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Big 12 Meetings Adjourn With No Commitments, Lots of Questions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- No matter what Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe (above) says publicly, he came here to the league's spring meetings this week looking for commitments from all 12 members. But the commish left empty-handed Friday. Beebe received anything but assurances as the four-day Big 12 spring meetings broke off....

Texas Tech's Defense Re-Buffs Colorado

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Texas Tech coach Pat Knight couldn't have asked for a better teaching point on the importance of good defense than the Red Raiders received Wednesday. Fresh off a frustrating 101-90 loss to Colorado during Saturday's regular-season finale, the ninth seeded Red Raiders put the clamps down on that same...

Baylor a Team No One Wants to Face

Once a doormat in the Big 12, Baylor has become the team this season every conference coach hates to see coming. Just look at the Bears' work so far against the league's top three teams. They pushed the Kansas Jayhawks to the limit before succumbing to an 81-75 defeat at Allen Fieldhouse Jan. 20. Last Tuesday, they...

Michael Crabtree Will Miss Those Saturday Night Lights

NEW YORK -- He doesn't want to talk about his foot, really. He's been asked about it so much that he can feel the question coming, and he heads it off with a tsk, a shake of the head and a practiced response."I've got a brand-new set of wheels, man," Michael Crabtree said Thursday night. "That's the way I look at it."The...

Texas Tech Fills Offensive Line Coaching Vacancy

When Jack Bicknell Jr. left Lubbock to become the offensive line coach at Boston College, it left Texas Tech scrambling to fill the void. It now appears that Red Raiders have secured Bicknell's replacement. Mike Leach has hired Matt Moore who spent last season as offensive line coach at Troy. Moore is one of Leach's former...