A look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12 Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND
No. 20 Texas at No. 10 Baylor, Saturday. The winner stays in the thick of the Big 12 race with Kansas. The Longhorns (18-6, 7-4 Big 12) are hot, having won five of six after their hard-earned
LOOKING AHEAD
TCU (16-5, 5-4) has a big opportunity to enhance its NCAA Tournament resume when it visits No. 9 Texas Tech on Saturday. The Horned Frogs get back 15-point-per-game scorer Mike Miles, who has missed two with a wrist injury. The Red Raiders (18-6, 7-4) are coming off a 70-55 loss at Oklahoma, ending a three-game win streak. TCU is 4-1 on the road this season but hasn't won in Lubbock since 2015.
The other game involving a ranked team has Oklahoma (14-10, 4-7) at No. 8 Kansas (19-4, 8-2). Last month the Sooners pushed KU before losing 67-64.
PLAYER TO WATCH
West Virginia's
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Twelve of the 16 players on Kansas State's roster have combined to miss 79 games. Mark Smith is the only player to start all 23 games as injuries and COVID-19 protocols have forced head coach Bruce Weber to use 10 different starting lineups. ... Texas has posted a 48-8 advantage in points off turnovers against its last two opponents. The Longhorns tallied a 24-2 margin last Saturday against Iowa State and a 24-6 edge on Monday against Kansas. ... Iowa State's Izaiah Brockington is on pace to become the first Cyclone to average 16 points and eight rebounds per game since Melvin Ejim in 2013-14.
ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE
No. 12 Oklahoma hosts No. 16 Texas on Saturday in the game of the weekend. The Sooners (20-3, 9-2) are on a four-game winning streak featuring two top-10 wins, including
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