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Big2Sports.com BIG 2 CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 400 East John Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75062 Big 12 Information 469/524-1000 Media Services ______2-3 469/524-1045 - Fax Conference Information ______4 National Champions & Sportsmanship Statement ______5 Big12Sports.com Conference Championships ______6 Notebook ______7 Commissioner ______Dan Beebe Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship ______8 Deputy Commissioner______Tim Weiser NCAA Championship/College World Series ______9 Senior Associate Commissioner ______Tim Allen Composite Schedule ______10-14 Senior Associate Commissioner ______Dru Hancock Commissioner Dan Beebe & Conference Staff ______15 Associate Commissioner - Men’s Basketball & Game Management ______John Underwood Big 12 Teams Chief Financial Officer ______Steve Pace Baylor Bears ______16-18 Assistant Commissioner - Communications ______Bob Burda Quick Facts/Schedule/Coaching Information ______16 Assistant Commissioner - Events & Human Resources ______Brad Clements Alphabetical/Numerical Rosters ______17 Assistant Commissioner - 2009 Results & Statistics ______18 Governance, Compliance & Academics ______Lori Ebihara Kansas Jayhawks ______19-21 Kansas State Wildcats ______22-24 Assistant Commissioner - Championships ______Dayna Scherf Missouri Tigers ______25-27 Assistant Commissioner - Football & Student Services ___ Edward T. Stewart Nebraska Cornhuskers ______28-30 Director of Compliance ______Keri Boyce Oklahoma Sooners ______31-33 Director of Communications ______Rob Carolla Oklahoma State Cowboys ______34-36 Director of Football Championship ______Donnie Duncan Texas Longhorns ______37-39 Director of Marketing ______Maark Keith Texas A&M Aggies ______40-42 Associate Director of Communications ______Joni Lehmann Texas Tech Red Raiders ______43-45 Assistant Director of Communications ______Carmen Branch Assistant Director of Video Services ______Sean Hollister 2009 Season Review Internet Services Coordinator ______Kiron Andersen Standings/Overall Statistics ______46 Championships Manager ______Blair Beneke Overall Statistics ______47-48 Business and Ticket Manager ______Tim Frick Game Highs ______49 Executive Assistant to the Commissioner/ Conference-Only Statistics ______50-52 Manager of Executive Affairs ______Melanie Ellis Record Book & History Administrative Assistant ______Regina Everett Coaching Records ______52 Administrative Assistant ______Tracy Hunt Game and Season Records ______53-55 Administrative Assistant ______Valerie Rocha Career Records ______55-56 Administrative Assistant ______Neesha Quinn Year-By-Year Review ______57-68 Receptionist/Administrative Assistant ______Michelle Peterson Championship Results & Records ______69-72 Will Hancock Communications Assistant ______Candice Eng Annual Statistical Leaders ______73-74 Will Hancock Communications Assistant ______Emily Franzenburg Attendance Leaders/National Polls ______75-76 Internet Services Assistant ______Sam Neumann All-Big 12 Honors ______77-80 Academic All-Big 12 Teams ______81-83 Weekly Awards ______84-85 CREDITS National Awards ______86 All-America Honors ______87-89 The 2010 Big 12 Baseball Media Guide is a publication of the Big 12 communications staff using InDesign CS2, Photoshop CS2 and Microsoft Word. NCAA Championship Records ______90 Big 12 in the Major League Baseball Draft ______91-95 Editor: Carmen Branch Big12Sports.com ______96 Layout & Design: Carmen Branch, Candice Eng and Emily Franzenburg
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Bob Burda, Assistant Commissioner - Communications Office Direct ______469/524-1007 E-mail [email protected]
Rob Carolla, Director of Communications Office Direct ______469/524-1011 E-mail [email protected]
Joni Lehmann, Associate Director of Communications Bob Burda Rob Carolla Joni Lehmann Office Direct ______469/524-1022 E-mail [email protected]
Carmen Branch, Assistant Director of Communications Office Direct ______469/524-1009 E-mail [email protected]
Candice Eng, Will Hancock Communications Assistant Office Direct ______469/524-1039 E-mail [email protected]
Emily Franzenburg, Will Hancock Communications Assistant Office Direct ______469/524-1040 Carmen Branch Candice Eng Emily Franzenburg E-mail [email protected]
BIG2SPORTS.COM STAFF COAChES’ TELECONFERENCE Kiron Andersen, Internet Services Coordinator The Big 12 Conference baseball coaches will participate in a media-only preseason Office Direct ______469/524-1033 teleconference at 10 a.m. Central time on Feb. 16. The conference call can be heard live E-mail [email protected] and will be archived on Big12Sports.com. Please contact the Big 12 communications staff for the call-in and replay phone numbers. Wendell Barnhouse, Big12Sports.com Correspondent E-mail [email protected] POSTSEASON AwARDS Sam Neumann, Internet Services Assistant The Big 12 presents the official all-conference awards at the end of the regular season. Office Direct ______469/524-1038 Major award winners are chosen, along with the All-Big 12 teams. Each head coach E-mail [email protected] votes on the squads and is not permitted to vote for his own players. The awards will be announced prior to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship.
ThE INTERNET -- Big2Sports.com Academic All-Big 12 teams are also chosen in baseball and will be announced prior The Big 12 maintains its web site at Big12Sports.com. Complete information on the to the postseason. league and its member schools is available. BIG 2 wEEkLy ShOwS The site boasts original content from throughout the Conference along with The Big 12 Report is a weekly show that is available exclusively at Big12Sports.com. several video broadcasts, including a weekly magazine show - The Big 12 Hosted by Correspondent Wendell Barnhouse, the show is broadcast each Thursday Report. In baseball, full rebroadcasts of ESPN televised contests will be and focuses on the schools and student-athletes throughout the Big 12. In addition, available via the Big 12 Network Online, within 72 hours of a game’s completion. it will give fans a unique look into the workings of the Conference itself - including Comprehensive coverage from the 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship television, bowl games, scheduling and more - along with interviews with the will be video streamed for free on Big12Sports.com for the fourth consecutive year. Commissioner and other selected Big 12 staff.
Scores throughout the league and standings are updated on a daily basis. Conference The Big 12 also boasts two over-the-air weekly magazine-style shows. Each program statistics are available daily, with weekly award winners posted each Monday. is a 30-minute promotion of the league, with features on student-athletes, coaches, teams and conference championships. Big 12 Showcase returns for its 14th season Media can access Acrobat PDF files of the conference release, statistics and the league on FSN and has been produced by Keith Fletcher each of those years. Emily Jones media guide on the web site. handles hosting duties.Big 12 This Week is televised by ESPNU, with Melissa Knowles as the primary host. Segments of both programs are available online via the Big 12 CONFERENCE RELEASE Web site. The Big 12 will update a media release, including team notes, results and more daily during the season. Complete league statistics will be updated via the conference ChAMPIONShIP CREDENTIALS web site as well. Media credentials for the 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship are authorized and issued by the Conference office. An online credential system, provided through an PhILLIPS 66 wEEkLy AwARDS agreement with Sports Systems Services, Inc., is the only method to submit requests. A Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week will be chosen beginning in late February. The credential system will be made available during the month of April. Nominations are submitted by the school media relations offices and the winners are
selected by a panel of media voters who cover the league on a regular basis. This year
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MEDIA CONTACT OFFICE PHONE CELL PHONE E-MAIL Big 12 Carmen Branch 469/524-1009 214/418-6969 [email protected] Baylor David Kaye 254/710-4389 254/709-5147 [email protected] Kansas Mike Cummings 785/864-3575 785/331-6307 [email protected] Kansas State Ryan Lackey 785/532-7708 785/587-7865 [email protected] Missouri Josh Murray 573/882-0711 573/268-8606 [email protected] Nebraska Shamus McKnight 402/472-7772 402/540-0268 [email protected] Oklahoma Craig Moran 405/325-8231 405/249-8264 [email protected] Oklahoma State Wade McWhorter 405/744-7853 405/612-5240 [email protected] Texas Thomas Dick 512/471-6039 512/748-9314 [email protected] Texas A&M Matt Simon 979/845-3239 979/255-0469 [email protected] Texas Tech Blayne Beal 806/742-2770 (x270) 806/790-7924 [email protected]
RICh FETChIET Coordinator of Baseball Umpires
Rich Fetchiet was named Big 12 Conference Coordinator of Baseball Umpires in August 2005. He has over 30 years of collegiate, national and international umpiring and umpire-related administrative experience.
Fetchiet is also currently the coordinator for Conference USA, the Big East, Big Ten and Mid-American conferences, and the Horizon League. He is a member of the NCAA National Umpire Program Advisory Committee in addition to the NCAA Baseball Rules Editorial Committee. Fetchiet has served as the Baseball Secretary-Rules Editor for the NCAA and Chair of the ABCA Rules Committee. He is active in numerous officiating organizations and is a teacher and instructor at umpire camps and clinics across the country.
Fetchiet retired from active umpiring after the 2000 season. Prior to that he umpired numerous Division I conference tournaments and made three College World Series appearances, including serving as the plate umpire for the 1999 national championship game. Included among Rich’s international tournaments are the Pan Am Games, World Cup Qualifier, Intercontinental Cup, World Championships and the Olympic Games. In 1997 he was named Umpire of the Year by the International Baseball Association.
Fetchiet is a higher education administrator at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. He and his wife, Kay, and two children currently reside in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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The Big 12 Conference has established a consistent level of national success on the Institutions can also nominate student-athletes for the prestigious Dr. Prentice field and in the classroom as it continues its 14th season in 2009-10. Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships at the end of each academic year. A total of 225 scholars have received over 1.3 million in postgraduate financial aid through the Since it began play in 1996-97, the Conference can boast of 35 team crowns and over first 13 years of the program. 420 individual NCAA Championships. The success continued this fall, as Oklahoma State won the NCAA men’s cross country title. Five Big 12 volleyball teams competed The Big 12 sponsors 21 sports. Men’s squads include baseball, basketball, cross in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Championship in the same year for the first country, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, swimming & time and the league had a squad in the national championship match for the third diving, tennis and wrestling. Women’s teams are fielded in basketball, cross time. The Big 12 also had a school play for the BCS National Championship for the country, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, soccer, seventh season. A year earlier, the Big 12 added three more national titles to its softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball. ledger as Texas A&M captured crowns in men’s golf as well as men’s and women’s outdoor track & field. The Conference is made up of 12 institutions that have shared many traditional rivalries throughout their histories. Member schools include - Baylor University, The individual honors also continued in December, as Jenny Barringer of Colorado University of Colorado, Iowa State University, University of Kansas, Kansas State earned The Bowerman Award, presented for the first time to the most outstanding University, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, University of Oklahoma, collegiate women’s track and field athlete. She beat out two other Big 12 athletes Oklahoma State University, University of Texas, Texas A&M University and Texas (Destinee Hooker, UT; Porscha Lucas, TAMU) as the Conference had all three finalists Tech University. for the honor. In fact, four of six finalists came from the Big 12 as German Fernandez of Oklahoma State was among the last three choices on the men’s side. The institutions created a league that encompasses seven states, over 46 million people and television households in 18 of the top 100 markets within its The Big 12 has had four Heisman Trophy winners in its 13-year history. In 2008, the geographic footprint. Big 12 established a high-water mark, as for the first time in the 74-year history of the Heisman Trophy four of the top five vote-getters hailed from the same conference, The Conference conducts championships for 20 of its 21 sports. Each championship including award-winner Sam Bradford (Oklahoma). The league followed that helps to determine teams and/or individuals that will represent the Conference in recognition with two of the top five finalists in 2009. national postseason competition. The winner of the Big 12 football championship game earns the league’s berth into the prestigious Bowl Championship Series. During the past six seasons a total of 14 NCAA trophies have been hoisted by Big 12 institutions, with at least one national crown won in all but one year for the Conference, In the last several years the Big 12 has increased its bowl agreements and expanded including each of the past 13 seasons. television opportunities for all sports through contracts with ABC/ESPN and FSN. Most recently, the league renewed and expanded its multi-year arrangement with The Big 12 leads all conferences with its seven appearances in BCS title games. Seven ABC/ESPN, Inc. The new contract began in 2008-09. league squads have played for the football national championship in the last 10 years with berths in 17 BCS games overall, including two each in 2007 and 2008. In the past In its first 13 years, the Conference has distributed more than $1.1 billion to its two seasons, the Big 12 has had 16 players earn Consensus All-America accolades. 12 member institutions.
In basketball, 10 women’s and nine men’s teams have advanced to their respective The Big 12 staff administers to over 4,600 student-athletes in its 21 sports. The Final Fours in the past eight seasons as the Big 12 continues its place among the conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas. elite intercollegiate athletic conferences. The six men’s Final Four participants since 2002 are tied for the most of any conference. Numerous national honors have been won by basketball student-athletes during the league’s history. The Big 12 had a national player of the year honoree for the third straight year when Blake Griffin (Oklahoma) was the consensus winner in 2008-09. Courtney Paris (Oklahoma) gave the conference a consensus All-America selection in women’s basketball for the ninth BIG 2 QUICk FACTS straight season. (All statistics from 1996 through January 2010) The Big 12 and its member institutions are committed to a competitive environment where sportsmanship and fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, in the Founded: February 25, 1994 classroom, or within the community the student-athletes, administrators, coaches and game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship. Area: Seven states with combined populations of more than 46 million people.
Big 12 student-athletes also do well in garnering national academic recognition. Sarah Television Markets: 18 of the Top 100 nationally Pavan (Nebraska) was named Academic All-America of the Year in volleyball in 2006 and 2007 by ESPN The Magazine and College Sports Information Directors of America with Commissioner’s Honor Roll Students: a 4.0 grade-point average in Biochemistry. She also won the national academic honor 55,000-plus named in first 24 semesters presented for all sports in 2006-07 and was named recipient of the prestigious 2006- 07 Honda-Broderick Award as Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. She is the first Academic All-Big 12 First Team Members: Approximately 11,385 athlete since the Big 12 was formed to earn the accolade. In its history, the conference has over 330 academic honorees, averaging more than 25 each season. Student-Athletes with a 4.0 grade-point average on Academic All-Big 12 Teams: 737 The Big 12 can boast of other stories that combine on and off the field success. Patience Knight (Texas Tech) was the recipient of the Honda Inspiration Award in 2008, given to Dr. Prentice Gautt Scholarships: 225 with over $1,385,600 in financial aid an outstanding female college athlete who overcomes adversity to excel in her sport. She was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in 2007, but rebounded to win All-America Team National Championships: 35 honors at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Competitive excellence, scholarship and sportsmanship are all equal components of Individual National Championships: 428 the Big 12 philosophy. All-Big 12 teams and Academic All-Big 12 squads are recognized for each sport at the end of their respective seasons. All-America First Team Selections: 3,061
At the end of each academic year, the Conference honors its top male and female Big 12 Postseason Championship Attendance: student-athletes with the Big 12 Athlete of the Year and Big 12 Sportsperson of the More Than 4.3 million fans Year awards.
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Big2Sports.com BIG 2 TEAM BIG 2 INDIvIDUAL Men’s Outdoor Track & Field NATIONAL ChAMPIONS () NATIONAL ChAMPIONS (28) Scott Sellers, Kansas State (High Jump) Will Claye, Oklahoma (Triple Jump) Only championships won as members of the Big 12 (2008-09 Only Listed) (since 1996-97) in conference-sponsored sports are German Fernandez, Oklahoma State (1,500-meter Run) included. Through January 2010 Women’s Cross Country Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech Jenny Barringer, Colorado (3,000-meter Steeplechase) Baseball (2) Alexandria Anderson, Texas (100-meter Dash) 2005 Texas Wrestling Destinee Hooker, Texas (High Jump) 2002 Texas Jordan Burroughs, Nebraska (157 pounds) Texas 4x400-meter Relay Jake Varner, Iowa State (197 pounds) Men’s Basketball (1) [Judy Nwosu, Angele Cooper, Mark Ellis, Nebraska (Heavyweight) 2008 Kansas Alexandria Anderson, Chantel Malone] Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M (200-meter Dash) Women’s Basketball (1) Men’s Swimming & Diving Texas A&M 4x100-meter Relay 2005 Baylor Drew Livingston, Texas (One-meter Diving) [Porscha Lucas, Khrystal Carter, Texas 800-yard Freestyle Men’s Cross Country (4) Dominique Duncan, Gabby Mayo] [David Walters, Ricky Berens, 2009 Oklahoma State D’Andra Carter, Texas Tech (Discus) 2006 Colorado Scott Jostes, Michael Klueh] 2004 Colorado 2001 Colorado Men’s Indoor Track & Field ALL-TIME TEAM Women’s Cross Country (2) Baylor 4x400-meter Relay NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004 Colorado [Trey Harts, Marcus Boyd, 2000 Colorado LeJerald Betters, Quentin Iglehart-Summers] By BIG 12 INSTITuTIONS Scott Sellers, Kansas State (High Jump) (All Sports Played) Football (3) Nicholas Gordon, Nebraska (Long Jump) 2005 Texas Oklahoma State ______49 Jacob Hernandez, Texas (800-meter Run) 2000 Oklahoma Texas______45 1997 Nebraska Oklahoma ______24 Women’s Indoor Track & Field Colorado ______23 Men’s Golf (3) Jenny Barringer, Colorado (3,000-meter Run) Nebraska______20 2009 Texas A&M Destinee Hooker, Texas (High Jump) 2006 Oklahoma State Iowa State______13 Texas A&M 4x400-meter Relay 2000 Oklahoma State Kansas______10 [Allison George, Sandy Wooten, Texas A&M ______7 Women’s Indoor Track (3) Porscha Lucas, Jessica Beard] Baylor ______2 2006 Texas Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech (5,000-meter Run) 1999 Texas Missouri ______2 1998 Texas Texas Tech ______1 TOTAL 196 Men’s Outdoor Track (1) 2009 Texas A&M Women’s Outdoor Track (4) 2009 Texas A&M 2005 Texas 1999 Texas 1998 Texas Softball (1) 2000 Oklahoma Men’s Swimming (3) BIG 2 CONFERENCE SPORTSMANShIP STATEMENT 2002 Texas 2001 Texas The member institutions of the Big 12 Conference are committed to competition in an arena where 2000 Texas sportsmanship and the sense of fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, within the community or Men’s Tennis (1) in the classroom, those who make up the Big 12—its administrators, coaches, game officials and student- 2004 Baylor athletes—support the highest ideals in sportsmanship. At the heart of sportsmanship is the commitment of the institutions towards respect for the opposition Women’s Volleyball (2) and those officiating contests in the 21 sports sponsored by the Big 12. It is with a sense of fair play that a 2006 Nebraska 2000 Nebraska true sporting demeanor in the spirit of intercollegiate competition can be created and maintained with a total regard for the welfare of student-athletes, coaches, support personnel and spectators. Wrestling (4) Sportsmanship on the field of play is governed by Conference rules and guidelines, as well as those established 2006 Oklahoma State under the NCAA and amateur organizations. It is the responsibility of game officials and administrators to see 2005 Oklahoma State 2004 Oklahoma State to strict adherence to these guidelines. 2003 Oklahoma State The behavior of spectators is managed by event personnel, who are encouraged to deal with interference or abuse of appropriate sporting behavior in the strictest of methods. The Big 12 Conference and its member institutions appreciate the support of the majority of fans who wish to create an atmosphere of competition that allows the participants to showcase the game and their respective skills.
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2009-0 POSTSEASON SChEDULE
Date Sport Venue Location October 31 Cross Country A.L. Gustin Golf Course Columbia, Mo. November 4, 6, 8 Soccer Blossom Soccer Stadium San Antonio, Texas December 5 Football Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas February 24-27 Swimming & Diving Student Recreation Center Natatorium College Station, Texas February 26-27 Indoor Track & Field Lied Recreation-Athletic Facility Ames, Iowa March 6 Wrestling McCasland Field House Norman, Okla. March 10-13 Men’s Basketball Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo. March 11-14 Women’s Basketball Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo. March 27 Gymnastics Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Neb. April 23-25 Men’s Golf Whispering Pines Golf Club Trinity, Texas April 23-25 Women’s Golf Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club Norman, Okla. April 29-May 2 Tennis Pennick-Allison Tennis Center Austin, Texas May 14-16 Softball ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Okla. May 14-16 Outdoor Track & Field Audrey J. Walton Track-Soccer Stadium Columbia, Mo. May 26-30 Baseball AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, Okla.
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ALL-TIME ChAMPIONShIPS
REGuLAR SEASON Baseball 2 -- -- 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 3 1 Men’s Basketball 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 Women’s Basketball 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 3 Football 0 4 1 1 4 2 8 7 0 7 2 1 Men’s Tennis 9 ------0 0 0 5 1 0 Women’s Tennis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 Soccer 1 1 0 1 -- 1 3 0 1 1 6 0 Softball 1 -- 0 0 -- 1 3 3 0 3 2 0 Volleyball 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 -- 4 0 0 TOTALS 20 5 4 12 7 4 28 17 3 38 16 5
Co-Championships and division titles are included above.
POSTSEASON Baseball 0 -- -- 1 0 0 4 1 1 4 1 1 Men’s Basketball 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 Women’s Basketball 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 Men’s Cross Country 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Women’s Cross Country 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Football 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 3 1 0 Men’s Golf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 3 0 0 Women’s Golf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 3 0 Gymnastics -- -- 2 -- -- 0 8 3 ------Soccer 0 0 0 0 -- 1 5 0 2 2 4 0 Softball** 0 -- 0 1 -- 2 3 3 0 4 1 0 Men’s Swimming & Diving ------0 ------13 0 0 Women’s Swimming & Diving -- -- 0 0 -- 0 2 -- -- 9 2 -- Men’s Tennis 7 ------0 0 0 3 3 0 Women’s Tennis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 Men’s Indoor Track & Field 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 5 0 0 Women’s Indoor Track & Field 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 0 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 1 1 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 Wrestling -- -- 3 -- 0 0 1 2 8 ------TOTALS 14 26 8 9 4 4 46 25 30 71 24 6
OvERALL 34 31 12 21 11 8 74 42 33 109 40 11
Dashes (--) indicate that the institution does not sponsor that sport. Volleyball does not sponsor a postseason championship. Big 12 titles for sports without round-robin conference play are determined by the postseason championship (Cross country, golf, gymnastics, swimming & diving, indoor/outdoor track & field, wrestling). ** - Oklahoma won the 1996 Big 12 softball postseason title prior to the first academic year of Big 12 competition (1996-97) --Through January 2010--
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PRESEASON HyPE Ruffin (CB: first team, NCBWA: second team) went 10-2 with one save and a Defending Big 12 champion Texas was tabbed No. 1 in the four major 3.32 ERA in the 2009 campaign. The junior starter fanned 115 while walking preseason polls (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate 25 in 124.2 innings. Baseball Writers and USA Today/ESPN Coaches). Texas A&M was the last league team to be acknowledged as a preseason No. 1 when the Aggies were Fellow Longhorn hurler Taylor Jungmann was honored as well -- he was a first- recognized by Baseball America a year ago. team selection by CB and the NCBWA and second-team pick by BA. Jungmann capped off his freshman campaign with a 5-0 postseason mark, including a The Longhorns concluded the 2009 season with a 50-16-1 overall record after 3-0 record with a 0.59 ERA at the College World Series to earn All-Tournament making their NCAA-record 33rd College World Series appearance and finishing honors. Overall, Jungmann went 11-3 in 2009 while posting a 2.00 ERA. The as national runner-up. Along the way, Texas claimed the Big 12 regular season 2009 Baseball America Freshman All-American fanned 101 batters and walked and postseason titles. just 35 in 94.2 innings.
Oklahoma, last year’s Big 12 regular season runner-up, also was ranked. The Ryan Duke (Oklahoma), the All-Big 12 Second Team reliever, made CB’s and Sooners received their highest rating (No. 22) in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches NCBWA’s second-team roster. He paced the Big 12 with 16 saves, which ranked poll. OU was 25th in the Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA preseason rankings. sixth in the nation. Duke received All-America distinction (third team) from the NCBWA last season and is the first Sooner to appear on a preseason list Texas A&M followed the Sooners at No. 28 in the NCBWA poll, while Kansas since 2003. and Kansas State checked in at 33rd and 34th, respectively. UT catcher Cameron Rupp and pitcher Cole Green were CB Louisville Slugger POSTSEASON PROPS Preseason All-America second- and third-team honorees, respectively. Rupp The Big 12 earned a league-record eight bids to the 2009 NCAA Division I also garnered a third-team nod from BA along with Longhorn righty Brandon Baseball Championship. It was tiedwith the Southeastern Conference for the Workman. most teams in the field. The 2009 Big 12 Freshman of the Year Garrett Buechele (Oklahoma) is the UT was awarded the top overall seed of the Championship after the Longhorns only postseason individual award winner to return in 2010. Buechele started won the Big 12’s regular season and postseason crowns. The league’s all 56 games at third base for OU, while leading all hitters in Big 12 action in automatic qualifier and Oklahoma hosted regional action. The Sooners were batting average (.396), hits (40) and on-base percentage (.479) during his the No. 7 national seed and finished second in the league race. rookie campaign.
Kansas State played in its first NCAA Championship after posting a school SEAT FiLLERS record 43 victories in ‘09. Baylor, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma State and Texas Texas and Texas A&M headlined the Big 12’s eight teams listed in the top 50 A&M also were selected to participate in the national tournament. of the NCAA attendance rankings. UT and TAMU are ranked sixth and ninth, respectively, in average home attendance. The Longhorns also pace the Texas advanced to the College World Series, accounting for the Conference’s league in total home attendance at No. 5, in addition to the Aggies holding 12th appearance. Overall, five different league squads have qualified for the No. 9 spot. The Big 12 has had four or more teams place in the national the CWS in 13 seasons, including the Longhorns’ 2002 and ’05 national top 25 every season since 1999. championship runs. Baylor (2005), Nebraska (2001-‘02, ’05), Oklahoma State (1999), Texas (2000, ‘02-’05, ‘09) and Texas A&M (1999) also have represented UT recorded 217,637 fans during the 2009 campaign, averaging 6,218 the Conference at the event. The Big 12 had an all-time high three teams in spectators. The Aggies had 142,660 enter the turnstiles last season while the ’05 CWS field, while sending two squads in 1999 and 2002. drawing an average of 4,076 for their 35 home games.
PACESETTER Baylor, Texas and Texas A&M are three of eight schools who have averaged at Augie Garrido (Texas) logged his 1,700th victory against Baylor on May 2, least 2,700 fans each season since 2000. 2009, becoming the first NCAA Division I coach to reach the plateau. The No. 8 Longhorns defeated the 17th-ranked Bears, 19-11. NCAA DIvISION I TOTAL HOME ATTENDANCE
Garrido is the all-time winningest active D-I mentor (by victories) with 1,718 Rank Team Dates Attendance Average career wins in 41 years. He claimed his 1,428th victory on June 9, 2003 against 5. Texas 35 217,637 6,218 No. 1 Florida State to move into first place. Garrido currently sits No. 2 among 9. Texas A&M 35 142,660 4,076 all coaches, trailing only Gordie Gillespie of Division III St. Francis (Ill.), who 20. Baylor 31 90,261 2,912 earned his 1,800th win in ‘09 (1,816 overall). 22. Nebraska 27 78,627 2,912 35. Texas Tech 20 49,569 2,478 In addition, Garrido (11th) is joined by Kansas State’s Brad Hill (6th) Oklahoma’s 40. Kansas State 28 40,298 1,439 Sunny Golloway (16th), Nebraska’s Mike Anderson (24th), Oklahoma State’s 48. Oklahoma 27 32,333 1,198 Frank Anderson (33rd) and Baylor’s Steve Smith (50th) in the top 50 active coaches by winning percentage. NCAA DIvISION I AvERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE WHO’S BACK? Returning All-Big 12 First Team performers Tony Thompson (Kansas) and Chance Rank Team Dates Attendance Average Ruffin (Texas) both earned preseason All-America accolades from Baseball 6. Texas 35 217,637 6,218 America, Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA. 9. Texas A&M 35 142,660 4,076 20. Nebraska 27 78,627 2,912 Thompson, a junior infielder, received first-team recognition from Collegiate 21. Baylor 31 90,261 2,912 Baseball and was placed on the second team by BA and the NCBWA. Last 22. Texas Tech 20 49,569 2,478 season, Thompson won the conference’s triple crown as he led the league in 40. Kansas State 28 40,298 1,439 batting average (.389), home runs (21) and RBI (82). He ranked third nationally 45. Oklahoma State 22 26,775 1,217 in doubles (27), fourth in total bases (186) and seventh in RBI. 47. Oklahoma 27 32,333 1,198
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CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION/HISTORy CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT The Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship returns to Oklahoma City’s The eight teams with the best conference records (based on winning AT&T Bricktown Ballpark on May 26-30. percentage) in regular season competition will qualify for the Phillips Big 12 Championship. The event is in a two-division, pool play format, in The Brick, which was opened on April 2, 1998 and seats 13,066 fans, serves which each of the squads competing is guaranteed a minimum of three as the home facility for the Class AAA Oklahoma Redhawks. It has hosted games. 11 baseball championships in the league’s 14-year tenure, including this season’s event. Overall, three venues have sponsored the tournament: Results from the league’s 27-game round-robin conference schedule will All-Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City (1997); AT&T Bricktown Ballpark (1998- determine the eight seeds for the Championship. Seeds 1, 4, 5 and 8 will 2001, ‘03, ‘05-10) and The Ballpark in Arlington (2002, ‘04). compete in pool play on one side of the bracket, while teams seeded No. 2, 3, 6 and 7 will play in the other. The two teams with the best record Past postseason championship winners include Kansas (2006), Nebraska within their bracket will advance to the Championship game, with the (1999-2001, ‘05), Oklahoma (1997), Oklahoma State (2004), Texas (2002, winner earning the Big 12’s automatic berth into the NCAA Championship. ‘03, ‘08-09), Texas A&M (2007) and Texas Tech (1998). Head-to-head competition will break ties within each bracket. In the event of more than two teams being tied for the top spot within a Live pre-game, game and post-game action from the 2010 tournament bracket, the highest-seeded team will advance to Sunday’s winner-take-all will be video streamed on Big12Sports.com for the fourth straight year. Championship game. Audio from the webcast will also be broadcast on Sirius XM Radio, a Big 12 corporate partner. Rainout Policy: In the event divisional play cannot be completed to determine a divisional For ticket information, visit Big12Sports.com. champion (due to weather-related or other circumstances) the following tiebreaking procedures will take place to determine which two teams shall play in the championship:
1) Team with the best record in each division by winning percentage.
2) If two or more teams are still tied, the highest seeded team amongst the tied moves on as the Division Champion.
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDuLE
Wed., May 26 Game 1: Teams To Be Determined 9:00 a.m. Game 2: Teams To Be Determined 12:30 p.m. Game 3: Teams To Be Determined 4:00 p.m. Game 4: Teams To Be Determined 7:30 p.m.
Thu., May 27 Game 5: Teams To Be Determined 3:00 p.m. Game 6: Teams To Be Determined 7:30 p.m.
Fri., May 28 Game 7: Teams To Be Determined 3:00 p.m. Game 8: Teams To Be Determined 7:30 p.m.
Sat., May 29 Game 9: Teams To Be Determined 9:00 a.m. Game 10: Teams To Be Determined 12:30 p.m. Game 11: Teams To Be Determined 4:00 p.m. Game 12: Teams To Be Determined 7:30 p.m.
Sun., May 30 Game 13: Division 1 Champion vs. 1:00 p.m. AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Division 2 Champion {FSN}
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The 64-team bracket provides for 16 four-team double elimination Regionals; and eight two-team, best-of-three Super Regionals, with the eight winners advancing to Omaha for the NCAA Men’s College World Series.
In 1999, the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship expanded from a field of 48 teams to 64. The champions of all 29 NCAA Division I conferences automatically qualify for the championship. The remaining 35 teams will be selected at-large. The Division I Baseball Committee will also consider regular season conference standings and/or conference postseason competition.
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JuNE 4-7 Regionals (16 Sites) On- and Off-Campus Sites
JuNE 11-13 OR JuNE 12-14 Super Regionals (8 Sites) On- and Off-Campus Sites
JuNE 19-29/30 College World Series: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Since coming to Omaha, 876 games have been played in Rosenblatt Stadium, with total overall attendance Omaha, Neb. of 7,211,767. Annual attendance for the Series has grown from 17,805 during its first year in Omaha, to a Host: Creighton university record 336,076 fans scanned through the gates in 2009.
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DATE GAME {Tv} TIME DATE GAME {Tv} TIME Feb. 19 Kansas State vs. Delaware 11:00 a.m. Feb. 26 Oklahoma vs. Valparaiso Noon The Citadel Shootout; Charleston, S.C. Jacksonville Tournament; Jacksonville, Fla. Duke at Baylor 1:00 p.m. Nebraska vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 1:00 p.m. Georgia at Baylor 5:00 p.m. Rice Invitational; Houston, Texas QTI Apparel’s Opening Weekend Classic; Waco, Texas Missouri vs. Florida Atlantic 2:00 p.m. Missouri vs. Gonzaga 2:00 p.m. Auburn Invitational; Auburn, Ala. Collegiate Cactus Classic; Tucson, Ariz. Texas State at Baylor 2:00 p.m. New Mexico at Texas 3:00 p.m. Stanford at Texas 3:00 p.m. Jacksonville State at Texas Tech 4:00 p.m. Kansas vs. Sacramento State 4:00 p.m. Red Raider Classic; Lubbock, Texas Peoria Spring Training Classic; Peoria, Ariz. Seton Hall at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Washington State at Texas Tech 4:00 p.m. Oklahoma at San Diego State 8:00 p.m. Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic; Lubbock, Texas Nebraska at Fresno State 8:05 p.m. Texas A&M vs. Western Kentucky 6:00 p.m. Oklahoma State vs. USC 8:30 p.m. Feb. 20 Kansas State vs. East Tennessee State 10:00 a.m. Dodgertown Classic; Los Angeles, Calif. The Citadel Shootout; Charleston, S.C. Duke at Baylor 1:00 p.m. Feb. 27 Texas A&M at Baylor 1:00 p.m. QTI Apparel’s Opening Weekend Classic; Waco, Texas Stanford at Texas 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma Christian at Oklahoma State 2:00 p.m. Missouri at Auburn 3:00 p.m. New Mexico at Texas 2:00 p.m. Auburn Invitational; Auburn, Ala. Seton Hall at Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. Oklahoma at Jacksonville 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma at San Diego State (DH) 3:00 p.m. Jacksonville Tournament; Jacksonville, Fla. Missouri vs. Washington 4:00 p.m. Kansas vs. Sacramento State 4:00 p.m. Missouri vs. New Mexico State 8:00 p.m. Peoria Spring Training Classic; Peoria, Ariz. Collegiate Cactus Classic; Tucson, Ariz. Bethune-Cookman at Texas Tech 4:00 p.m. Michigan at Texas Tech 4:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at UCLA 4:00 p.m. Red Raider Classic; Lubbock, Texas Dodgertown Classic; Los Angeles, Calif. Nebraska at Fresno State 4:05 p.m. Nebraska at Rice 4:30 p.m. Rice Invitational; Houston, Texas Feb. 21 Michigan at Texas Tech 11:00 a.m. Kansas State vs. Duquesne 5:00 p.m. Jacksonville State at Texas Tech 2:00 p.m. Russmatt Central Florida Invitational; Winter Haven, Fla. Red Raider Classic; Lubbock, Texas Kansas vs. Gonzaga 8:00 p.m. Missouri vs. Gonzaga Noon Peoria Spring Training Classic; Peoria, Ariz. Collegiate Cactus Classic; Tucson, Ariz. Eastern Michigan at Kansas Noon Feb. 28 Oklahoma vs. Richmond 8:30 a.m. Seton Hall at Texas A&M 12:05 p.m. Jacksonville Tournament; Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas State vs. The Citadel 12:30 p.m. Kansas vs. Gonzaga 11:00 a.m. The Citadel Shootout; Charleston, S.C. Peoria Spring Training Classic; Peoria, Ariz. New Mexico at Texas 1:00 p.m. Missouri vs. Boston College 11:00 a.m. Georgia at Baylor 2:00 p.m. Auburn Invitational; Auburn, Ala. QTI Apparel’s Opening Weekend Classic; Waco, Texas Nebraska vs. Elon Noon Oklahoma at San Diego State 3:00 p.m. Rice Invitational; Houston, Texas Nebraska at Fresno State 3:05 p.m. Oklahoma State vs. Vanderbilt Noon Dodgertown Classic; Los Angeles, Calif. Feb. 22 Kansas State at The Citadel 12:30 p.m. Washington State at Texas Tech Noon Eastern Michigan at Kansas (DH) 3:00 p.m. Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic; Lubbock, Texas Nebraska at Fresno State 8:05 p.m. Western Kentucky at Baylor 1:00 p.m. Stanford at Texas 1:00 p.m. Feb. 23 Dallas Baptist at Texas 3:00 p.m. Kansas State vs. Northeastern 4:00 p.m. New Mexico at Texas Tech 3:00 p.m. Russmatt Central Florida Invitational; Winter Haven, Fla. Wichita State at Kansas 5:00 p.m. Texas A&M vs. Texas State 5:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. March 1 Kansas State vs. St. Bonaventure 2:00 p.m. Feb. 24 TCU at Baylor 3:00 p.m. Russmatt Central Florida Invitational; Winter Haven, Fla.
Feb. 25 Bethune-Cookman at Texas Tech 4:00 p.m. March 2 Kansas State vs. Western Michigan 9:30 a.m. Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic; Lubbock, Texas Russmatt Central Florida Invitational; Winter Haven, Fla. South Dakota State at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. Kansas at Arkansas 3:00 p.m. UT-Arlington at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. Dallas Baptist at Texas Tech 5:00 p.m. UT-Pan American at Texas 6:05 p.m. BYU at Baylor 6:30 p.m.
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DATE GAME {Tv} TIME DATE GAME {Tv} TIME March 3 Kansas State vs. Villanova 10:00 a.m. March 10 Nebraska-Kearney at Nebraska 1:35 p.m. Russmatt Central Florida Invitational; Winter Haven, Fla. Tabor at Kansas 3:00 p.m. BYU at Texas A&M 4:05 p.m. Houston Baptist at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Gonzaga at Texas Tech 3:00 p.m. Western Illinois at Missouri 6:30 p.m. March 4 South Florida at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. Penn State at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Sooner Classic; Norman, Okla. March 12 Houston Baptist at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Mississippi State 2:00 p.m. March 5 Texas Tech vs. TCU Noon Whataburger Classic; Corpus Christi, Texas Missouri vs. Houston 3:30 p.m. Kent State at Kansas State 3:00 p.m. Texas vs. Rice 7:00 p.m. UMass at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. Houston College Classic; Houston, Texas Xavier at Missouri 6:00 p.m. Oklahoma State vs. Northwestern 12:15 p.m. Iowa at Texas 6:05 p.m. Dairy Queen Classic; Minneapolis, Minn. Illinois-Chicago at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Iowa at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Texas Tech at TCU 6:30 p.m. Western Illinois at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. Washington State at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Sooner Classic; Norman, Okla. Kansas at LSU 7:00 p.m. Kansas State at Stetson 6:00 p.m. Bright House Invitational; DeLand, Fla. March 13 Kent State at Kansas State (DH) Noon Oral Roberts at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Iowa at Texas (DH) 12:30 p.m. Winthrop at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Oklahoma at Corpus Christi 1:00 p.m. Nebraska at UCLA 8:00 p.m. Whataburger Classic; Corpus Christi, Texas UMass at Oklahoma State (DH) 1:00 p.m. March 6 Missouri vs. TCU Noon Kansas at LSU 2:00 p.m. Texas vs. Houston 3:30 p.m. Xavier at Missouri 2:00 p.m. Houston College Classic; Houston, Texas Texas Tech at TCU 2:00 p.m. Iowa at Kansas Noon Houston Baptist at Nebraska 2:05 p.m. Oral Roberts at Baylor (DH) 1:00 p.m. Washington State at Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. Kansas State vs. Notre Dame 2:00 p.m. Illinois-Chicago at Baylor 3:00 p.m. Bright House Invitational; DeLand, Fla. Winthrop at Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. March 14 Oklahoma vs. UCLA 11:00 a.m. Iowa at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Whataburger Classic; Corpus Christi, Texas South Florida at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. Kent State at Kansas State Noon Sooner Classic; Norman, Okla. Xavier at Missouri Noon Nebraska vs. UCLA 4:00 p.m. Illinois-Chicago at Baylor 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Minnesota 6:35 p.m. UMass at Oklahoma State 1:00 p.m. Texas Tech vs. Rice 7:00 p.m. Texas Tech at TCU 1:00 p.m. Houston College Classic; Houston, Texas Iowa at Texas 1:00 p.m. Kansas at LSU 1:00 p.m. March 7 Texas vs. Missouri 11:00 a.m. Houston Baptist at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. Texas Tech at Houston 2:30 p.m. Washington State at Texas A&M 1:05 p.m. Houston College Classic; Houston, Texas Oklahoma State vs. Loyola Marymount 11:00 a.m. March 16 Kansas at Tulane 6:00 p.m. Dairy Queen Classic; Minneapolis, Minn. Creighton at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Kansas State vs. Harvard 11:00 a.m. Western Illinois at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Bright House Invitational; DeLand, Fla. 11:30 a.m. Texas at Rice 6:30 p.m. Oral Roberts at Baylor 1:00 p.m. Texas State at Texas Tech 6:30 p.m. Iowa at Kansas 1:00 p.m. Centenary at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Nebraska at UCLA 1:00 p.m. UMass at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. Winthrop at Texas A&M 1:05 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. March 17 Kansas at Tulane 1:00 p.m. Sooner Classic; Norman, Okla. Western Illinois at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. UMass at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. March 9 Louisiana Tech at Baylor 4:00 p.m. Texas State at Texas 6:05 p.m. March 18 North Dakota State at Missouri 6:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Dallas Baptist 6:30 p.m. Gonzaga at Texas Tech 6:30 p.m. Penn State at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m.
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DATE GAME {Tv} TIME DATE GAME {Tv} TIME March 19 UW-Milwaukee at Kansas State 3:00 p.m. March 31 Purdue at Missouri 1:00 p.m. North Dakota at Missouri 6:00 p.m. North Dakota at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. Nebraska at Texas* 6:05 p.m. Missouri State at Kansas 6:00 p.m. Missouri State at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Baylor at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m. April 1 Texas A&M at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. March 20 UW-Milwaukee at Kansas State (DH) Noon Texas at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. North Dakota at Missouri (DH) 1:00 p.m. Kansas State at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. Kansas at Saint Louis 1:00 p.m. Baylor at Oklahoma* 2:00 p.m. April 2 Texas A&M at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. Nebraska at Texas* 2:00 p.m. Baylor at Missouri* 6:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas A&M* 2:05 p.m. Nebraska at Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. Missouri State at Oklahoma State 2:30 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. Wright State at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Kansas State at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m.
March 21 UW-Milwaukee at Kansas State 1:00 p.m. April 3 Texas A&M at Kansas* 11:00 a.m. Baylor at Oklahoma* 1:00 p.m. Kansas State at Texas Tech* Noon Kansas at Saint Louis 1:00 p.m. Baylor at Missouri* 2:00 p.m. Nebraska at Texas* {FCS} 1:00 p.m. Nebraska at Oklahoma State* 2:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas A&M* 1:05 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma* {ESPNU} 2:00 p.m. Wright State at Oklahoma State 4:30 p.m. April 4 Baylor at Missouri* 1:00 p.m. March 23 Northern Colorado at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. Nebraska at Oklahoma State* 1:00 p.m. Creighton at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Missouri 6:00 p.m. April 5 Texas Tech at UNLV 9:00 p.m. Rice at Texas 6:05 p.m. Alabama A&M at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. April 6 Texas Tech at UNLV 3:00 p.m. Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Texas Tech 6:30 p.m. SIU-Edwardsville at Missouri 6:00 p.m. Northwestern State at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas 6:05 p.m. Texas State at Baylor 6:30 p.m. March 24 Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Texas Tech Noon Wichita State at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Northern Colorado at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. Oklahoma at TCU 6:30 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Missouri 3:00 p.m. Creighton at Nebraska 6:35 p.m. Alabama A&M at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. UT-San Antonio at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. UT-San Antonio at Baylor 6:30 p.m. April 7 Kansas at Creighton 6:00 p.m. March 26 Kansas at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas 6:05 p.m. Oklahoma State at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma State at Missouri State 6:30 p.m. Texas at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. Missouri vs. Illinois [St. Louis, Mo.] 7:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. Missouri at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m. April 9 Kansas at Texas* 6:05 p.m. Nebraska at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. March 27 Oklahoma State at Kansas State* 2:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Nebraska* 2:05 p.m. Missouri at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. Missouri at Texas A&M* 2:05 p.m. Baylor at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m. Kansas at Baylor* 3:00 p.m. Texas at Texas Tech* 5:00 p.m. April 10 Nebraska at Kansas State* 2:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Oklahoma State* 2:00 p.m. March 28 Texas at Texas Tech* {FSN} Noon Missouri at Oklahoma* {FSN} 2:00 p.m. Kansas at Baylor* 1:00 p.m. Kansas at Texas* 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Nebraska* 1:05 p.m. Missouri at Texas A&M* 1:05 p.m. April 11 Nebraska at Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Oklahoma State* 1:00 p.m. March 30 Arkansas-Little Rock at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Missouri at Oklahoma* 1:00 p.m. Purdue at Missouri 6:00 p.m. Kansas at Texas* 1:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Texas State 6:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Baylor* 2:00 p.m. Oral Roberts at Texas 6:05 p.m. Texas Tech vs. New Mexico State 6:30 p.m. Wichita State at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. North Dakota at Nebraska 6:35 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m.
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DATE GAME {Tv} TIME DATE GAME {Tv} TIME April 13 Texas State at Texas 6:05 p.m. April 27 Texas Tech at New Mexico 2:00 p.m. Baylor at UT-Arlington 6:30 p.m. Nebraska at Iowa 6:00 p.m. Kansas at Missouri State 6:30 p.m. UT-San Antonio at Texas 6:05 p.m. Oklahoma at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Missouri vs. Eastern Illinois [O’Fallon, Mo.] 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M at TCU 6:30 p.m. Chicago State at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Wichita State at Nebraska 6:35 p.m. UT-Arlington at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Kansas State at BYU 7:30 p.m. Baylor at TCU 6:30 p.m. Prairie View A&M at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. April 14 Kansas State at BYU Noon Dallas Baptist at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. UT-Arlington at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Kansas at Wichita State 7:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Dallas Baptist 6:30 p.m. Missouri at Missouri State 7:00 p.m. April 28 Chicago State at Kansas State 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Wichita State 7:00 p.m. April 16 Oklahoma State at Missouri* 6:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Texas* 6:05 p.m. April 30 Texas at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Baylor at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. Kansas at Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. Kansas at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. Missouri at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. April 17 Baylor at Kansas State* 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Missouri* 3:00 p.m. May 1 Kansas at Oklahoma State* {FSN} 2:00 p.m. Kansas at Nebraska* 4:05 p.m. Texas A&M at Nebraska* 2:05 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas Tech* 5:00 p.m. Missouri at Texas Tech* 5:00 p.m. Texas at Texas A&M* {FSN} 5:30 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. Baylor at Texas* {ESPNU} 8:00 p.m. April 18 Baylor at Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Missouri* 1:00 p.m. May 2 Texas A&M at Nebraska* 11:05 a.m. Texas at Texas A&M* {FCS} 1:00 p.m. Missouri at Texas Tech* Noon Oklahoma at Texas Tech* 1:00 p.m. Kansas at Oklahoma State* 1:00 p.m. Kansas at Nebraska* 1:05 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma* 1:00 p.m. Baylor at Texas* {FCS} 2:30 p.m. April 20 Alabama A&M at Texas Tech (DH) 3:00 p.m. UT-Arlington at Texas 6:05 p.m. May 4 Missouri State at Missouri 6:00 p.m. Sam Houston State at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Prairie View A&M at Texas 6:05 p.m. Nebraska at Creighton 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Rice at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Texas A&M at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. TCU at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. Kansas State at Wichita State 7:00 p.m. May 5 Minnesota at Kansas State 3:00 p.m.
April 21 Baylor at Texas State 6:30 p.m. May 6 Dallas Baptist at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Kansas vs. Missouri [Kansas City, Mo.] 7:00 p.m. May 7 Texas at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. April 23 Kansas State at Missouri* 6:00 p.m. Southeast Missouri State at Nebraska 6:35 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas* 6:05 p.m. Dallas Baptist at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Nebraska at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Missouri at Kansas* 7:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State* [Tulsa, Okla.] 7:35 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas* 7:00 p.m. May 8 Texas at Kansas State* 2:00 p.m. April 24 Kansas State at Missouri* {FSN} 2:00 p.m. Southeast Missouri State at Nebraska 2:05 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas* 2:00 p.m. Dallas Baptist at Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas A&M* 2:05 p.m. Missouri at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. Nebraska at Baylor* 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State* [Oklahoma City] 7:05 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. May 9 Southeast Missouri State at Nebraska 12:05 p.m. April 25 Nebraska at Baylor* 1:00 p.m. Texas at Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas* 1:00 p.m. Missouri at Kansas* 1:00 p.m. Kansas State at Missouri* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State* [Oklahoma City] 4:05 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas A&M* {FCS} 1:00 p.m. May 11 Texas A&M at Houston 6:30 p.m. Rice at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m.
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DATE GAME {Tv} TIME BIG 12 BASEBALL ON Tv May 14 Memphis at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. Big 12 baseball will be aired nationally on FSN, FCS and ESPNU this season Texas A&M at Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. (check local listings for live airings and replays). Baylor at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. Kansas State at Kansas* 7:00 p.m. The six contests on FSN will be available to its regional affiliates, reaching Nebraska at Missouri* 7:00 p.m. more than 82 million cable and satellite TV homes nationwide.
May 15 Texas A&M at Oklahoma State* 2:00 p.m. The FSN/Big 12 baseball television package is in its 14th year. FSN Southwest Kansas at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. is scheduled to air 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship game from Memphis at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City for the seventh consecutive season. Additional telecasts Nebraska at Missouri* 7:00 p.m. from the championship may be announced at a later date. Baylor at Texas Tech* 7:00 p.m. In addition, ESPNU, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox College Sports and CBS College May 16 Nebraska at Missouri* Noon Sports may also televise games. ESPN and its affiliates will carry most Louisiana Tech at Texas (DH) 12:30 p.m. NCAA Regional contests as well as all NCAA Super Regional and College Memphis at Oklahoma 1:00 p.m. World Series games live from Omaha, Neb. Texas A&M at Oklahoma State* 1:00 p.m. Baylor at Texas Tech* 1:00 p.m. Kansas at Kansas State* 2:00 p.m. 2010 BIG 12 TELECAST SCHEDuLE Date Game Tv Time May 18 Texas Tech at Northern Colorado 4:00 p.m. March 21 Nebraska at Texas FCS 1:00 p.m. Kansas at Arkansas-Little Rock 6:00 p.m. March 28 Texas at Texas Tech FSN Noon Dallas Baptist at Baylor 6:30 p.m. April 3 Texas at Oklahoma ESPNU 2:00 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. April 10 Missouri at Oklahoma FSN 2:00 p.m. UT-Arlington at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. April 17 Texas at Texas A&M FSN 5:30 p.m. Nebraska at Creighton 7:00 p.m. April 18 Texas at Texas A&M FCS 1:00 p.m. Arkansas at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. April 24 Kansas State at Missouri FSN 2:00 p.m. April 25 Oklahoma at Texas May 19 Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma State 3:00 p.m. A&M FCS 1:00 p.m. May 1 Kansas at Oklahoma State FSN 2:00 p.m. May 21 Texas at Missouri* 6:00 p.m. Baylor at Texas ESPNU 8:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. May 2 Baylor at Texas FCS 2:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. May 30 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship FSN 1:00 p.m. Kansas State at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m. AT&T Bricktown Ballpark; Oklahoma City Oklahoma at Kansas* 7:00 p.m.
May 22 Texas at Missouri* 2:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Nebraska* 2:05 p.m. Kansas State at Texas A&M* 2:05 p.m. Oklahoma State at Baylor* 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas* 6:00 p.m.
May 23 Oklahoma State at Baylor* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas* 1:00 p.m. Texas at Missouri* 1:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Nebraska* 1:05 p.m. Kansas State at Texas A&M* 1:05 p.m.
* - Big 12 Conference Game DH - Doubleheader All times Central and subject to change.
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Dan Beebe was named the third commissioner of the Big 12 Under Beebe’s direction, the OVC added five new members. He also placed an emphasis on Conference on September 5, 2007, after serving as senior associate ethics and sportsmanship within the league, producing a nationally recognized sportsmanship commissioner and chief operating officer for the league since statement and participating in regional and national seminars on the topic. February 2003. Over the course of his career, Beebe has built a strong reputation nationally in college In his two years as commissioner, Beebe has enjoyed four national athletics and has been selected to some of the NCAA’s most significant committees. In championships and four teams in the Bowl Championship Series addition to his recent appointments, he was a member of the prestigious NCAA Management in addition to numerous individual NCAA crowns. Off the field, he Council, serving as chair of the Council’s I-AA Governance Committee. He also chaired guided league institutions to a continuation of their revenue sharing the Council’s Committee on Fines and Forfeitures and was part of its Subcommittee for model which returned a record $130-million back to its membership Student-Athlete Issues. Beebe was picked to fill the required commissioner’s position in 2008-09. on the initial NCAA Athletics Certification Committee that formalized and implemented the program adopted by the NCAA membership. He also previously served on the NCAA In addition, Beebe was part of the BCS television negotiating team that reached a new Nominating, Professional Sports Liaison, Football Issues, I-AA Football and Federal Arbitration agreement with ESPN resulting in a significant increase in revenue for the Big 12. He also Act committees. has spearheaded a continued and expanded Big 12 relationship with Special Olympics in each of the league’s seven states. Prior to his conference work, Beebe was a Director of Enforcement at the NCAA. He started at the NCAA in 1982 as an enforcement representative and was involved with numerous The Walla Walla, Washington, native will represent the Big 12 on two national boards. high-profile cases. That tenure was interrupted by a one-year stint as an Assistant Director Beebe has been named to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee – one of the of Athletics at Wichita State University in 1986 before he returned to the NCAA office where organization’s most prestigious groups. His tenure will begin in September 2009 and run he earned his Director of Enforcement promotion in 1988. for five years. He also will serve on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). That four-year term will expire in June 2013. Beebe attended Walla Walla Community College from 1975 to 1977, and then transferred on Currently, Beebe is a board member of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards, sponsored to California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly-Pomona) where he earned his Bachelor of by Honda. Science degree, cum laude, in social sciences in June 1979. Beebe received his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1982 and is a member of While in his previous role at the Big 12, Beebe handled issues related to governance, national the Washington State Bar Association. policy and legal affairs, in addition to coordinating the day-to-day activities of the conference office. He also served as the conference liaison to the Big 12 Board of Directors. Beebe Besides his life’s work, Beebe’s ability to relate to student-athletes and others directly has been involved in site selection for future league championships, extending television involved in college sports results from his own experience as a recruited football player. contracts and enhancing football bowl opportunities. In addition, he has been active in As an offensive lineman, Beebe was a four-year starter and served as captain of the varsity establishing the conference’s sportsmanship policies and procedures. football teams at Walla Walla Community College and Cal Poly-Pomona. He continued his participation in athletics well after his college days, playing rugby, basketball, tennis, golf Prior to joining the Big 12, Beebe was commissioner of the Ohio Valley Conference from and other sports. 1989-2003. Upon his appointment, he became the youngest leader of a Division I football- playing conference. He was selected as one of the Outstanding Young Men of America in 1989 in recognition of his outstanding professional achievement, superior leadership ability and exceptional During his tenure, Beebe made the OVC more attractive in areas of television appearances as service to the community. In 1995, he was named an Institute for International Sport exposure nearly tripled. He also enhanced championships and revenue generation, ensured Ethics Fellow. Beebe has also served on various community boards, including the YMCA sportsmanship and fair play, promoted gender equity, and gained national recognition for the and Nashville Sports Council. league. He was a strong proponent of providing opportunities for female student-athletes, as the league added three women’s championships during his time. Born on February 27, 1957, Beebe is married to the former Molly Scanlon and has four children: daughters Jessie and Elaine, and sons Matthew and Patrick.
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