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Texas, as mentioned, went to overtime in Lawrence Saturday. TCU, forced to play the Jayhawks twice in the final week due to a COVID postponement earlier, beat the Jayhawks in Fort Worth and lost by four points in Lawrence. Tech still looks like one of three teams with a reasonable chance to win this tournament, and whoever wins the first game Thursday between Texas and TCU might grab enough momentum just in winning that contest to compete with Kansas the next day. They swept not just the hated Longhorns but the more powerful Baylor Bears as well. It wasn’t but a month ago that Tech looked like the best team in this conference, not only surviving the loss of Coach Chris Beard to Texas but thriving under the guidance of Coach Mark Adams. They scored one basket the rest of the way in a 52-51 defeat. The Red Raiders held a 49-41 lead with 9:30 to go. Tech lost to TCU and Oklahoma State on its final two Saturdays, and the defeat in Stillwater to a team ineligible for this conference tournament was particularly troubling. Texas Tech is one of the nation’s better teams searching for its offensive handle right now. Ask 8th-ranked Villanova about its trip to Waco in December - a 57-36 defeat that marked the lowest score by a top 10 team since the shot clock was created (ironically in the wake of Villanova’s slow-motion 66-64 NCAA title win over Georgetown) in 1985. For better or worse, the Big 12 is viewed as a defensive hotbed, and there is little doubt these teams, at their best, will make you work for every basket. In fact, all the teams are in need of an offensive jolt during their time in Kansas City. That hardly means that nothing is at stake. Texas Tech factors in somewhere pretty high, probably a three, while Texas has sputtered its way to a 5 or 6 seed. According to ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi (a calling I only wish I had thought of back in 1976), no one in the Big 12 is “on the bubble.” Even Iowa State and TCU are believed to have locked up single-digit spots (no worse than 10 seeds even if they fizzle Thursday) while Baylor and Kansas are battling each other along with Auburn and Kentucky for No. Newcomer of the year - Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State.ĪP All-Big 12 Voting Panel: Eric Bailey, Tulsa World Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News Jesse Crittenden, Norman Transcript Brian Davis, Austin American-Statesman Drew Davison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Arne Green, Salina Journal Justin Jackson, The Dominion Post Eric Kelly, KWKT-TV, Waco, Texas Eli Lederman, Tulsa World Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star Randy Peterson, Des Moines Register Ryan Pritt, Charleston Gazette-Mail Kellis Robinett, Wichita Eagle Carlos Silva Jr., Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Matt Tait, Lawrence Journal-World Jacob Unruh, The Oklahoman John Werner, Waco Tribune-Herald.The teams I will watch this week in Kansas City are of a different mindset. Player of the year - Ochai Agbaji, Kansas. Taz Sherman, West Virginia, 6-4, 190, Sr., Missouri City, Texas.Ĭoach of the year - Mark Adams, Texas Tech. Timmy Allen, Texas, 6-6, 210, Sr., Mesa, ArizonaĬhristian Braun, Kansas, 6-7, 218, Jr., Burlington, Kansas.Īdam Flagler, Baylor, 6-3, 185, Jr., Duluth, Georgia. Nijel Pack, Kansas State, 6-0, 180, So., Indianapolis.īryson Williams, Texas Tech, 6-8, 240, Sr., Fresno, California. Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State, 6-4, 196, Sr., Philadelphia. James Akinjo, Baylor, 6-1, 190, Sr., Oakland, California. U-Ochai Agbaji, Kansas, 6-5, 215, Sr., Kansas City, Missouri. The 2022 AP All-Big 12 team, with players listed with school, height, weight, class and hometown (“u-” denotes unanimous selections): The second-team picks are Kansas junior Christian Braun, Baylor junior Adam Flagler, Texas senior Timmy Allen, TCU sophomore Mike Miles Jr., and West Virginia senior Taz Sherman. the Big East dissolved for football and the On the latest AP Top 25 College.

The 14th-ranked Red Raiders (23-7), who went from unranked the first five polls to as high as ninth, finished 18-0 at home. Its your turn to play master of the NCAA football conference realignment.

First-year Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger got the other two votes after the Cyclones went from two wins last year to 20.Īdams was promoted to head coach at his alma mater after Chris Beard left for Texas. Adams got eight votes, one more than Baylor coach Scott Drew, who woneach of the previous two seasons. Texas Tech’s Mark Adams was picked coach of the year in a close vote. Post players having big impact on women's NCAA Tournament