Big 12 Conference
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| Classification | NCAA Division I FBS |
| Established | 1996 |
| Members | 12 |
| Sports fielded | 21 (10 men's, 11 women's) |
| Region | Central United States |
| States | 7 - Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas |
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The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. It is a member of the NCAA's Division I for all sports; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the highest of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition.
The conference's offices are located in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving.
The conference was officially formed on February 25, 1994, when the former Big Eight Conference merged with four Texas schools that had been members of the Southwest Conference, which had just disbanded. Athletic competition in the conference commenced on August 31, 1996.
According to the Big 12 Conference's website, the use of the alternate names "Big Twelve" and "Big XII" are incorrect; the trademarked name of the conference is "Big 12 Conference" (notwithstanding that the conference logo features the Roman numeral XII).
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[edit] Membership
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Big 12 North |
Big 12 South |
[edit] Sports
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The conference sponsors championships in the following sports: baseball (m), basketball (m,w), cross-country (m,w), football (m), golf (m,w), gymnastics (w), soccer (w), softball (w), swimming and diving (m,w), tennis (m,w), track and field (m,w), volleyball (w), wrestling (m)
Among the sponsored sports, all twelve universities participate in 12 sports, while the following sports do not have full participation:
- 11 schools participate in volleyball (Oklahoma State does not)
- 11 schools participate in soccer (Kansas State does not)
- 10 schools participate in baseball (Colorado and Iowa State do not; Colorado discontinued its program following the 1980 season and Iowa State followed suit after the 2001 season)
- 10 schools participate in softball (Colorado and Kansas State do not)
- 7 schools participate in men's tennis (Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri do not)
- 6 schools participate in women's swimming and diving (Kansas, Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas and Texas A&M)
- 5 schools participate in wrestling (Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State)
- 4 schools participate in gymnastics (Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma)
- 3 schools participate in men's swimming and diving (Missouri, Texas and Texas A&M)
Additionally, member schools participate in the following sports, not organized by the conference:
- Nebraska, Kansas State, Iowa State, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech participate in rodeo (Rodeo is not sancitioned by the NCAA, but instead by the NIRA).
- Kansas State, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M participate in equestrian.
- Kansas, Kansas State and Texas participate in rowing.
- Nebraska and Oklahoma participate in men's gymnastics.
- Nebraska participates in women's bowling and the coeducational sport of rifle.
- Texas A&M participates in women's archery.
- Colorado participates in skiing.
[edit] Football
There are many national football powerhouses in the Big 12 Conference, and when the league was formed, it was decided that the top team from the South Division would play the top team from the North Division at the end of the season to determine the conference champion.
Teams play eight conference games a season, facing all five opponents within its own division and three teams from the opposite division. Inter-divisional play is a "three-on, three-off" system, where teams will play three teams from the other division on a home-and-home basis for two seasons, and then play the other three foes from the opposite side for a two-year home-and-home. This format has come under considerable criticism, especially from fans at Nebraska and Oklahoma, who are denied a yearly matchup between two of college football's most storied programs. The Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry was one of the most intense rivalries in college football history. Until 2006, the teams had never met in the Big 12 Championship.
There has been talk of modifying the current format to allow each team to have one permanent opponent from the opposite division (as is the case in the Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference), or for Nebraska and Oklahoma to play a non-conference game when the two teams are not scheduled to meet in conference play.
[edit] Championship Game
The Big 12 Championship Game is held by the Big 12 Conference each year. The championship game pits the Big 12 North Division champion against the South Division champion in a game held after the regular season has been completed. The championship game has been held since the conference completed expansion to 12 members with the breakup and subsequent merger of the Big 8 Conference and the Southwest Conference in 1995. The first championship game was played after the 1996 regular season.
[edit] Bowl game tie-ins
The bowl lineup for the 2006 season, in order of selection:
- BCS Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona (vs BCS at-large)
- Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas (vs SEC)
- Holiday Bowl in San Diego, California (vs Pac-10)
- Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida (vs ACC) or Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas (vs Big Ten)
- Alamo Bowl or Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas (vs Pac-10)
- Insight Bowl near Phoenix, Arizona (vs Big Ten)
- Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana (vs SEC)
- Texas Bowl in Houston, Texas (vs Big East)
The Big 12 Conference had nine bowl-eligible teams in 2006, but only eight bowl tie-ins. As a result the Kansas Jayhawks were eligible but not invited to a bowl game.
[edit] Rivalries
The Big 12 has many rivalries among its member schools, primarily in football. Most of the rivalries have existed since before the Big Eight and Southwest Conferences merged. The Texas-Oklahoma rivalry is especially notable, as it was a major rivalry decades before the two schools were in the same conference. Some of the many football rivalries involving Big 12 schools include:
| Rivalry | Name | Trophy | Games played |
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| Kansas - Missouri | The Border Showdown1 | The Marching Band Drum | 115 |
| Texas - Texas A&M | The Lone Star Showdown | The Lone Star Showdown Trophy | 113 |
| Kansas - Kansas State | The Sunflower Showdown | The Governor's Cup | 104 |
| Baylor - Texas A&M | The Battle of the Brazos | 103 | |
| Texas - Oklahoma | The Red River Rivalry2 | The Golden Hat | 101 |
| Oklahoma - Oklahoma State | The Bedlam Series | Bedlam Bell | 101 |
| Nebraska - Missouri | Missouri - Nebraska Bell | 100 | |
| Iowa State - Missouri | The Telephone Trophy | 99 | |
| Texas - Baylor | 96 | ||
| Kansas State - Nebraska | 91 | ||
| Nebraska - Oklahoma | 83 | ||
| Nebraska - Colorado | 65 | ||
| Texas Tech - Texas A&M | 65 | ||
| Texas Tech - Texas | Silver Spurs | 56 | |
| Texas A&M - Oklahoma | 25 |
- Changed from the "Border War" on October 4, 2004 due to the September 11th terrorist attacks. The new name has been criticized for political correctness[1].
- Changed names from Red River Shootout in 2005 to deemphasize war and for political correctness. Played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas during the Texas State Fair annually.
[edit] Men's Basketball
Although standings in the conference are combined and not split among divisions, the schedule is structured as if the schools were split into two divisions. Teams play a home-and-home against teams within its division and a single game against teams from the opposite division for a total of 16 conference games. This denies Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, formerly in the Big Eight, two games a season against their opponents from that former conference, but does allow most of the other traditional rivalries to be played home-and-home.
[edit] Big 12 Regular Season Champions
- 1997 - Kansas (15-1)
- 1998 - Kansas (15-1)
- 1999 - Texas (13-3)
- 2000 - Iowa State (14-2)
- 2001 - Iowa State (13-3)
- 2002 - Kansas (16-0)
- 2003 - Kansas (14-2)
- 2004 - Oklahoma State (14-2)
- 2005 - Oklahoma/Kansas (12-4 apiece)
- 2006 - Texas/Kansas (13-3 apiece)
- 2007 - Kansas (14-2)
[edit] Big 12 Tournament Championship Games
Numbers in parentheses refer to each team's finish/seed in the tournament for that year.
† - Denotes Each Overtime Played
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Location |
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| 1997 | (1) Kansas 87 | (10) Missouri 60 | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1998 | (1) Kansas 72 | (3) Oklahoma 58 | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1999 | (3) Kansas 53 | (5) Oklahoma State 37 | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2000 | (1) Iowa State 70 | (3) Oklahoma 58 | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2001 | (3) Oklahoma 54 | (4) Texas 45 | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2002 | (2) Oklahoma 64 | (1) Kansas 55 | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2003 | (3) Oklahoma 49 | (5) Missouri 47 | American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas |
| 2004 | (1) Oklahoma State 65 | (2) Texas 49 | American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas |
| 2005 | (3) Oklahoma State 72 | (4) Texas Tech 68 | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2006 | (2) Kansas 80 | (1) Texas 68 | American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas |
| 2007† | (1) Kansas 88 | (3) Texas 84 | Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2008 | Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri |
For a more complete history of the tournament see Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament.
[edit] Notable events in the 2006-07 season
On New Year's Day 2007, Texas Tech defeated the New Mexico Lobos 70-68 to give coach Bob Knight his 880th win. This broke the all-time men’s record of 879 wins previously held by North Carolina coach Dean Smith.
This season marked the first time in conference history in which a Big 12 game was postponed and rescheduled due to weather. The Oklahoma State-Nebraska game set for January 13 was postponed to a later date because the Cowboys could not safely leave Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, as an ice storm had hit the nation's midsection, and the airplane the OSU players were to use could not de-ice properly. No doubt influenced by memories of the 2001 plane crash that claimed the lives of several people associated with the Cowboys program, OSU opted for postponement. The game was rescheduled for March 5, the only time in conference history where a Big 12 regular season game was played the Monday prior to the Big 12 Tournament. The Huskers won the game 85-73.
In January 2007, the Big 12 signed a contract with the Pacific 10 Conference (aka the "Pac-10") to set up a "Big 12-Pac 10 Challenge" similar to the ACC - Big Ten Challenge. Beginning in the 2007-08 season, each Big 12 team will play a Pac-10 team on national television (two of the Pac-10 schools will play two games against Big 12 teams as part of the event).
The Big 12 Conference sent four teams to the NCAA Tournament: Kansas as the #1 seed in the West, Texas A&M as the #3 seed in the South, Texas as the #4 seed in the East, and Texas Tech as the #10 seed in the East. Texas Tech lost in the first round to Boston College, Texas lost in the second round to Southern Cal, and Texas A&M lost in the Sweet 16 to Memphis, and Kansas fell to UCLA in the Elite Eight.
In addition, two Big 12 teams qualified to play in the NIT: Kansas State as the #2 seed in the West, and Oklahoma State as the #2 seed in the East. K-State lost to the DePaul Blue Demons in the second round, while OSU was upset by Marist in the first round.
[edit] 2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament
- See also: 2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
The eleventh edition of the Big 12 Tournament was played at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City. Recaps of concluded games were derived from Big12Sports.com.
Preliminary Rounds, March 8
- No. 9 Oklahoma 68, No. 8 Iowa State 63
- No. 5 Texas Tech 81, No. 12 Colorado 71
- No. 7 Oklahoma State 54, No. 10 Nebraska 39
- No. 11 Baylor 97, No. 6 Missouri 83
Quarterfinal Rounds, March 9
- No. 1 Kansas 64, No. 9 Oklahoma 47
- No. 4 Kansas State 66, No. 5 Texas Tech 45
- No. 7 Oklahoma State 57, No. 2 Texas A&M 56
- No. 3. Texas 74, No. 11 Baylor 69
Semifinal Rounds, March 10
Final Round, March 11
Champion
- University of Kansas Jayhawks
[edit] Conference facilities
*Note the official capacities are listed on the respective schools' websites. Due to temporary seating, the attendance records are often much more than the official capacity. 87,555 is the record attendance at Kyle Field and the record for DKR is 89,422
[edit] National championships
The following is a list of all the national championships held by member schools. Only championships 1996 and later should be counted towards the Big 12 total itself (41).
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Football (18): Baseball (10): Men's Basketball (4): Women's Basketball (3): Women's Bowling (4): Men's Cross Country (7): Women's Cross Country (3): |
Equestrian (1): Men's Golf (12): Men's Gymnastics (17): Men's Indoor Track (4): Women's Indoor Track (7): Men's Outdoor Track (3): |
Women's Outdoor Track (5): Men's/Women's Skiing (16): Softball (4): Men's Swimming (9): Women's Swimming (7): Men's Tennis (1): Women's Tennis (2): Women's Volleyball (5): |
Wrestling (49): |
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National Team Titles By Institution |
National Team Titles Since 1996 |
[edit] Conference champions
| Year | Baseball | Basketball | Indoor Track | Outdoor Track | Cross Country | Football¹ | Golf | Swimming, Diving | Tennis | Wrestling |
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| 1996-1997 | Texas Tech | Kansas | Nebraska | Texas | Colorado | Texas | Oklahoma State | Texas | Texas | Oklahoma State |
| 1997-1998 | Texas A&M | Kansas | Nebraska | Nebraska | Colorado | Nebraska | Oklahoma State | Texas | Texas | Oklahoma State |
| 1998-1999 | Texas A&M | Texas | Texas | Texas | Colorado | Texas A&M | Kansas | Texas | Texas | Oklahoma |
| 1999-2000 | Baylor | Iowa State | Nebraska | Nebraska | Colorado | Nebraska | Oklahoma State | Texas | Baylor | Oklahoma State |
| 2000-2001 | Nebraska | Iowa State | Nebraska | Texas A&M | Colorado | Oklahoma | Baylor | Texas | Texas A&M | Oklahoma State |
| 2001-2002 | Texas | Kansas | Nebraska | Nebraska | Colorado | Colorado | Texas | Texas | Baylor | Oklahoma |
| 2002-2003 | Nebraska | Kansas | Nebraska | Texas | Colorado | Oklahoma | Texas | Texas | Baylor | Oklahoma State |
| 2003-2004 | Texas | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | Nebraska | Colorado | Kansas State | Texas | Texas | Baylor | Oklahoma State |
| 2004-2005 | Nebraska, Baylor | Oklahoma, Kansas | Nebraska | Texas Tech | Colorado | Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | Texas | Baylor | Oklahoma State |
| 2005-2006 | Texas | Texas, Kansas | Texas | Texas | Colorado | Texas | Oklahoma | Texas | Texas | Oklahoma State |
| 2006-2007 | Kansas | Nebraska, Texas | Colorado | Oklahoma | Texas | Iowa State |
¹The champion listed for football is the champion of the Big 12 championship game, who may or may not have had the best regular-season record.
| Year | Basketball | Cross Country | Indoor Track | Outdoor Track | Golf | Gymnastics | Soccer | Softball² | Swimming, Diving | Tennis | Volleyball |
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| 1996-1997 | Kansas | Colorado | Nebraska | Texas | Texas | Nebraska | Nebraska | Missouri | Nebraska | Texas | Nebraska |
| 1997-1998 | Texas Tech | Colorado | Texas | Texas | Texas A&M | Nebraska | Texas A&M | Nebraska | Nebraska | Texas | Texas |
| 1998-1999 | Texas Tech | Kansas State | Texas | Texas | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | Baylor | Oklahoma | Texas | Texas | Nebraska |
| 1999-2000 | Iowa State, Oklahoma, Texas Tech | Colorado | Nebraska | Nebraska | Oklahoma | Iowa State | Nebraska | Oklahoma | Texas | Texas | Nebraska |
| 2000-2001 | Oklahoma | Colorado | Nebraska | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | Nebraska | Nebraska | Texas | Oklahoma State, Texas | Nebraska |
| 2001-2002 | Oklahoma | Colorado | Texas | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas | Nebraska |
| 2002-2003 | Texas | Colorado | Texas | Texas | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | Texas A&M | Texas | Texas | Baylor, Texas A&M | Nebraska |
| 2003-2004 | Texas, Kansas State | Colorado | Nebraska | Texas | Texas | Oklahoma | Colorado | Nebraska | Texas | Texas | Kansas State |
| 2004-2005 | Baylor | Colorado | Nebraska | Nebraska | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | Texas A&M, Kansas | Texas A&M | Texas | Baylor | Nebraska |
| 2005-2006 | Oklahoma | Colorado | Texas | Texas | Texas A&M | Iowa State | Texas A&M | Texas | Texas | Baylor | Nebraska |
| 2006-2007 | Texas A&M, Oklahoma | Colorado | Texas A&M | Texas A&M | Texas A&M | Nebraska |
²The conference awarded Oklahoma a 1996 softball championship before the conference officially commenced operations; this is counted in Oklahoma's total below
[edit] Big 12 Conference titles by school
- Texas - 68
- Nebraska - 49
- Colorado - 23
- Oklahoma State - 19
- Oklahoma - 17
- Texas A&M - 17
- Baylor - 13
- Kansas - 9
- Kansas State - 6
- Iowa State - 6
- Texas Tech - 5
- Missouri - 1
[edit] References
- ^ Messenger, Tony Football boosters light flames of MU-KU Border War once again Columbia Daily Tribune November 10, 2004.
[edit] External links
- Big 12 Conference
- Big 12 Record Book - Men's Baseball
- Big 12 Record Book - Men's Basketball
- Big 12 Record Book - Women's Basketball
- Big 12 Record Book - Cross Country
- Big 12 Record Book - Men's Football
- Big 12 Record Book - Golf
- Big 12 Record Book - Women's Gymnastics
- Big 12 Record Book - Women's Soccer
- Big 12 Record Book - Women's Softball
- Big 12 Record Book - Swimming & Diving
- Big 12 Record Book - Tennis
- Big 12 Record Book - Track & Field
- Big 12 Record Book - Outdoor Track & Field
- Big 12 Record Book - Women's Volleyball
- Big 12 Record Book - Men's Wrestling
| NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision Football Conferences: |
| Atlantic Coast Conference* – Big 12 Conference* – Big East Conference* – Big Ten Conference* – Conference USA – Mid-American Conference – Mountain West Conference – Pacific Ten Conference* – Southeastern Conference* – Sun Belt Conference – Western Athletic Conference – Independents |
| * – BCS Conference |
| Big 12 Conference |
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| North Division: Colorado Buffaloes • Iowa State Cyclones • Kansas Jayhawks • Kansas State Wildcats • Missouri Tigers • Nebraska Cornhuskers South Division: Baylor Bears • Oklahoma Sooners • Oklahoma State Cowboys • Texas Longhorns • Texas A&M Aggies • Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| Football Stadiums of the Big 12 Conference |
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| Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Kansas State) • Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma State) • Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas) • Faurot Field (Missouri) • Floyd Casey Stadium (Baylor) • Folsom Field (Colorado) • Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma) • Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State) • Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech) • Kyle Field (Texas A&M) • Memorial Stadium (Kansas) • Memorial Stadium (Nebraska) |
| Basketball Arenas of the Big 12 Conference |
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| Allen Fieldhouse (Kansas) • Bob Devaney Sports Center (Nebraska) • Bramlage Coliseum (Kansas State) • Coors Events Center (Colorado) • Ferrell Center (Baylor) • Frank Erwin Center (Texas) • Gallagher-Iba Arena (Oklahoma State) • Hilton Coliseum (Iowa State) • Lloyd Noble Center (Oklahoma) • Mizzou Arena (Missouri) • Reed Arena (Texas A&M) • United Spirit Arena (Texas Tech) |
