Big 12 Basketball Beat '23-24

[longtimefan]

BYU survives at UCF. Big 12 finding out what we already knew, playing at UCF is a pain in the butt.

[GoBearcats31]

“Mikey Williams, who officially left Memphis earlier this week after clearing up legal issues, announces he has committed to UCF.

Williams was once considered an elite recruit.

Big week for Uncle Johnny and the Knights.”

[Lobot]

Final: @ UCF 65, KS 60.

We'll never hear the end of the chirping,

Vegas big mad.

[swilsonsp4]

Final: @ UCF 65, KS 60.

We'll never hear the end of the chirping,

[GoBearcats31]

Big 12 play kicks off on Saturday, including a tripleheader on ESPN2 (all times listed ET):

2:00 p.m. TCU at #2 Kansas (CBS)
2:00 p.m. WVU at #3 Houston (ESPN+)
3:00 p.m. #18 Baylor at Okla. State (ESPN+)
6:00 p.m. Iowa State at #11 Oklahoma (ESPN+)
6:00 p.m. UCF at Kansas State (ESPN2)
8:00 p.m. Texas Tech at #20 Texas (ESPN2)
10:00 p.m. Cincinnati at #12 BYU (ESPN2)

It looks like UC will have a game every Saturday from here on out, which is a welcome change after the regular Sunday games in AAC play (one Monday, the rest on Tuesdays/Wednesdays)

Also, 5 of UC's first 6 league games area against ranked teams (they do not play Houston until February, but play the other five ranked teams within the next three weeks).

Houston pounds WVU by 34

Kansas escapes TCU by 2, and sounds like they had a favorable whistle in the last minute to help get the W

[bearcatbret]

Some local news:
Midseason check-in: Bearcats preparing for conference play in first Big 12 season (wlwt.com)

[GoBearcats31]

Baylor opened a new arena last night -- UC heads there in 10 days https://apnews.com/article/baylor-ba...c8ca7a28712cc8

[GoBearcats31]

Big 12 play kicks off on Saturday, including a tripleheader on ESPN2 (all times listed ET):

2:00 p.m. TCU at #2 Kansas (CBS)
2:00 p.m. WVU at #3 Houston (ESPN+)
3:00 p.m. #18 Baylor at Okla. State (ESPN+)
6:00 p.m. Iowa State at #11 Oklahoma (ESPN+)
6:00 p.m. UCF at Kansas State (ESPN2)
8:00 p.m. Texas Tech at #20 Texas (ESPN2)
10:00 p.m. Cincinnati at #12 BYU (ESPN2)

It looks like UC will have a game every Saturday from here on out, which is a welcome change after the regular Sunday games in AAC play (one Monday, the rest on Tuesdays/Wednesdays)

Also, 5 of UC's first 6 league games area against ranked teams (they do not play Houston until February, but play the other five ranked teams within the next three weeks).

[GoBearcats31]

West Virginia is 4-7, which includes home losses to Monmouth and Radford last night - despite getting some two-time transfers eligible recently

UC plays there 1/31 and then hosts WVU on Senior Day in March

[Lobot]

Houston's Terrance Arceneaux is done for the season with an achilles injury.

[Lobot]

Big boy basketball for us to gauge oversleves against tonight. ESPN doubleheader with Baylor vs Duke and UNC vs. Oklahoma starting at 7:00. The frst game is at MSG and the second at Charlotte's NBA arena

[GoBearcats31]

Houston guard Terrance Arceneaux has a torn Achilles and will miss rest of season, per Kelvin Sampson

[GoBearcats31]

Numerous Big 12 teams playing high major competition this weekend

Saturday
#19 Texas hosts LSU
#2 Kansas travels to Indiana
#6 Baylor travels to Michigan State
#4 Houston hosts Texas A&M
Texas Tech hosts Vanderbilt
TCU hosts Arizona State

Sunday
Kansas State hosts Nebraska

[Lobot]

“Mouth Bob”. That’s good!

I can't remember where I first saw that. There was a whole list of them. Rock Water (Stony Brook) was another one.

[Pharmfam]

“Mouth Bob”. That’s good!