Big 12 Basketball Beat '23-24

[GoBearcats31]

Iowa State beat Texas Tech by 8.

TTU had 16 turnovers, and Iowa State had a 28-0 points off turnovers margin.

[Lobot]

Per Jordan Sperber on Twitter/X: BYU is on pace to become the 4th high major team to shoot more 3s than 2s in a season

I find this funny because one of the things I noticed during our game against them is that their 3PT percentage was higher than the 2pt percentage.

[sedz]

Per Jordan Sperber on Twitter/X: BYU is on pace to become the 4th high major team to shoot more 3s than 2s in a season

I'm not sure if they'll get there. BYU reconsidered their offensive strategy after starting conference play 2-4. Over the last 5 games they've shot 36 more twos than threes. At that pace they'll have more twos on the season in just a couple more games. Still a pretty wild offense though. They took 46 threes against us!

Not a high major team, but North Florida leads the nation in three point rate. They have 116 more threes than twos on the season. Unhinged.

[GoBearcats31]

Per Jordan Sperber on Twitter/X: BYU is on pace to become the 4th high major team to shoot more 3s than 2s in a season

[bearcatbret]

Here is one man's take on this past weekend in the Big 12. The last game that he summarizes is the UC-Houston game. Big 12 Basketball: Top Five Takeaways (Feb. 10 2024) (heartlandcollegesports.com)

[GoBearcats31]

Our win at Texas Tech looking pretty good.

Texas Tech jumped up 12 spots in the NET; Kansas dropped 5 (and UC fell one spot to 35).

[Lobot]

Still rolling after Baylor beat TT. Our opponents are now 0-9 in the game after ours. Hope that means Houston will begin a two game losing streak Sat at the Shoe.

Houston plays Texas in Houston on Saturday. Looks like they might actually sell this game out based on the secondary market tickets prices. Now whether Houston fans are the ones buying the tickets is a different question.

[longtimefan]

Our win at Texas Tech looking pretty good.

[swilsonsp4]

Final: TTU 79, KU 50. Bill Self made sure he got ejected at about 5:30.

[swilsonsp4]

TCU toyed with WV in Ft. Worth, 81-65, in front of a mediocre crowd.

Early in the 2nd half, TT up on KU, 39-28, in Lubbock. McCullers still out for the Jayhawks.

[bearcatbret]

Here are the current power rankings. Big 12 Men’s Basketball Power Rankings for Week 14 (heartlandcollegesports.com)

[Lobot]

Big slate today.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/seasontype/2/group/8

[GoBearcats31]

From Pat Forde: Sprawling, Brawling Big 12 Rises as Men’s College Basketball’s Best Conference

https://www.si.com/college/2024/02/0...rence-roadtrip

[red_n_black_attack]

Bearcat curse? Every team that UC has played in the Big 12 has lost at least its next game

UC beats BYU, BYU loses to Baylor the next game
UC loses to Texas, Texas loses next two games
UC loses to Baylor, Baylor loses next three games (active losing streak)
UC beats TCU, TCU loses next game
UC loses to Oklahoma, Oklahoma loses next two games (active losing streak)
UC loses to Kansas, Kansas loses next game (active losing streak)
UC beats UCF, UCF ???

Still rolling after Baylor beat TT. Our opponents are now 0-9 in the game after ours. Hope that means Houston will begin a two game losing streak Sat at the Shoe.

[Lobot]

Scott Drew's controversial ejection stemmed from Big 12 memo and league finally grading its refs

https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...ding-its-refs/


Hartness sending Drew to the locker room did not come as a surprise to some in the Big 12 for one reason: In mid-January, after CBS Sports' reporting on the pattern of bad behavior nationally with coaches constantly drifting onto the court, Big 12 coordinator of officials Curtis Shaw sent a stern memo to every head coach and every official in the league regarding bench decorum from all coaches and players. CBS Sports recently obtained the memo.

"Bench decorum has become a pressing issue and must be addressed," Shaw's memo reads. "Situations where head coaches are clearly on the court, head coaches are playing 'defense' on players near their sideline, assistant coaches that are standing during every play, and comments from players sitting on the bench directed toward their opponents must be addressed and penalized."

The memo stressed that "crews who do not handle these situations will be penalized."

Mack Rhoades, the Baylor AD, ate a 25K fine for commenting on the officiating after that game.