Women's Big 12 Standings - February 15th - Sooners in 1st Place

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Here are the Big 12 Women's Standings as of today - February 13th.....

1st - Texas - 11-2 in conf. - 20-6 overall. NET ranking of #10
2nd - Oklahoma - 10-3 in conf. - 20-4 overall. NET ranking of #36
3rd - Oklahoma State - 8-5 in conf. - 18-7 overall. NET ranking of #41

T4th - Baylor - 7-5 in conf. - 16-8 overall. NET rankings of #24
T4th - Iowa State - 7-5 in conf. - 15-7 overall. NET ranking of #15

T6th - Kansas - 6-6 in conf. - 16-7 overall. NET ranking of #33
T6th - West Virginia - 6-6 in conf. = 15-8 overall. NET ranking of #66

8th - Texas Tech - 4-8 in conf. - 16-9 overall. NET ranking of #72
9th - Kansas State - 3-9 in conf. - 14-11 overall. NET ranking of #67
10th - TCU - 0-13 in conf. - 6-18 overall. NET ranking of #147

In case you missed it, here are the results from this weekend.

- Kansas beat Tech in Lubbock by 11, 78-67
- OSU upset Baylor in Stillwater and won big 77-56. OSU is playing very well right now. Baylor is not playing well right now.
- Texas got an easy win over TCU 70-50 in Austin.
- WV upset I-State in Morgantown by 13, 73-60. I-State seems to be struggling right now.
- OU defeated K-State in Manhattan 85-68.

In action during the mid-week there are just four games:
Tuesday:

Texas at Iowa State: I-State needs to get back on the winning track in a big game for them against Texas. Texas hs lots of bigs that will give I-State problems. I would love to take I-State, but I think Texas still wins. - 6 PM on ESPN+

Wednesday:

Kansas at West Virginia: The game will determine who moves ahead of the other team for what may be 6th place in the conference maybe even higher. At WV I think Kansas could have trouble winning. I will take WV at home. - 6 PM on ESPN+

Texas Tech at Oklahoma: The Sooners need to stay focused. The earlier meeting between the two teams showed that Tech can play a bit as OU won by 10 points 89-79. OU will win, hopefully by more at home in LNC. - 6 PM on ESPN+

Baylor at Kansas State: The Baylor Bears need to win this one. But K-State is tough inside and it may turn into a foul-plagued game inside. I will still take Baylor in this one. - 6:30 PM on ESPN+

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Iowa State defeated Texas in Ames last night 66-61. Iowa State started really strong with a 22-11 1st Q. Texas mounted a comeback in the 4Q but their effort fell short. Those Texas 'bigs' that I mentioned above were all in foul trouble in the game Gaston, Faye and the two backups, the M & M ladies, all had 4 or 5 fouls in the game. Iowa State made as many free throws as Texas attempted.

This is good news for the Sooner women. They now have the Big 12 championship squarely in their hands. Play very well in the next five games starting Wednesday night, and they can hold up the regular season 'crown'.

In a side note, the Texas Men also lost night to Texas Tech, 71 - 74 in Lubbock. I wonder if they turned out the lights at their new Moody Center last night too.

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In other Big 12 Women's Basketball action 'Wednesday night:

West Virginia beat Kansas by one bucket in Morgantown as Kansas missed a shot in the last second in the paint to tie the score. The score as 62-60 in favor of WV.
Kansas State defeated Baylor 87-68. Wow! Baylor is slumping lately. A 19-point defeat by K-State was not in any plan for Baylor.

Currently the Big 12 Women' standings are:

Oklahoma and Texas are tied for first at 11-3.
Iowa State and Oklahoma State ar tied for third at 8-5.
Baylor and West Virginia are tied for 5th at 7-6.
Kansas is in 8th with a 6-7 record.
Kansas State and Texas Tech are tied for 8th at 4-9.
TCU is in 10th with a 0-13 record.

Games this weekend will be split between Sat/Sun.

Saturday:

OSU at Tech - 2 PM on ESPN+
I-State at Baylor - 5 PM on ESPN+
K-State at TCU - 5 PM on ESPN+

Sunday:

OU at Kansas - 2 PM on ESPN+
WV at Texas - 3 PM on ESPN+