The Texas Longhorns found a way to cool down TCU and make sure the Big 12 Conference race goes down to the final weekend.
The Longhorns (38-12, 15-6 Big 12) closed out the series win with a 9-3 victory Sunday in a showdown of top-10 teams in Fort Worth. They’re still a game behind the Horned Frogs (34-12, 16-5), who have been one of the nation’s hottest teams.
WACO — Nicki Collen was hired by Baylor as its new women’s basketball coach, taking over a program that has won three national championships and the last 11 Big 12 regular-season titles.
AUSTIN — When Casey Thompson and the Texas Longhorns whipped Colorado in the Alamo Bowl, there was little talk of a looming quarterback competition, let alone any whiff of a potential controversy at the position.
INDIANAPOLIS — Everyone’s entitled to an off night. But the beatdown Baylor put on undefeated Gonzaga with the national title on the line — nobody saw that coming.
INDIANAPOLIS — Somebody will do a joyful Texas two-step after Baylor and Houston meet today in the Final Four.
Chris Beard insists that it was the most difficult decision in his life to return to his alma mater at Texas after a successful, five-season run at Big 12 rival Texas Tech that included an overtime loss in the national championship game two years ago.
Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Flo Thamba, the high-energy athletic bigs who do so much inside helping guard-oriented Baylor, first met at a Basketball Without Borders camp in Johannesburg, South Africa.
SAN ANTONIO — Zia Cooke scored 16 points, and South Carolina used its stifling defense to advance to the Final Four for the third time by shutting down Texas for a 62-34 victory Tuesday night.
SAN ANTONIO — Paige Bueckers scored 28 points and top seed UConn used a huge run spanning the final two quarters to beat second-seeded Baylor 69-67 on Monday night and reach a 13th consecutive Final Four in the women’s NCAA Tournament.
SAN ANTONIO — In a career of major milestones and championship achievements, Texas coach Vic Schaefer just can’t seem to get past South Carolina when it counts the most.
INDIANAPOLIS  (AP) — Baylor beat Arkansas 81-72 Monday night to reach the men’s basketball Final Four.Â
SAN ANTONIO — Moon Ursin and DiJonai Carrington both had 21 points as reigning national champion Baylor advanced to its 12th consecutive Sweet 16 with a 90-48 victory over Virginia Tech in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Tuesday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — After MaCio Teague and the Baylor Bears got comfortable in the spacious confines of Lucas Oil Stadium, they looked like a team that could be playing here for bigger stakes in a few weeks.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Mac McClung scored 16 points in his first NCAA Tournament game, and Kyler Edwards added 12 to help sixth-seeded Texas Tech pull away from 11th-seeded Utah State 65-53 on Friday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matt Coleman scored a career-high 30 points, Jericho Simms added a career-best 21 and No. 13 Texas was poised at the foul line down the stretch in beating No. 12 Oklahoma State 91-86 on Saturday night to give the Longhorns their first Big 12 tournament title.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — NaLyssa Smith had 21 points and 14 rebounds, Queen Egbo added 10 points and 18 boards, and No. 6 Baylor held off Texas 66-55 in a women’s Big 12 tournament semifinal Saturday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cade Cunningham scored 25 points, Avery Anderson III added 20, and No. 12 Oklahoma State was nearly perfect from the foul line down the stretch in beating second-ranked Baylor 83-74 on Friday night in a Big 12 tournament semifinal.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — NaLyssa Smith scored 26 points, and Dijonai Carrington had 17 as No. 6 Baylor beat TCU 92-55 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the women’s Big 12 tournament.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — MaCio Teague scored 24 points, and Davion Mitchell added 23 as second-ranked Baylor held on to beat Kansas State 74-68 on Thursday and avoid what would have been one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Big 12 tournament.
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey is no advocate of playing conference tournaments, especially after winning a regular-season title like the Lady Bears have now done in the Big 12 for 11 years in a row.
WACO — Jared Butler scored 22 points and No. 3 Baylor, fresh off clinching a Big 12 title on the road two days earlier, beat No. 17 Oklahoma State 81-70 on Thursday to end the Cowboys’ five-game winning streak.
