Five thoughts as the first session for Thursday winds down (with Kansas now up 17 in the second half against Texas Tech)…

Kansas State’s Bruce Weber was named Big 12 Coach of the Year by both the Big 12 and by the Associated Press. Earlier on Monday, I said the award was without-a-doubt correct.

Teams across the Big 12 had a chance to state their case for NCAA Tournament consideration on Saturday, and several made the most of it.

So, Zack Greinke will throw against the Kansas City Royals tonight at Kauffman Stadium, and the big question this morning has been whether Royals fans will boo him or not. – I don’t think I [...]

It is far enough along now in this college basketball season that we can pretty much tell which teams are actually putting things together in terms of being NCAA Tournament-relevant, and which ones appear on [...]

As his team prepares to play Iowa State in Ames on Tuesday night, Kansas State head coach Frank Martin likely won’t pull out a measuring tape in Hilton Coliseum.

We did this just before the start of Big 12 play – marking what we thought were the top five story lines and some games that looked like they might  help decide this year’s champion.

UPDATE: A couple of folks have asked if the Big 12 season is playing out the way I thought it would…erm…well…not exactly. But, that’s what makes it fun, right? That said, I’ll leave this post [...]