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Angel Rodriguez's decision to transfer from Kansas State hurts more than just the Wildcats. It damages the Big 12. The conference already seemed poised for a down year in 2013-14. Now it's starting to appear as if the Big 12 will be the worst p...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- La Salle coach John Giannini refused to let his players hang their heads. His team had just followed up a loss to Saint Louis in the regular-season finale with a setback against Butler in the Atlantic 10 tournament. Instead of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jerrell Wright scored 21 points and Ramon Galloway added 19 to lead No. 13 seed La Salle to a 63-61 victory over No. 4 seed Kansas State on Friday at the Sprint Center. Overview: La Salle led by as many as 19 points in the firs...

This year's race for the Wooden Award may come down to a missed free throw attempt and a layup that never found its way through the net. With the NCAA tournament less than a week away, those are the only things separating Indiana's Victor Oladipo and...

The final game of the regular season will also be the most important one for Kansas and Kansas State. The Jayhawks can clinch at least a share of their ninth straight Big 12 title by defeating Baylor in Waco. And Kansas State can claim at least a sha...

Will the race for the Wooden Award really be decided on the final day of the regular season? If you plan to vote for Victor Oladipo or Trey Burke, probably so. Oladipo's Indiana Hoosiers meet Burke's Michigan Wolverines Sunday in Ann Arbor in a game ...

If the Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas State Wildcats both win the rest of their regular-season games, they will share the Big 12 title. The Jayhawks are seeking their ninth straight league crown. Kansas State hasn't won a conference championship since 19...

With less than two weeks remaining in the regular season, Indiana's Victor Oladipo is still considered the leading candidate to win the Wooden Award, given annually to the nation's top player. The race, however, is far from over. Players such as G...

Here are 10 observations I made while channel-surfing Saturday afternoon. New Mexico's 91-82, come-from-behind victory over Colorado State was the most entertaining game of the afternoon -- and it also featured the best performance not just of th...

A handful of Kansas' eight straight Big 12 titles have come with relative ease. But if the Jayhawks claim the crown again this season, no one will be able to say that they didn't earn it. Bill Self's squad nearly fell out of the picture by losing thr...

Colorado State, Kansas State and Miami are in the hunt for conference titles. And they're doing it with recent coaching hires who did more than maintain a level of success at their new programs. They've raised it to new levels.

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Twenty-four hours before its most impressive win of the Big 12 season -- an 81-61 victory over Baylor -- Bruce Weber kicked his Kansas State basketball team out of practice. Loafing through drills, snickering during dead balls, ...

Three teams are tied for first place and two others are deadlocked in second. The Big 12 is far from the best conference in the country -- but it's definitely one of the most entertaining. Here are this week's power rankings. 1. Oklahoma State -- ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A few quick thoughts from Kansas' 83-62 victory over Kansas State Monday at Allen Fieldhouse. Overview: Even after three straight losses -- including one against last-place TCU -- the Kansas Jayhawks sent a loud reminder to their...

Kansas coach Bill Self was in the postgame handshake line after his team's 72-66 loss to Oklahoma when he looked up and saw hundreds of students rushing the Lloyd Noble Center court. His lips didn't move, but as he tilted back his head and rolled ...

A week ago it seemed like a foregone conclusion that Kansas would win a ninth straight Big 12 title. The Jayhawks were 19-1 overall and 7-0 in conference play, while every other team had at least two league losses. Now the landscape has changed. ...