Big 12 Men’s Basketball: Conference Play Begins

Last week’s rankings had six of the teams ranked in the Top 25 – Kansas (2/2), Houston (3/3), Oklahoma (11/11), BYU (12/12), Baylor (18/18), and Texas (20/22). In addition, Iowa State was receiving votes in both polls (31/32), and TCU was receiving votes in the Coaches Poll (34).

The conference’s NET ranking of 48.79 is the lowest of all leagues. The next-lowest is the SEC at 65.07.

Big 12 Men's Basketball - Saturday, January 6 Results

Texas Tech beat Texas in Austin for the biggest upset of the weekend. Baylor survived an overtime game against Oklahoma State. Kansas held off to beat TCU by two in Lawrence. Oklahoma remained hot with a 9-point win over Iowa State. The other three games were all wins by double digits.

Here are those results (the rankings listed were the team’s ranking at the time of the game).

#3 Houston (14-0, 1-0) vs. West Virginia (5-9, 0-1)

Houston wins 89-55

Game leaders:

• LJ Cryer (Houston) 20 points; Patrick Suemnick (WVU) 12 points
• Emanuel Sharp (Houston) 7 rebounds; Josiah Harris (WVU) 6 rebounds
• Jamal Shead (Houston) 11 assists; Josiah Harris (WVU) 3 assists

#2 Kansas (13-1, 1-0) vs. TCU (11-3, 0-1)

Kansas wins 83-81

Game leaders:

• Hunter Dickinson (KU) 30 points; Trevian Tennyson (TCU) 24 points
• Hunter Dickinson (KU) 11 rebounds; Emanuel Miller (TCU) 5 rebounds
• Dajuan Harris Jr. (KU) 8 assists; Jameer Nelson Jr. (TCU) 4 assists

Oklahoma State (8-6, 0-1) vs. #18 Baylor (12-2, 1-0)

Baylor wins 75-70 OT

Game leaders:

• Rayj Dennis (BU) 18 points; Brandon Garrison (OSU) 20 points
• Yves Missi (BU) 10 rebounds; Brandon Garrison (OSU) 8 rebounds
• Rayj Dennis (BU) 4 assists; Brandon Garrison (OSU) 2 assists

Kansas State (11-3, 1-0) vs. UCF (9-4, 0-1)

Kansas State wins 77-52

Game leaders:

• Tylor Perry (KSU) 25 points; Darius Johnson (UCF) 10 points
• David N’Guessan (KSU) 14 rebounds; Marchelus Avery (UCF) 7 rebounds
• Cam Carter (KSU) 6 assists; Nils Machowski (UCF) 3 assists

#11 Oklahoma (13-1, 1-0) vs. Iowa State (11-3, 0-1)

Oklahoma wins 71-63

Game leaders:

• Javian McCollum (OU) 15 points; Robert Jones (ISU) 12 points
• Rivaldo Soares (OU) 9 rebounds; Robert Jones (ISU) 7 rebounds
• Javian McCollum (OU) 5 assists; Tamin Lipsey (ISU) 5 assists

#20 Texas (11-3, 0-1) vs. Texas Tech (12-2, 1-0)

Texas Tech wins 78-67

Game leaders:

• Pop Isaacs (TTU) 21 points; Tyrese Hunter (UT) 20 points
• Joe Toussaint (TTU) 5 rebounds; Dillon Mitchell (UT) 11 rebounds
• Joe Toussaint (TTU) 5 assists; Max Abmas (UT) 5 assists

#12 BYU (12-2, 0-1) vs. Cincinnati (12-2, 1-0)

Cincinnati wins 71-60

Game leaders:

• Viktor Lakhin (Cincinnati) 17 points; Trevin Knell (BYU) 27 points
• Aziz Bandaogo (Cincinnati) 10 rebounds; Noah Waterman (BYU) 8 rebounds
• Simas Lukosius (Cincinnati) 3 assists; Aly Khalifa (BYU) 6 assists

Upcoming Big 12 Men’s Basketball Games:

_{(All times listed are Central Time)}

Tuesday, January 9

• Iowa State vs. #2 Houston – 6 p.m.
• Cincinnati vs. #25 Texas – 6 p.m.
• West Virginia vs. Kansas State – 6 p.m.
• Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State – 7 p.m.
• #14 Baylor vs. #18 BYU – 8 p.m.

Wednesday, January 10

• UCF vs. #3 Kansas – 6 p.m.
• TCU vs. #9 Oklahoma – 8 p.m.

Big 12 Men's Basketball Standings