Big 12 Men’s Basketball Saturday Rundown: Texas Gets Little Apple Win To Stay On Top

We keep saying that the Big 12 is a gauntlet. With six ranked teams, nearly every Big 12 game will feature at least one ranked opponent, sometimes two. Any team can beat any other team on any given day.

Saturday’s games had two with both teams ranked. No. 13 Iowa State gets a big win at home over No. 8 Kansas to remain the only team in the league yet to lose a game on their home court. A Top Ten matchup occurred in Manhattan, Kansas with No. 10 Texas getting the road win over No. 7 Kansas State.

In other games, Oklahoma State got their fifth win in six games over No. 15 TCU, No. 11 Baylor got the win at home over Texas Tech, and West Virginia blew out Oklahoma.

Here are some other interesting stats about the conference:

After Saturday’s games, Texas remains alone in first place at 8-2, and Iowa State is one game back at 7-3.
There is now a four-way tie for third, with Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, and TCU all at 6-4. Oklahoma State is just one more game back of that group at 5-5.
The Big 12 is the only league in which all teams have reached double-digit wins and are at .500 or above.
A nation-high 60% of the league is ranked in the Top 25 in both the AP Top 25 and the Coaches Poll.
All teams in the league are in the Top 70 of NET rankings; the only league to accomplish this. Texas is ranked No. 8, followed by Kansas (10), Iowa State (12), Baylor (13), TCU (17), West Virginia (20), Kansas State (22), Oklahoma State (35), Oklahoma (61), and Texas Tech (70).
The Big 12 conference NET ranking of 26.8 is the lowest of all leagues; the next lowest is at 57.36 (Big Ten).
The 8.4-point average scoring margin in Big 12 conference games is the smallest of the A5 leagues and the second-smallest overall.

Saturday, February 4 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Results

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

#13 Iowa State (16-6, 7-3) vs. #8 Kansas (18-5, 6-4)

Iowa State wins 68-53

Game leaders:

Jaren Holmes (ISU) 15 points; Jalen Wilson (KU) 26 points
Tamin Lipsey (ISU) 8 rebounds; Kevin McCullar Jr. (KU) 11 rebounds
Tamin Lipsey (ISU) 10 assists; KJ Adams Jr. (KU) 3 assists

#11 Baylor (17-6, 6-4) vs. Texas Tech (12-11, 1-9)

Baylor wins 89-62

Game Leaders:

Jalen Bridges (BU) 18 points; De’Vion Harmon (TTU) 20 points
Jalen Bridges (BU) 8 rebounds; Jaylon Tyson (TTU) 10 rebounds
Adam Flagler (BU) 8 assists; Lamar Washington (TTU) 5 assists

Oklahoma State (14-9, 5-5) vs. #15 TCU (17-6, 6-5)

Oklahoma State wins 79-73

Game Leaders:

Kalib Boone (OSU) 25 points; Emanuel Miller (TCU) 17 points
Kalib Boone (OSU) 6 rebounds; Damion Baugh (TCU) 6 rebounds
Caleb Asberry (OSU) 3 assists; Damion Baugh (TCU) 5 assists

#10 Texas (19-4, 8-2) vs. #7 Kansas State (18-5, 6-4)

Texas wins 69-68

Game Leaders:

Sir’Jarbari Rice (UT) 14 points; Keyontae Johnson (KSU) 16 points
Sir’Jarbari Rice (UT) 10 rebounds; Markquis Nowell (KSU) 10 rebounds
Marcus Carr (UT) 4 assists; Desi Stills (KSU) 3 assists

West Virginia (14-9, 3-7) vs. Oklahoma (12-11, 2-8)

West Virginia wins 93-61

Game Leaders:

Erik Stevenson (WVU) 34 points; Grant Sherfield (OU) 16 points
James Okonkwo (WVU) 10 rebounds; Jalen Hill (OU) 8 rebounds
Erik Stevenson (WVU) 3 assists; Bijan Cortes (OU) 3 assists

Big 12 Men's Basketball Standings

Team	Conference	Overall
Texas	8-2	19-4
Iowa State	7-3	16-6
Kansas	6-4	18-5
Kansas State	6-4	18-5
Baylor	6-4	17-6
TCU	6-4	17-6
Oklahoma State	5-5	14-9
West Virginia	3-7	14-9
Oklahoma	2-8	12-11
Texas Tech	1-9	12-11

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