10 AROUND THE BIG 12
The week ahead Compiled by Tim Dwyer
With the recent superb play of guard James Anderson, Oklahoma State looks like a team that can knock off any team in the country. Anderson has scored 30 or more points four times in the last eight games,and pulled down 12 rebounds in his last game for his third double-double of the season.
If Anderson can put up numbers like that against Kansas, the Jayhawks perfect conference record could be in serious jeopardy. The 2008 National Championship team suffered one of its three conference losses in Gallagher Iba Arena and Kansas knows it's always a tough place to play.
THIS WEEK'S BIG 12 SCHEDULE
Iowa State vs. Nebraska Ames, Iowa, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
Oklahoma vs. Baylor Norman, Okla., 12:30 p.m. Saturday
Missouri vs. Colorado Columbia, Mo., 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
Texas A&M vs. Texas College Station, Texas, 1 p.m. Saturday
Texas vs. Oklahoma State Austin, Texas, 8 p.m. Wednesday
Nebraska vs. Texas Tech
Lincoln, Neb., 3 p.m. Saturday
Baylor vs. Texas A&M
Waco, Texas, 8 p.m. Wednesday
Colorado vs. Iowa State
Boulder, Colo., 11:30 pm, Saturday
Oklahoma State vs. Kansas Stillwater, Okla., 3 p.m. Saturday
Kansas State vs. Missouri Manhattan, 7 p.m. Saturday
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Big 12 Players of the Week
Big 12 Players of the Week James Anderson and Obi Muonelo Oklahoma State guards
Muonelo lit up the scoreboard early in the week against Iowa State, pouring in 31 of the Cowboys 69 points. James Anderson took his spotlight right back three days later with a 31-point, 12-rebound tour de force against the Baylor Bears, outgunning LaceDarius Dunn (14 points) in a showdown between the conference's top two scorers.
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Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Xavier Henry, Kansas guard
Henry showed signs of breaking out of his recent slump in the week prior, but did so with authority in a 24 point performance against Colorado. Henry was part of a dominant offensive effort by the entire Jayhawks team against the Buffaloes, and was one of eight Jayhawks to record at least one steal on the defensive end. As an encore, Henry had 23 points in a showdown with last year's Big 12 freshman of the year, Willie Warren of Oklahoma.
Big 12 Team of the Week Missouri
Missouri rode an 18-point game from leading scorer Kim English to defeat the stumbling Texas Longhorns, then went to Nebraska and laid a 15-point whooping on the Huskers. After those two key wins, the Tigers now sit tied for third place in the Big 12 Conference. If they can work their way into sole possession of third, or even second place, they'll get a much friendlier matchup in the Big 12 Tournament.
Quick Hitters
- With its victory over Oklahoma Monday, Kansas clinched at least a share of its sixth-consecutive Big 12 crown.
- Saturday, Kansas won its 12th conference game for the 10th consecutive season.
- Oklahoma, picked to finish third in the preseason Big 12 coaches poll, is on a five-game losing streak for the first time since March 3. 2007, after losing on the road to Kansas.
- in ESPN.com's latest Bracketology, the Big 12 is projected to have seven teams make the NCAA tournament, tied for the most of any conference.
- Kansas State's Denis Clemente averaged 24 points per game last week as the Wildcats went 2-0.
THE WAVE FEBRUARY 24,2010
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