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No. 15 Baylor is led by Dennis and Nunn in win over No. 7 Kansas, which has first consecutive losses
WACO, Texas (AP) — RayJ Dennis and Jayden Nunn shot perfectly in the second half for No. 15 Baylor, and both were right in the middle of a game-turning run to beat seventh-ranked Kansas. Nunn had consecutive fastbreak layups 25 seconds apart to ignit...
Nunn hits big 3s in key run, finishes with 27 points as No. 12 Baylor beats No. 25 Oklahoma 79-62
WACO, Texas (AP) — After Jayden Nunn hit the go-ahead 3-pointer for No. 12 Baylor, his teammates kept getting him the ball. And he kept making the shots. Nunn scored a season-high 27 points, including three 3-pointers in the go-ahead run before h...
Big 12 goes into final weekend with title game matchup still undetermined
The Big 12 goes into the final weekend of the regular season with its championship game matchup still undetermined. Seventh-ranked Texas would get in with a win over Texas Tech on Friday night. Three teams are a game behind the one-loss Longhorns in...
Oklahoma reaches midpoint of final Big 12 season with top coach and players in AP vote
Oklahoma is already piling up plenty of accolades in its final Big 12 season. A year after their first losing season since 1998 and the week after a comeback Red River rivalry win over Texas, the fifth-ranked Sooners (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) are the...
Big 12 goes from endangered to bigger before No. 11 Texas and No. 20 Oklahoma leave for SEC
The Big 12 was on the endangered list again two summers ago when the only remaining conference members with national championships set off another round of realignment when they said they were switching leagues. With Texas and Oklahoma going into...
Big 12 notebook: Oklahoma State loses lot of starters in transfer portal; Title game staying put
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma State lost at least eight starters among the 18 players who went into the transfer portal since last season. The Cowboys also added 14 players from the portal. "I attribute it to the times," coach Mike Gundy said W...
Big 12 brings Malzahn and Holgorsen back into Power Five as part of league's four new teams
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Gus Malzahn is back in a Power Five conference with UCF prepping for its first season in the Big 12, where Houston coach Dana Holgorsen is again overseeing a team's transition into the league like he did just more than a d...
Baylor women showing they can win, even without Big 12 title
There will be no Big 12 regular-season title for the Baylor women for the first time in 13 seasons, and the Bears won't get to open the NCAA Tournament on their home court as had pretty much become a given over the past decade. But even without...
Big 12 hasn't had top-to-bottom start like this in a decade
From top to bottom, the Big 12 hasn't started conference play like this in a decade. No. 11 Kansas State has already surpassed last season's overall win total and made an impressive Top 25 poll debut this week after being picked to finish last in...
TCU dominates AP Big 12 honors, led by QB Duggan and Dykes
TCU quarterback and Heisman Trophy finalist Max Duggan is The Associated Press Big 12 offensive player of the year in a unanimous vote, as was the selection of Sonny Dykes for coach of the year after his first season with the Horned Frogs. Kansas...
No. 3 TCU loses 31-28 in OT to K-State in Big 12 title game
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ty Zentner kicked a 31-yard field goal in overtime as 13th-ranked Kansas State beat No. 3 TCU 31-28 in the Big 12 championship game Saturday, leaving the Horned Frogs to wait another day to find out if they had already done e...
TCU rallies for 43-40 win in 2 OTs over No. 8 Oklahoma St
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kendre Miller scored on a 2-yard run in the second overtime and 13th-ranked TCU beat No. 8 Oklahoma State 43-40 in a matchup of the Big 12's last remaining undefeated teams Saturday. Fans stormed the field after Miller got i...
No. 9 Oklahoma St fueled by B12 title loss to No. 17 Baylor
WACO, Texas (AP) — Ninth-ranked Oklahoma State came up only inches short of a Big 12 championship in its last meeting against Baylor. "We use it to fuel us," Cowboys running back Dominic Richardson said this week. Nearly 10 months after that Big 1...
Big 12's first full league weekend has title game rematch
Some things to watch in Week 5 of the Big 12 season, the first full weekend of conference games: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 9 Oklahoma State at No. 16 Baylor. A rematch of last season's Big 12 title game that the Bears won 21-16 when safety Jairon McVea...
Big 12 last time at 10 teams; Oklahoma State seeks 2nd title
The Big 12 is going into its 12th and final season as a 10-team conference. Oklahoma State's only Big 12 championship came in 2011, the league's first season with 10 teams. Oklahoma State come up inches short in last year's conference title game in...
No. 7 Oklahoma St. will find out Big 12 title game opponent
Things to watch on the final weekend of the regular season in the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 10 Oklahoma at No. 7 Oklahoma State. There could be an unprecedented double dose of Bedlam this season. Oklahoma State (10-1, 7-1, CFP No. 7)...
No. 18 Baylor 27-14 win ends No. 4 Oklahoma 17-game streak
WACO, Texas (AP) — Gerry Bohanon had a hard time finding the words to describe just how he felt after 18th-ranked Baylor ran over Oklahoma, ending the fourth-ranked Sooners' nation's-best 17-game winning streak. The hard-nosed quarterback does know w...
Red River rivalry at fair highlights week with Big 12 byes
Some things to watch in Week 6 of the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 6 Oklahoma vs. No. 21 Texas. While the Red River rivalry won't be a Big 12 game too much longer, the six-time defending Big 12 champion Sooners (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) and...
Big 12 coaches says swift expansion solidified league future
Kansas State coach Chris Klieman says he was never worried the Big 12 would disband or become irrelevant, even with the lingering questions about the conference's future when Oklahoma and Texas head to the Southeastern Conference. "I knew none of...
Butler did it: Baylor guard named AP Big 12 player of year
Baylor guard Jared Butler is The Associated Press Big 12 player of the year after helping the Bears win their first conference title, averaging 17.1 points while leading the league in 3-point shooting and steals. Butler finished third in the Big 12...
Gators rattled: No. 8 Oklahoma routs Florida in Cotton Bowl
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lincoln Riley will remember this Oklahoma season for a long time. It took a lot to get to the end of it — with two significant trophies. The No. 8 Sooners navigated through the season played under the cloud of a pandemic, and...
Florida-Oklahoma in Cotton Bowl dozen years after title game
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dan Mullen has been part of two national championships with Florida, the last for the Gators coming in a win over Oklahoma in his final game as their offensive coordinator before leaving for his first head coaching job. That B...
No. 12 Sooners win 6th B12 title in row, 27-21 over Iowa St
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley remembered two specific moments right after the No. 12 Sooners won their sixth consecutive Big 12 championship. There was the uncertainty of what was next when players were sent home after one s...
Cotton Bowl: Big 12 champ Oklahoma vs SEC runner-up Florida
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma will returning to the stadium where the Sooners just won their sixth Big 12 championship in a row to play SEC runner-up Florida in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 30. The only other time Oklahoma and Florida played each o...
Stoner 3 TD catches for Oklahoma State in 42-3 win at Baylor
WACO, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma State receiver Dillon Stoner got behind the secondary on the second play of the game and caught the ball in stride. The tone was quickly set for the Cowboys. That 75-yard catch-and-run was the first of Stoner's three t...
