2016-17 Men's Basketball
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Contact: Rob Carolla 469.524.1011 / [email protected] November 8, 2016 2016-17 MEN’S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS Through games of November 10 Conference Overall Versus Top 25 W-L Pct. Home Away W-L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak AP USA Today Baylor 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 Iowa State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 Kansas 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 Kansas State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 Oklahoma 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 Oklahoma State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 TCU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 Texas 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 Texas Tech 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 West Virginia 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - - 0-0 0-0 THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE NEws & NOTES Friday, November 11 The Big 12 has been the No. 1 conference in the RPI in four of the last seven Oral Roberts at Baylor (ESPNU) 6:00 p.m. CT years, including three seasons in a row. Saint Thomas at TCU (FSSW Plus) 6:00 p.m. CT The Big 12 as a whole has won 36 of its last 47 and 49 of its last 63 non- Mount St. Mary’s at West Virginia (ROOT Sports) 7:00 p.m. ET conference contests overall. The league entered conference play in 2015- Houston Baptist at Texas Tech (FCS) 6:30 p.m. CT 16 with five teams with one loss or less - the most of any league at the time. Campbell at Oklahoma State (FCS Pacific) 7:00 p.m. CT The Big 12 has had at least four teams in the top 25 for 39 consecutive Savannah State at Iowa State (Cyclones.tv) 7:00 p.m. CT weeks. Nine of the 10 teams in the Big 12 have been ranked in the top 25 at Incarnate Word at Texas (LHN) 7:00 p.m. CT some point since January 1, 2014. Kansas vs. Indiana (ESPN) 8:00 p.m. CT Big 12 men’s basketball has the second-best all-time winning percentage Western Illinois at Kansas State (FSKC) 8:00 p.m. CT among current conferences with a .607 mark. Five head coaches in the Big 12 have led teams to the Final Four, while Sunday, November 13 every head coach has guided a team to the NCAA Tournament during their Northwestern State at Oklahoma (SSTV) 2:00 p.m. CT respective careers. Seven coaches have career win percentages of .700 or better and the group of all 10 coaches boasts 3,530 career victories. The head coaches in the Big 12 have made 95 NCAA appearances, with 33 showings in the Sweet 16. The RPI for the Big 12 on Selection Sunday (.5884) last season ranked The Big 12 Champions for Life initiative showcases the success stories of as the best in college basketball history since the NCAA adjusted the RPI student-athletes and how an athletic scholarship has positively impacted formula to account for game location in 2004-05. their lives. This week showcases Skyler Howard (WVU football) and Drew Scott (K-State football). Perserverance and motivation are the two words Five Big 12 teams were ranked in the final top 25 polls for 2015-16. Nine of 10 squads in the Big 12 were ranked or received votes last season. most often associated with Howard. With zero scholarship offers out of high school, he continued to work towards his goal of playing Division The Big 12 boasted the nation’s best non-conference winning percentage I football. His never quit attitude lead him to a full athletic scholarship (.792) in 2015-16. and a dream fulfilled. K-State’s Scott always focused on keeping the balance between football and education, all while working to pay for school. But when things started to stack up, he was able to achieve his goal of receiving a scholarship and focus on what matters. To learn more, visit Big12ChampionsforLife.com or Facebook.com/big12champ4life and follow the campaign on Twitter (@Big12Champ4Life). BIG12SPORTS.COM @Big12Conference #Big12 Facebook.com/Big12 YouTube.com/Big12Conference NATIONAL RANKINGS BIG12SPORTS.COM / @BIG12CONFERENCE / #BIG12MBB Associated Press The Big 12 has had at least one team nationally-ranked every week since the league began play in 1996-97 - a span (Preseason) of 388 consecutive weeks. BU ISU KU K-STATE OU OSU TCU UT TTU WVU No. School (1st Place Votes) Rec. Pts. PS -- / -- 24/arv 3/2 -- /arv arv/arv -- / -- -- / -- 21/22 -- / -- 20/18 1 Duke (58) 0-0 1612 2 Kentucky (2) 0-0 1479 3 KANSAS 0-0 1476 Rankings listed as Associated Press/USA Today polls 4 Villanova (4) 0-0 1465 5 Oregon (1) 0-0 1343 6 North Carolina 0-0 1314 7 Xavier 0-0 1167 8 Virginia 0-0 1149 9 Wisconsin 0-0 1135 10 Arizona 0-0 1004 11 Indiana 0-0 917 12 Michigan State 0-0 903 13 Louisville 0-0 755 14 Gonzaga 0-0 699 15 Purdue 0-0 672 16 UCLA 0-0 540 17 Saint Mary’s 0-0 512 18 Connecticut 0-0 504 19 Syracuse 0-0 464 20 WEST VIRGINIA 0-0 360 STELLAR PERFORMANCES 21 TEXAS 0-0 250 DOUBLE-DOUBLES POINTS, REBOUNDS, ASSISTS 22 Creighton 0-0 231 (Active Players, At Big 12 Schools Only) (Active Players, At Big 12 Schools Only) 23 Rhode Island 0-0 199 24 IOWA STATE 0-0 168 All Games Big 12 40-Point Games 25 Maryland 0-0 144 Player, School ‘16-17 Career ‘16-17 Career Jawun Evans, OSU 1 ARV: Oklahoma (11 points) Monté Morris, ISU 0 6 0 2 Karviar Shepherd, TCU 0 6 0 3 30-Point Games USA Today Johnathan Motley, BU 0 5 0 3 Jawun Evans, OSU 1 (Preseason) Wesley Iwundu, K-STATE 0 5 0 2 Phil Forte, OSU 1 Landen Lucas, KU 0 4 0 2 20-Point Games No. School (1st Place Votes) Rec. Pts. Frank Mason III, KU 0 2 0 1 1 Duke (27) 0-0 792 Khadeem Lattin, OU 0 2 0 2 Phil Forte, OSU 19 2 KANSAS (1) 0-0 721 Jeffrey Carroll, OSU 0 2 0 1 Monté Morris, ISU 10 3 Villanova (1) 0-0 700 Devonta Abron, TCU 0 2 0 0 Johnathan Motley, BU 9 4 Kentucky (2) 0-0 695 Vladimir Brodziansky, TCU 0 2 0 0 Jordan Woodard, OU 9 5 Oregon (1) 0-0 620 Kenrich Williams, TCU 0 2 0 1 Al Freeman, BU 5 6 North Carolina 0-0 614 Zach Smith, TTU 0 2 0 0 Naz Mitrou-Long, ISU 5 7 Virginia 0-0 596 Terry Maston, BU 0 1 0 0 Jevon Carter, WVU 5 8 Xavier 0-0 552 Deonte Burton, ISU 0 1 0 1 Frank Mason III, KU 4 9 Michigan State 0-0 544 D.J. Johnson, K-STATE 0 1 0 1 Devonte’ Graham, KU 4 10 Wisconsin 0-0 487 Dean Wade, K-STATE 0 1 0 0 Jawun Evans, OSU 4 11 Arizona 0-0 468 Leyton Hammonds, OSU 0 1 0 1 12 Indiana 0-0 435 JD Miller, TCU 0 1 0 1 10-Rebound Games 13 Gonzaga 0-0 371 Kerwin Roach, UT 0 1 0 0 Karviar Shepherd, TCU 14 14 Louisville 0-0 367 Norense Odiase, TTU 0 1 0 0 Landen Lucas, KU 11 15 Purdue 0-0 324 Elijah Macon, WVU 0 1 0 0 Johnathan Motley, BU 5 16 Connecticut 0-0 239 Brandon Watkins, WVU 0 1 0 0 Wesley Iwundu, K-STATE 5 17 Syracuse 0-0 224 Zach Smith, TTU 5 18 WEST VIRGINIA 0-0 204 Kenrich Williams, TCU 4 19 Saint Mary’s 0-0 203 20 UCLA 0-0 185 10-Assist Games 21 Maryland 0-0 153 Monté Morris, ISU 11 22 TEXAS 0-0 124 Jordan Woodard, OU 1 23 Creighton 0-0 113 Jawun Evans, OSU 1 24 Rhode Island 0-0 85 Tarik Phillip, WVU 1 25 Cincinnati 0-0 75 ARV: Iowa State (56 points); Oklahoma (33); Kansas State (3) PRESEASON INFORMATION BIG12SPORTS.COM / @BIG12CONFERENCE / #BIG12MBB TEAM POLL INDIVIDUAL HONORS Rank Team (1st Place Votes) ...................................................................Points Player of the Year Newcomer of the Year Freshman of the Year 1. Kansas (9)* ..................................................................................... 81 Monté Morris, ISU Manu Lecomte, BU Josh Jackson, KU 2. West Virginia ................................................................................... 65 3. Texas ................................................................................................ 59 Preseason All-Big 12 Team 4. Iowa State (1) .................................................................................. 56 Johnathan, Baylor Frank Mason III, Kansas 5. Baylor ............................................................................................... 53 Monté Morris, Iowa State* Jawun Evans, Oklahoma State 6. Oklahoma.........................................................................................40 Devonte’ Graham, Kansas * - Unanimous Selection 7. Oklahoma State ............................................................................... 32 Texas Tech ....................................................................................... 32 Honorable Mention 9. Kansas State ...................................................................................20 Josh Jackson, KU; Jordan Woodard, OU; Jarrett Allen, UT; 10.