8 AROUND THE BIG 12
The Week Ahead Compiled by Andrew Hammond
SERIES TO WATCH N Kansas vs. Nebraska
At the start of the season, this matchup would have been for one of the top three spots in the Big 12 Conference standings. This weekend it's a fight for conference survival,the loser of this series will have a long road back to the top of the Big 12 standings.
Nebraska and Kansas both lost their last series, but the Cornhuskers lost to the Kansas State Wildcats 2-1 while the Jayhawks were swept by the Texas Longhorns 3-0. Kansas is in seventh place in the Big 12 standings and Nebraska is in ninth.
THIS WEEK'S BIG 12 SCHEDULE
Kansas State vs. Brigham Young Provo, Utah, Noon Wednesday
Baylor vs. Kansas State @ Manhattan 6:30 p.m.Friday,2 p.m.Saturday,1 p.m.Sunday
Texas Tech vs.Dallas Baptist Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech @ Lubbock, Texas 6:30 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday
Missouri vs. Missouri State Springfield, Mo., 7 p.m. Wednesday
Kansas vs. Nebraska @ Lincoln, Neb.
6:35 p.m. Friday; 4:05 p.m. Saturday; 1:05 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma State vs. Missouri @ Columbia, Mo.
6 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday
Texas vs. Texas A&M @ College Station, Texas 5:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday
Texas A&M vs.Texas @ Austin, Texas 6:05 p.m. Friday
Texas Tech vs. Baylor Waco, Texas, 7 p.m. Tuesday
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Big 12 Players of the Week
Player of the Week Dane Phillips, Oklahoma State
On Friday, Dane Phillips had a four-RBI night in a victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Phillips was the star in a big fourth run inning as his two-run single helped break open a tight game against the Red Raiders, the Cowboys went on to win in a 13-4 rout.
Series of the Week Missouri vs. Oklahoma
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Although the Sooners had taken the first two games from the Tigers in this series, the third game was the most thrilling of any Big 12 game this past weekend. Things got interesting when Oklahoma seemed to break open the game with a five-run inning in the bottom of the fourth. But in the top of the fifth, Missouri scored eight runs of their own to make the score 10-6. In the top of the eighth, with the score tied at 11, Aaron Senne hit a solo home run to give the Tigers the lead for good.
Team of the Week Texas
After sweeping the Oklahoma Sooners, the Texas Longhorns have now separated themselves from the pack in the Big 12. They are now four games ahead of the second place Kansas State Wildcats after sweeping Kansas this past Weekend. That sweep could possibly place the Longhorns as the No.1 team in the country because the five teams ahead of them either split or lost their series last weekend.
Quick Hitters
- Kansas was swept for the first time by a Big 12 opponent since the Texas A&M Aggies swept the Jayhawks in 2009.
- Kansas will attempt to go 2-0 in televised games as they face Nebraska on CBS College Sports TV.
- Despite the fact that nine out of the ten baseball teams in the Big 12 have a .500 record or better, only three teams have winning records in conference play. Texas is 10-2, Kansas State is 6-3, and Texas A&M is 6-5-1 in league games.
THE WAVE APRIL 14,2010
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN