The Big 12 tournament got underway today, and so far the only upset was #9 Oklahoma over #8 Iowa St (Baylor leads Mizzou by 13 at half).
When the games were played in Kansas City's Kemper Arena, Kemper became known as Allen Fieldhouse East becuase of KU's dominance in both the Big 8/12 tournaments and their run in the NCAA tournament (Danny Manning's 1988 team won the Final Four there).
Texas A&M doesn't have nearly any mounmental achievements in any building in basketball. But with the hectic life that is conference tournament times, an all-chalk Big 12 final could be a match up of number one seeds (as could the Big Ten's final) as UCLA lost to Cal today. (Sorry Pac 10, you don't get your own article)
Again all times are central.
Game 5: #1 Kansas v #9 Oklahoma -- Friday 11:30
Speaking of the 1988 National Championship, here's the rematch. For the past several years Oklahoma and Kansas have been the two most successful programs in the confernce, with each reaching a Final Four. Kansas has won the Big 12 four times, while OU is in second with three victories, while only two of the ten championship games have not featured at least one of these teams (both made it 1998 and 2002). So it's odd for a Big 12 fan like myself to see this game come so early in the weekend. Oh well. The two teams met not too long ago in Norman, just a short drive to OKC, with Kansas taking a two-point victory. It's Kansas' desire to be a number one seed v Oklahoma's home court advantage (although KU fans travel very well, see game v Flordia in Las Vegas). Brandon Rush scores a million, KU wins.
Game 6: #5 Texas Tech v #4 Kansas St -- 2:00
Tech should be in the tournament, K-State will be fighting for a spot with this game. Win and the Wildcats probably get into the tournament, and some how the Big 12 gets five teams. The teams met in Manhattan earlier in the season, with Tech pulling off a huge win by 10. I don't see Bobby Knight leaving any doubt in the minds of the selection committee. Tech wins big.
Game 7: #2 Texas A&M v #7 Oklahoma St -- 6:00
Oklahoma State really needs a good run in the tournament to get a good conversation as an at-large, beating A&M would sure put them back into major consideration. Aggies are just too good, as shown by the Aggies sweep over OSU by a combined score of 133-95. Aggies end OSU's at-large hopes, even with what should be a home-court advantage for OSU.
Game 8: #3 Texas v #11 Baylor/#6 Missouri -- 8:20
Baylor should be in this game, and I'm glad for the Bears, with their partial death penalty last season, they're starting to put together a team which can compete in this league. Sadly, the Mizzou-Baylor game isn't over yet, so I need to talk about Mizzou. Mizzou sucks, and hopefully a loss to Baylor ends their entire season. Oh, Texas is just too good for either team. Texas routs. By the way, did you see that Texas-KU game? Too sweet.
Ruben's Semifinal Match Ups or RSMUs
#1 Kansas v #5 Texas Tech
#2 Texas A&M v #3 Texas --OMG!!!11!!11!!1!
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