Big 12

With the New Year brings clarity. Not only has the excruciating bowl season come to an end, allowing us to focus solely on college hoops, with the occasional Patriots hatefest NFL football game mixed in here or there, but with the start of ’08 comes conference play for the BCS leagues. This means no more North Floridas or Sacramento States or Prairie View A & Ms on the schedule. No, this means we will be treated to a bevy of decent matchups on a nightly basis, providing a meaningful way to discern between squads, rather than wild guessing, or even

Some talk that Oregon State is the worst BCS team ever.. we'll see below in my monthly 73-team BCS Power Ranking. This follows u

 

1. UNC 14-0 (ACC)(1)

Mike Anderson (Missouri)

Rick Barnes (Texas)

Bob Knight (Texas Tech)

Bill Self (Kansas)

Mark Turgeon (Texas A&M)

Other (Capel, Drew, Sutton, etc)

IRVING, Texas - A pair of Nebraska athletes - senior Aleks Maric and junior Ade Dagunduro - have been chosen as the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week for Dec. 10-16, in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. It is the third career weekly honor for Maric and marks the first time in Big 12 history that NU has earned both accolades in the same week.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Aleks Maric, Nebraska, C, Sr., 6-11, 275, Sydney, Australia/Australian Institute for Sport

ACC (72-19, 1st RPI)

Atlantic 10 (67-40, 5th RPI)

Big East (83-24, 4th RPI)

Big 12 (63-25, 3rd RPI

Pac-10 (56-15, 2nd RPI)

Other (Big Ten, Horizon, MVC, SEC)

All of the Big 12 (minus Texas) breathed a sigh of relief at the end of last season when freshman terror Kevin Durant bolted to the NBA.  Little did they know that a new phenom up in Manhattan was going to be terrorizing the league this season à la Durant.  You’ll find that phenom – plus four other players quick out of the gates – on the Big 12 All-November team.

 

IRVING, Texas - Sophomore Damion James (Texas) and freshmen Craig Brackins (Iowa State) and James Anderson (Oklahoma State) have been chosen as the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Player and Rookies of the Week for Nov. 26 - Dec. 2, in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. James and Brackins win their first conference weekly honors, while Anderson is given the rookie award for the second time this year.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

#4 Kansas at #24 USC

#8 Texas at #1 UCLA

#9 Texas A&M at Arizona

Other

IRVING, Texas - Junior A.J. Abrams (Texas) and freshman LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor) have been chosen as the latest Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week for the 2007-08 season, in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. Abrams wins player honors for the second time in his career, while Dunn’s rookie award marks the second consecutive week a Baylor player has won a Big 12 weekly award.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

A.J. Abrams, Texas, G, Jr., 5-11, 155, Round Rock, Texas/McNeil

CHN staffers predict the BCS conference champions.  Kansas is the lone unanimous pick amongst the 8 writers represented here. Other consensus picks (at least 6 votes) include UNC, UCLA, and Tennessee.