Lauren Cox is still trying to process that her college basketball career is over.
The Baylor forward, like many other seniors, saw her season end when the NCAA Tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. She was on a plane with her teammates ready to head to the Big 12 Tournament last week when word came that the conference had canned its postseason.
WACO — Baylor men’s basketball coach Scott Drew says his focus since the NCAA Tournament was canceled has been on taking care of his players, not about what might have been for the Bears on the court.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Emmitt Matthews ended a long slump to give West Virginia a much-needed boost heading into the postseason.
AUSTIN — The Texas Longhorns have gone from unwatchable to unbeatable.
NEW YORK — A string of losses to unranked opponents led to upheaval in the AP men’s top 25 this week.
FORT WORTH — Baylor coach Scott Drew always enjoys watching Desmond Bane play, except when the TCU guard is going against the Bears.
This time, Bane may have cost No. 2 Baylor a shot at its first Big 12 title.
LUBBOCK — Texas coach Shaka Smart had a simple message for his Longhorns when they were coming off a 29-point loss as part of a four-game losing streak.
WACO — Lauren Cox and NaLyssa Smith had double-doubles as No. 2 Baylor beat Kansas State 83-58 on Saturday night, then celebrated the 10th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title that the Lady Bears already had secured before tipoff.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Te’a Cooper scored 17 points, and No. 2 Baylor clinched a share of its 10th consecutive Big 12 regular-season championship with a 64-39 victory over West Virginia on Monday night.
AUSTIN — Andrew Jones scored 22 points to lead Texas past No. 20 West Virginia 67-57 on Monday night as the injury-depleted Longhorns continued a late-season surge.
WACO — Udoka Azubuike and No. 3 Kansas returned the favor in a Big 12 showdown that lived up to the hype. Now the Jayhawks share the Big 12 lead again and could return to the No. 1 spot in the AP poll, as well.
WACO — Jared Butler scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half, and top-ranked Baylor never trailed while tying the longest winning streak in Big 12 history at 22 games with a 70-59 victory over No. 14 West Virginia on Saturday.
WACO — MaCio Teague scored 24 points to lead five players in double figures for No. 1 Baylor, which stretched its winning streak to 20 games with a 78-70 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Baylor coach Kim Mulkey described the win as sloppy and snail-paced as the Lady Bears beat Kansas State for the 33rd straight time.
Oklahoma got the signatures of a pair of four-star defenders, and new Baylor coach Dave Aranda signed a two-sport athlete that plans to throw and hit for the Bears.
WACO — MaCio Teague scored 19 points with five 3-pointers and No. 1 Baylor set a program record with its 18th win in a row by beating TCU 68-52 on Saturday.
AUSTIN — Queen Egbo scored 17 points, and second-ranked Baylor used a big third quarter to extend its domination over Big 12 rival Texas with a 64-44 win Friday night.
