Senior Day can be a powerful motivator, as the TCU-Texas match showed earlier today. And it also worked in Norman, as OU blanked OSU 4-0 in Bedlam. But the most exciting Big12 match of the day was undoubtedly in Lubbock where Tech blitzed out to an early 3-0 lead over #4 Baylor. And they were leading in all 4 remaining matches, but one-by-one Schretter, Tchoutakian and Little turned those matches around and tied it up 3-3. It all came down to Tech's Carlos DiLaura and Baylor's Constantin Frantzen on court 5. DiLaura won the first set 7-6 in a tiebreaker; Frantzen won the 2nd 6-4. And then the 3rd set went to a match-deciding tie-breaker and DiLaura won it, giving Tech their biggest win of the year and their first in the Big12.
That makes the final Big 12 regular season standings as follows:
TCU 5-0, 17-4
Oklahoma State 3-2, 21-5
Baylor 2-3, 21-6
Texas 2-3, 19-7
Oklahoma 2-3, 14-9
Tech 1-4, 11-14.
I think Baylor will get the 3rd seed because they beat both Texas and OU; Texas the 4th because they beat OU; OU the 5th. Tech's overall record is below .500 so they must win the Big12 tourney to get a NCAA bid. The tourney starts Thursday in Norman and I think it'll be Baylor v. Tech and Texas v. OU. TCU and OSU will get byes. TCU will then face the winner between OU and Texas. I could be wrong on the seeding, but in any event, TCU will get a bye and the top seed.
Two weeks afterwards, TCU (as well as OSU, Baylor and Texas) will each host regionals in the NCAA's - the winners advance to the NCAA Finals in Athens. OU will also get a bid but not a hosting position. Tech will only go if they win the Big12 tourney.