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Baylor knocks off Kansas

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Perry Jones III scored 18 points to lead six Bears in double figures as Baylor advances to the Big 12 tournament final following an 81-72 win over Kansas.  Baylor led 51-38 with 16:46 to play in the game, when Kansas made a run.  Baylor went 1 for 10 from the field over a five minute stretch as the Jayhawks closed to 54-53.

A Thomas Robinson layup gave KU a 58-56 lead with 10:18 to go, but Baylor went back on a run over the next seven minutes as KU couldn’t answer, going just 1-8 from the field over that stretch.  Brady Heslip, who finished with 12 points for the Bears, hit two big three pointers in a :50 second span with just over two minutes to play to help ice the win.

Big 12 tournament quarterfinal recap

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At halftime the Texas Longhorns trailed No. 3 seed Iowa State, 29-25, in the quarterfinal game of the evening. Knowing a defeat for No. 6 seed Texas would most likely cost his team a shot at the NCAA tournament, Texas coach Rick Barnes hit it head on in the locker room.

AUDIO What Rick Barnes told his players at halftime (:50)

Texas (20-12) picked up a 71-65 victory over the Cyclones (22-10) thanks to a strong second half and we’re not sure if it is enough to earn a NCAA bid, but it did earn a matchup tonight with Mizzou at 9 p.m.

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Missouri’s Big 12 replacement shatters bowl records

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West Virginia will eventually replace the Missouri Tigers in the Big 12 and Wednesday night’s performance at the Orange Bowl certainly made schools like Texas and Oklahoma to sit up and take notice.

Just days after Baylor set the bowl record for points scored in a game in their 67-56 win over Washington in the Alamo Bowl, WVU responded with a 70-33 win over Clemson.

Quarterback Geno Smith tied the record for any bowl game with six touchdown passes. Smith went 31 for 42, and had 401 yards passing to break Tom Brady’s Orange Bowl record. Smith also ran for a score, helping West Virginia move to 3-0 all-time in BCS bowl games.

Waiting game continues for Mizzou

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The Big 12 was in Morgantown to officially welcome West Virginia to the conference and interim commissioner Chuck Neinas says he fully expects the Mountaineers to join the Big 12 next season. The Big East says it plans to hold West Virginia to their contract which requires a 27 month waiting period before leaving the conference. As a result, West Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Big East.

Meanwhile Missouri still waits in the balance for word from the SEC. All signs certainly point to Missouri moving on. The Big 12 has omitted Missouri from its roster of schools for 2012. There was the SEC website mix up that posted a story last Thursday during game six of the World Series stating the SEC accepted Missouri (the story was written to be released this past Monday). And, MU Chancellor Brady Deaton was set to leave for a conference in India on Monday, but delayed those travel plans.

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West Virginia sues Big East

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West Virginia filed a civil lawsuit against the Big East in an attempt to leave the conference in 2012 to join the Big 12. The suit blames commissioner John Marinatto for the instability of the conference. WVU hopes to answer that breach of contract by alleging the Big East did nothing to protect the remaining six football schools once Pitt, Syracuse and TCU left. That, WVU claims, created instability, plus the lawsuit alleges Cincinnati, Rutgers and UConn had discussions with the ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Big Ten.

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Big 12 invites WVU, SEC acknowledges web mistake

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West Virginia, will leave the Big East conference after being formally invited Friday to join the Big 12. Big East spokesman John Paquette confirmed that the conference has been notified of West Virginia’s intentions to leave. The Big 12, meanwhile, plans to remain at 10 schools and is waiting on the departure of Missouri, which has yet to receive a formal invitation to join the Southeastern Conference.

However, SEC officials said Friday that the league’s web vendor mistakenly published a news release Thursday night announcing Missouri as the conference’s newest member. Missouri officials are currently deciding whether to leave the Big 12 for the SEC. The news release, published on the SEC’s website for a few minutes Thursday night, Missouri apparently already has made up its mind. The news story on the SEC site had a release date of Oct. 31.

Nothing new on Mizzou’s move out of the Big 12

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Following a two day Board of Curators meeting that wrapped up late Friday morning, there was no new announcement from the University of Missouri that they are leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. However, the board unanimously gave Chancellor Brady Deaton the authority to leave.

“We will be making a decision about pursuing an application to another conference, if we deem that in the best interests of the university,” said Deaton, who was joined by interim University of Missouri president Steve Owens and MU athletic director Mike Alden at the press briefing.

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New York Times reports Mizzou’s move to SEC “inevitable and imminent”

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In the latest Mizzou to the SEC rumors, a New York Times report says that votes are there and an invite from the powerhouse football conference is closer to being a sure thing.

The newspaper cited an official familiar with Missouri’s decisions involving conference realignment who said the school is confident there will be enough votes among SEC presidents for Mizzou to become a member. However, Mizzou would still need a formal invitation.

Missouri Curators met earlier this month and approved authority for Chancellor Brady Deaton to explore conference realignment. The Board meets this Thursday and Friday again in Kansas City.

The Big 12 has given no hard deadline for Missouri to decide, but does want an answer by the end of the academic year so they the rest of the conference can decide whether to stay at 10 schools or expand back to 12. TCU recently accepted an invite

 

Big 12 approves revenue sharing; MU Curators meet today

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The Big 12 Board of Directors voted over the weekend that The football and men’s basketball revenue from Tier I and Tier II contracts will be shared and will take effect once each of the nine schools commit to a grant of rights for at least six years. Now the Big 12 will be watching the Missouri Board of Curators who meet today in St. Louis.

The board is expected to vote on 1) shared revenue in the Big 12 and the grant of rights. Or there are still some who believe the Curators will vote on 2) to give Chancellor Brady Deaton the authority to cut a deal to move to the SEC.

Let me explain what the technical terms mean, starting with Tier I and Tier II contracts. Tier I games are basically nationally televised games that air on the big four networks, CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox. Tier II games are all football games that air on cable and ESPN or Big 12 network basketball games are also considered Tier II.

The “grant of rights” term that was voted on for six years, basically means that any school that leaves early would forfeit the TV revenue it accumulates during that period.