Big 12 title chase suddenly picks up midseason drama

BY ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
2/13/13 at 7:43 AM

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The Big 12 Conference basketball race will be a sprint to the finish.

Six schools are within two games of first place in the league standings and the next four weeks will be filled with plenty of important games and scoreboard watching.

"Every coach is just trying to make sure their team is one of the teams in the hunt and trying to win the next game," Baylor coach Scott Drew said on Monday.

"If you look at the conference races across the board, we probably have a better race this year and closer parity within the conference as we've had in a long time."

Crowded at the top

The top six teams in the Big 12 all have three or four losses.

Team	Win	Losses
Kansas	8	3
Kansas State	8	3
Oklahoma St.	7	3
Oklahoma	7	4
Iowa State	6	4
Baylor	6	4

Games to watch

Feb. 16: OU at OSU; Baylor at Kansas State

Feb. 20: Kansas at OSU; Iowa State at Baylor

Feb. 23: Baylor at OU; Kansas at Iowa State

Feb. 25: Kansas at Iowa State

March 2: Iowa State at OU; Kansas State at Baylor

March 6: OSU at Iowa State

March 9: Kansas at Baylor; Kansas State at OSU

Eric Bailey 918-581-8391
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