Big 12 baseball champion Kansas State took home top individuals honors by the conference on Tuesday, led by player of the year Ross Kivett. The Big 12 also announced that it was moving the start of its tournament in Oklahoma City, scheduled to begin on Wednesday, to Thursday because of Monday’s tornado disaster in nearby Moore.
Most outstanding player Jeff Withey of champion Kansas was joined on the all-Big 12 Tournament team by teammate Perry Ellis, K-States Rodney McGruder and Angel Rodriguez and Oklahoma States Marcus Smart.
The Sprint Center crowd of 19,256 for Saturday’s Big 12 tournament title game broke the single-session record of 19,160 set during Friday’s semifinals.
Missouris break for the SEC is mostly viewed along party lines, but the Big 12 tournament figured to be a loser no matter what. A large, vocal fan base had left the party. The best weekend in Kansas City sports would take a hit. Maybe that will happen someday. But not this weekend.
Kansas State has struggled to score at times under first-year coach Bruce Weber, but the Wildcats reached a new low during the first half of a 70-54 loss to Kansas in the championship game of the Big 12 tournament.
The old joke that the Big 12 is Kansas and nine other schools in football and mens basketball isnt so funny anymore. Not when it comes to basketball, anyway. While KU's dominance against K-State is obviously a point of pride for Kansas, its also bad for the program.
Businesses are beefing up service and offering special prices and deals to draw in Big 12 fans. Most of the game-day specials are concentrated in the P&L District, but other nearby operations are getting into the spirit, too.
Kansas State's 68-57 win against Oklahoma State sets up a showdown with Kansas on Saturday for the Big 12 Tournament title. The Tigers are out of the SEC Tournament after a 64-62 loss to Mississippi in Nashville.
K-State beat Oklahoma State 68-57 on Friday in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament at Sprint Center to advance to its first title game since its loss to Kansas in 2010. Rodney McGruder was the main reason why. On a night when neither teams offense flowed the way it did during their regular-season meetings, McGruder couldnt be stopped. The senior wing, playing like a man on a mission, scored a game-high 25 points.
Kansas State beat Texas 66-49 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament, advancing to the semifinals for the first time since 2010. The Wildcats will play Oklahoma State at 9 p.m. Friday.
Using only six players, three of whom played at least 37 minutes, the Kansas State women beat Texas 51-49 on Brittany Chambers layup at the buzzer Friday night in Dallas. The Wildcats advanced to the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals against top-seeded Baylor at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
After several years of NCAA Tournament success in the early rounds, the Big 12 wound up 2013 with a paltry 3-5 record. It’s the fewest NCAA Tournament victories for league since 2001.
Top-seeded Kansas blew out Texas Tech 91-63 on Thursday in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals at the Sprint Center, setting up a semifinal matchup against Iowa State, which is seeking revenge after two close losses to the Jayhawks this season.
The Power & Light District was, well, not exactly hopping at noon Friday. Yes, a decent-sized crowd had gathered to eat lunch, enjoy the warm weather and watch some youngsters play basketball