2-0) The Cowboys two year road losing streak is over, as is their 16 game conference road losing streak. OSU held A&M to just 18 second half points to win their second straight. They get a full week to prepare for the Jayhawks.
Week Ahead: vs. Kansas on Saturday
Iowa State 4-7 (Last Week 1-1) The Cyclones won me some money over the weekend. Yeah! Unfortunately, it may have been their final win of the season.
Week Ahead: at Texas Tech on Saturday
Nebraska 3-7 (Last Week 0-2) Instead of winning both their games last week to reach .500 as I speculated they could, the Huskers lost both and are now permanently entrenched in the bottom third of the conference.
Week Ahead: vs. Kansas State on Wednesday and at Texas A&M on Saturday
Colorado 2-8 (Last Week 0-1) If the Buffs are to win more than three conference games, they absolutely must beat Tech this week.
Week Ahead: vs. Texas Tech on Wednesday and at Missouri on Saturday
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baylor vs. ou
baylor hasn't beaten OU since 1977?
by cortexas on Feb 17, 2008 10:19 PM CST reply actions
Tyreke Evans
Rivals is reporting that he will visit Austin in the weekend of OSU game and that we are pretty much in the race for him. Any info on him?
Are we in the hunt for any other 2008 recruit?
Wesley Witherspoon
My bad. Wesley Witherspoon is planning on a visit, not T. Evans! So, now I know we are after at least two 2008 recruits. I was under impression that '08 class will only consist of J'covan Brown.
Either Or
Evans is the more talented player and the one the Horns obviously want more. He will be in Memphis this weekend for his official visit as the Tigers take on Tenn. Memphis is seen as the frontrunner with Texas as a solid #2.
The 2008 class will only be two players and could be just one if both Evans and Witherspoon land elsewhere.
Evans
There was also some noise about Villanova, which may have been wishful thinking. 'Nova already has two good guards, so he would be competing for time.
Before we fall too much in love with Evans, recall that he was the driver in a drive-by shooting last year. His cousin was the shooter and Evans says he didn't know it was going to happen. But that's a red flag for sure.
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Wasn't that J'covan Brown? (I'm not sure, I'm just asking)
Re: Brown
Brown has been suspended for more than a month from his team at Port Arthur Memorial High after receiving a technical foul during a game.
Brown's father, Johnny Ray Brown, said Thursday his son has taken measures that Memorial coach Terrul Henderson said would lead to J'Covan's reinstatement. But Brown, a senior, has not returned to the team.
Johnny Ray Brown said he considers Henderson a friend but added, "We did some things he asked us to do. J'Covan took an anger management class. Then Terrul still turned his back on J'Covan."
Henderson declined to get into a "back and forth" with the Browns. But Henderson did say that J'Covan "violated school district policies, as well as athletic policies. I'm not going to go into details."
Brown was suspended after a game that his team lost to Humble on Dec. 14. Henderson said that Brown received an "unsportsmanlike technical foul" during the first half of that game. Henderson did not allow Brown to play in the second half.
Brown removed his jersey while walking toward the locker room with 30 seconds left in the game, according to the Beaumont Enterprise.
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