very interesting collection of games this weekend in the big 12
baylor @ kansas - both are 2-0, look to be the top of the big 12 at this time and if baylor wants to win the regular season this year a win at lawrence this year would go a long way.
tech @ wvu - this one should be brutal in terms of physical play, half court defense, and toughness of the squads. both at 1-1 after dropping a game to baylor and kansas respectively and both delivered a fairly sound beating to ok state for their wins.
ksu @ texas- kstate being 0-2 isn't a surprise, but texas not only starting 0-2, but looking bad against ou in austin is eye opening and if the horns drop this one their schedule is such an 0-6 free fall to start big 12 play isn't farfetched.
ou @ isu - sooners are 2-0 with kansas coming up and isu is 0-2 at taking a bad beating at home from kansas. if ou wants to finish in the middle of the big 12 they need to steal a few away wins and this is a great chance. isu needs to win to stabilize things or they are looking at possibly staring the year in the big 12 0-6.
ok state @ tcu - no one started with a tougher schedule than the cowboys who had to go to tech and then host wvu. they took beatings in both games, but they also might have faced the best half court defensive teams in the big 12.
on paper osu has offensive talent, but they haven't been insync and this is a must win for the cowboys.
tcu has found a way to win two games late which is a big positive for this team. they got a favorable draw in their first two games and things step up significantly over their next 6 as the go to wwu, to ou, host tech, at ark, host texas, and then at baylor.
frogs need to pick up wins against the other teams that look to be in the big 12 when they can and a win would be a great springboard into a very tough stretch of games.
