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2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment


12 Conference for the Big Ten Conference effective in 2011. Colorado also announced a change in conference alignment; originally planning to transfer to the Pac-10 for the 2012–13 season, the school agreed to depart a year early after Nebraska announced its plans to depart the conference in 2011. With the loss of Colorado (who had been a member of the Big 12 and its predecessor the Big Eight Conference since 1947) to the Pac-10 and Nebraska (whose association with the Big 12 dates back to the 1907 founding of what was to become
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but later accepted an invitation to join the ACC. In May 2012, several Florida State University figures sent decidedly mixed messages about that school's future in the ACC, expressing at least some interest in a move to the Big 12. First, on May 12, as the ACC's annual spring meetings were about to begin, the chairman of the school's board of trustees, Andy Haggard, blasted the conference's newest media rights deal, telling an FSU fan site that the school "unanimously" favored "seeing what
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and the two Oklahoma schools were prepared to accept an invitation from the Pac-10. The report also indicated that Texas A&M was torn between the Pac-10 and SEC and was given a 72-hour deadline to decide on its future destination. Meanwhile, Baylor announced that it would wait and see what the final outcome of the Big 12's realignment would be before making any final decision concerning where they would go if the Big 12 dissolved. On June 14, ESPN, citing sources within the Big 12, initially reported that Texas, Texas Tech
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Pac-12 Conference


and Utah, had a football rivalry that had been dormant since 1962 – both were conference rivals previously in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (now a Division II conference), and later the now-defunct Mountain States Conference (also known as the Skyline Conference). Even after Colorado joined what became the Big 12 in 1948 (the conference was then known popularly as the Big 7 Conference), the two schools continued their football rivalry for over a decade before ending it after the 1962 season. With the two schools being
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Big Ten Football Championship Game


In November 2012, the Big Ten announced that Maryland and Rutgers would join the conference in 2014, which brought conference membership up to 14 schools. After the addition of Nebraska to the conference, there was much debate over what would be the best division of the 12 schools. Some felt that it would be best to maintain geographical divisions. Others felt that geography should only be a factor insofar as there was competitive balance between the two divisions. Another very important factor for Big Ten schools was the maintenance of long-standing
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are played by Big 12 schools: Women's (and Coed – see Rifle) varsity sports not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference which are played by Big 12 schools: The Big 12 Conference was formed in February 1994 when four prominent colleges from Texas that were members of the Southwest Conference were invited to join the eight members of the Big Eight Conference to form a new 12 member conference. The Big 12 does not claim the Big Eight's history as its own, even though it was essentially the Big Eight plus the
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History of the Big 12 Conference


their exit, the Big 12 Conference withheld $12.4 million of Big 12 revenue otherwise due to Texas A&M. The Big 12 said it would form a committee to replace Texas A&M with at least one other school. The Oklahoma schools, eager for a long-term home, were reportedly still considering applying to the Pac-12, while the other five schools entered talks with the Big East. Further realignment was temporarily halted on September 20, when the Pac-12 reiterated its desire to remain a twelve-school conference, as Texas would not
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the Big 12 might have to offer". However, his statement was inaccurate on some key points of the deal. On the same day, head football coach Jimbo Fisher told the "Orlando Sentinel", "There have been no official talks, but I think you always have to look out there to see what's best for Florida State. If that [jumping to the Big 12] is what's best for Florida State, then that's what we need to do." In the meantime, FSU president
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List of Big 12 Conference champions


sport with affiliate members. Prior to that school year, the Big 12 and Conference USA (C-USA) had a rowing alliance in which all Big 12 rowing schools would participate in the C-USA championship as well as the Big 12 championship. C-USA dropped rowing after the departure of most of its rowing members for other conferences. The Big 12 then took in the three remaining schools from the C-USA rowing league (Alabama, Old Dominion, and Tennessee) as single-sport affiliates. Old
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2000 Big 12 Championship Game


national championship tension and with two teams very familiar with one another, No. 1 Oklahoma edged No. 7/8 Kansas State, 27-24, for the Sooners’ first Big 12 football title. As OU won a school-record 12th game and advanced to the Bowl Championship Series, the battle royale was about as even as pre-billed for the first 30 minutes. The Sooners scored first in what would prove to be the decisive field goal in the three-point victory as Tim Duncan connected on a 33-yarder.
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, Christian schools. Additionally, the Big 12 has 11 affiliate members, eight for the sport of wrestling, one for women's gymnastics, and two for women's rowing. The Big 12 Conference is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in Delaware. The Big 12 Conference was founded on February 25, 1994. The eight members of the former Big Eight Conference joined with Southwest Conference schools Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, and Texas Tech to form the new Big 12 Conference, which commenced competition on August 31, 1996
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2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment


had the Big 12 collapsed the Big East would have offered membership to Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, and Missouri. On June 14, reports started surfacing that the almost certain departure of Texas (and, along with them, several other schools) from the Big 12 would not happen. Indications were that a last-minute effort by Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe to hold the 10-remaining Big 12 teams together might be successful. Beebe's plan showed that the remaining 10 schools could nearly double their television revenue if they
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History of the Big 12 Conference


Board of Curators authorized Chancellor Deaton to move the school out of the Big 12 Conference should that be in the school's best interest. The Big 12 began looking for a suitable replacement school that could start play in 2012. On November 6, Missouri officially announced that it would join the Southeastern Conference effective July 1, 2012. As compensation for the departure, the Big 12 withheld $12.4 million of the revenue it would have shared with Missouri; additionally, they announced that Missouri would not share the revenue from a newly
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Western Wrestling Conference


that time, talk began about the Big 12 inviting the Western Wrestling Conference teams to become affiliate members of the Big 12. On July 29, 2015, the Big 12 Conference and the six member schools of the WWC announced that Air Force, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, South Dakota State, Utah Valley, and Wyoming were being added to the Big 12's wrestling competition as affiliates, joining Big 12 full member schools Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and West Virginia to make a ten team conference slate.
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an extension of the league's grant of rights from six to 13 years, to match the duration of the new contract. This means that if a school leaves the Big 12 during the term of the newly extended contract, the league will keep all of that school's broadcast revenues for the duration. It was also reported that the Big 12 may try to expand further, although few candidates were available that would add value to the new TV deal. Big East member Louisville was interested in moving to the Big 12,
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Big 12 Conference


four Texas schools. The Big 12 began athletic play in the fall of 1996, with the Texas Tech vs. Kansas State football game being the first-ever sports event staged by the conference. From its formation until 2011, its 12 members competed in two divisions in most sports. The Oklahoma and Texas schools formed the South Division, while the other six teams of the former Big Eight formed the North Division. Between 2011 and 2012 four charter members left the conference, while two schools joined in 2012. The Big 12
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History of the Big 12 Conference


Big 12 without Oklahoma due to the Red River Rivalry's importance to UT's athletic budget. Both schools had in-state rival schools that needed to be included. Although the Pac-10's attempt bears a number of similarities to the Big 8's raid of the SWC, fans of the targeted Texas schools were resistant. This suggested that the Pac-10 leadership did a poor job of selling the benefits of Pac-10 membership. The Pac-12 was considered too distant for many fans. In contrast, Big 12 concerns about travel distance tended to
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University of Colorado Boulder


. Sports teams at the school are called Buffaloes. The varsity athletic teams participate in the NCAA's Division I (FBS for football, see Bowl Championship Series) as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The school officially joined the Pac-12 on July 1, 2011, ending its affiliation with the Big 12 Conference. (CU had previously been a member of the former Big Eight Conference, whose members had merged with four schools of the former Southwest Conference to create the new Big 12 Conference in 1996.) The official school
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Big History Project


High School (Michigan) and Lakeside School (Washington) taught Big History in the 2011/12 school year. In Australia, Narara Valley High School in New South Wales and Nossal High School in Victoria taught the course in their 2012 school year. In 2011 the Big History Project team held conferences in Sydney and Seattle with the teachers from the schools. These conferences established a framework for developing a school-based curriculum for big history, and outlined a structure for planning specific lessons to be trialled in classrooms in 2011/12. Teachers are
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Big Spring School District


16) administrators during the 2011-12 school year. The District received $15.7 million in state funding in the 2011-12 school year. Big Spring School District operates five schools: Newville Elementary School, Oak Flat Elementary School, Mount Rock Elementary School, Big Spring MIddle School and Big Spring High School. High School students may choose to attend Cumberland Perry Area Vocational Technical School for training in the trades. The Capital Area Intermediate Unit IU15 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students
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Quincy Miller


team set school records for its best start (17–0), longest winning streak (17) and highest ranking (3/3). Following the 2011–12 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season, he was named the Big 12 co-Freshman of the Year and was recognized as an honorable mention All-Big 12 and a Big 12 All-Star Team selection by the Big 12 coaches. He was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year by "Sporting News". In the NBA, Miller had a modest role for most
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Education in Turkey


. The 1997 reforms introduced compulsory education for eight years. New legislation introduced in March 2012 prolonged compulsory education to 12 years. In July 2017, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government presented a new curriculum for schools, inter alia removing evolution theory and adding the concept of jihad as part of Islamic law in books. "But what is this jihad? What our Prophet [Muhammad] says is that while returning from a war, we are going from a small jihad to a big jihad. What is this
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History of the Big 12 Conference


Lincoln, the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University. Three months after formation, the schools of the new conference officially announced the conference's name: the Big 12 Conference. Although the new conference was essentially the Big Eight plus the four Texas schools, the Big 12 did not, and to this day still does not, claim the Big Eight's history as its own. Conference competition commenced on August 31, 1996. Seven
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2010–11 NCAA football bowl games


Baylor plus the North Division's Colorado) were rumored to have been invited to join the Pacific-10 Conference. On June 10, Colorado announced its intention to join the Pacific-10 Conference, effective 2012 (later changed to 2011). Nebraska announced their departure from the Big 12 on June 11, joining the eleven-school Big Ten Conference, effective July 1, 2011, thereby leaving the Big 12 with ten schools and the Big Ten with 12 schools. On June 11, Boise State announced their intentions to leave the WAC and
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Central Michigan Chippewas football


and has helped CMU become one of the nation's winningest schools at home with a .714 winning percentage all-time at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. CMU drew a capacity crowd of 35,127 fans for the Central Michigan–Michigan State game televised on ESPNU and has hosted schools from the ACC, Big Ten, and Big 12 conferences. Future opponents at home include schools from the Big Ten, ACC, Big 12, Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences. In 2010, the CMU Board of Trustees designed and set course to construct a
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2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment


broker a deal that would satisfy Texas and keep the Big 12 viable with 10 members. The group believed that the Pac-10 approach was not in the best interest of the schools involved. In the end, Texas would decide to stay in the truncated Big 12, with the remaining Big 12 South schools pledging their support for the conference shortly thereafter. The Pac-10 was still seeking a 12th member to join with Colorado; early speculation focused on Mountain West member Utah as the next Pac-10 expansion target. On June 17, twenty-
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2010–11 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season


The 2010–11 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season marks the 15th season of Big 12 Conference basketball. This will be the final season for the Big 12 as a 12-team conference, as two schools will leave at the end of the 2010–11 academic year. Colorado will join the Pacific-10 Conference, which will become the Pac-12, while Nebraska will join the Big Ten Conference. Player of the Year Newcomer of the Year Freshman of the Year Throughout the conference regular season, the Big 12 offices name a player of the week each Monday
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History of the Big 12 Conference


12's policy of unequal revenue sharing created more conflict. This erosion of trust allowed other conferences to raid the Big 12. The Big 12 lost four members between 2010 and 2013, replaced by two others. Remaining below 12 members would end the Big 12's divisional format, as the NCAA only allows football championship games in conferences with at least twelve teams. Following these departures, the Conference chose to retain the "Big 12" name and logo despite dropping to ten schools, a marketing decision similar to the Big Ten
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2019 Big 12 Conference football season


. The 2019 Big 12 Preseason media poll was released in July 10, 2019. Prior to the Big 12 media days. Oklahoma was chosen to finish at the top of the standings for the fourth consecutive year in the Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives. 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 There will be 4 new head coaches in the Big 12 Conference for the 2019 season. On November 4, KU fired coach David Beatty after four years at the school. Two weeks later on November 19,
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Longhorn Network


host school for neutral-site matches between northern teams (southern schools and domes regularly host northern schools during the winter), rather than the Longhorns as a competing team, allowing some form of video coverage to the competing schools. From the initial announcement of the Longhorn Network, ESPN had made it known that it desired to broadcast up to 18 high school football games per season. The idea was a cause for concern among other Big 12 schools, especially Texas A&M, due to what that university viewed as possible recruiting violations
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2017–18 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season


season title. On March 18, 2017, head coach Brad Underwood left Oklahoma State to accept the head coaching position at Illinois after one year at OSU. The school promoted assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. to head coach on March 24. "Note:" Stats are through the end of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only. Big 12 Preseason Poll Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC
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Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference


The Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference is a high-school athletic conference with ten high schools in northern Illinois. The conference began competing during the 2010–2011 academic year. In many respects, including membership and organization, the NI-Big 12 is much like a reboot of the old North Central Illinois Conference (NCIC). Six of the schools are former members of the North Central Illinois Conference (1929-2011), and the conference is divided into two divisions, much as the NCIC was for decades. The former NCIC
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History of the Big 12 Conference


, which would eventually become the Sugar Bowl. On June 27, 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in "NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma" that the NCAA could not punish its membership for selling their media content. As a result, individual schools and athletic conferences were freed to negotiate contracts on their own behalf. The Big Ten and Pacific-10 conferences sold their rights to ABC. Most of the rest of the Division I-A football programs (what is now called the Division I Football Bowl
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Big 12 Conference football


belong to the conference. From its formation in 1996 until 2010, the championship was determined in the Big 12 championship game. Following the departures of two schools in 2010, the conference discontinued the championship game in favor of a round-robin format to determine the champion. The current Big 12 champion is the University of Oklahoma Sooners who have won the most championships with 12. The Big 12 Championship Game was first held by the Big 12 Conference each year since 1996 until 2010 and again starting with the 2017 season. The
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2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment


The 2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment refers to the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) dealing with several proposed and actual conference expansion and reduction plans among various NCAA conferences and institutions. Part of the larger NCAA conference realignment, beginning in the 2010–11 academic year and continuing to the present, the Big 12 was one of the more severely impacted conferences. In all four schools have departed (Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas A&M) and two have joined (West Virginia, TCU) Nebraska announced that it would leave the Big
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Colorado Buffaloes


Seven. In 1958, the conference added OSU to become the Big Eight Conference. It remained the Big 8 until 1996, when it combined with four member schools of the defunct Southwest Conference (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Baylor) to create the Big 12 Conference. On July 1, 2011, the school joined the Pac-12 Conference along with Utah. A total of 12 of CU's 17 varsity sports compete in the Pac-12, except the ski teams, indoor track & field teams and the lacrosse team
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History of the Big 12 Conference


12 schools, notably with Baylor, dating back to 1899. By rushing the addition of the Aggies, the SEC had created a two division, 13 team conference for 2012. They needed an acceptable 14th team immediately to ease the scheduling issues created by the Aggies. The Big 12 had plenty of strong candidates and was still unstable. Despite the work of the Missouri Chancellor to evolve the Big 12, on October 4, Missouri's Board of Curators authorized the school's president to explore applying to other conferences. A year
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History of the Big 12 Conference


be paid only from private donations and money the athletes raised. According to an anonymous source, the Big East would be paid $20 million, including $11 million from West Virginia and $9 million by the Big 12. The agreement apparently stipulated that WVU's $2.5 million exit fee and revenue-sharing money would be applied towards the settlement. On July 19, 2016, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced that the conference had authorized him to begin talks with schools that were interested in joining the conference. Schools
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Bedlam Series


The Bedlam Series is the name given to the Oklahoma–Oklahoma State rivalry. It refers to the athletics rivalry between Oklahoma State University Cowboys and Cowgirls and the University of Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference. Both schools were also members of the Big 8 Conference before the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, and both were divisional rivals in the Big 12 South Division prior to 2011. The Bedlam Series is, like most other intrastate rivalries, a rivalry that goes beyond one or two sports. Both schools also
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NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision


conference that assumed the Big East name but does not sponsor football. The American added several schools from C-USA, but lost one school each to the ACC and Big Ten after its first season. In turn, C-USA added FCS schools and schools from the Sun Belt Conference. The Sun Belt Conference replenished its membership by adding FCS schools and schools from the Western Athletic Conference. The Mountain West lost schools to the Big 12, Pac-12 and the FBS independent ranks, and added several schools from the WAC.
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List of Big 12 Conference champions


Big 12 members sponsor baseball except Iowa State, which dropped the sport after the 2001 season. All former Big 12 members sponsored the sport throughout their tenures in the conference except Colorado, which never sponsored baseball during its time in the Big 12. All Big 12 schools sponsor men's cross country except West Virginia. Kansas State discontinued its equestrian team after the 2016 season. br Big 12 Championship Game (1996–2010, 2017–present) Note: While the team playing in the championship game from 1996 through 2010 was popularly regarded as the
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Big 12 Conference men's basketball


The Big 12 Conference is a group of 10 (originally 12) universities which compete in the NCAA Division I level. The conference was formed in 1994 but did not begin conference play until the fall of 1996. The schools that compose the Big 12 Conference, except West Virginia, were members of either the Big Eight Conference or the Southwest Conference, and have won five national titles including one title since the inception of the Big 12 Conference. Totals though the end of the 2016–17 season. Totals though the end of the
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Big 12 Conference football


The Big 12 Conference is a conference of 10 (originally 12) universities which participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football. The conference was formed in 1994 but did not begin conference play until the fall of 1996. The schools that compose the Big 12 Conference, except West Virginia, were members of either the Big Eight Conference or the Southwest Conference, and have won 21 national titles including 3 titles since the inception of the Big 12 Conference. In 2010 it was announced that in 2011
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2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment


stick with the Big 12. In addition, Beebe said that Texas would be allowed to start its own network if the school stayed with the Big 12—a business move that Texas has wanted to do that would not be allowed in the Pac-10. If Texas decided to stay with the Big 12, that had the potential to effectively end any further realignment in the NCAA, save for one or two moves in the Pac-10 and Mountain West Conference. However, others were saying that while Texas might want to keep the Big 12 together
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History of the Big 12 Conference


had been assured that the Big 12 would waive its rights to legal action. However, Baylor rejected that they had waived their school's rights to pursue legal action for tortious interference. Several other Big 12 schools adopted Baylor's position. The SEC leadership were angry and embarrassed about being misled. On September 25, the SEC announced that Texas A&M was being accepted unconditionally—regardless of legal threats. Texas A&M announced the school would officially join the SEC on July 1, 2012. As part of Texas A&M's settlement for
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College rivalry


Universities in the Southeast. In football, these rivalries are usually marked by traveling trophies, which are indicated in the list below: Current rivalries in the Big 12 Conference include: Other current rivalries involving Big 12 schools include: Former Big 12 rivalries that are now dormant due to conference realignment in the early 2010s include: Rivalries in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) include: Rivalries between and among the Ivy League schools and the service academies include: The Pac-12 Conference falls neatly into six regional pairings, leading to strong natural
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2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team


drive in Big 12 Championship history. With 8:53 left in the game, Nebraska threw what was almost a touchdown pass, but Nic Harris made a diving catch to intercept the ball in the end-zone for a touchback. Neither team scored in the fourth quarter, so Oklahoma won the game 21–7. It was their fourth Big 12 Conference football championship, which was the most for any team in the conference (Nebraska and Texas each had two). Since Oklahoma won the Big 12 Championship game, they represented the Big
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List of Big 12 Conference champions


College Football Playoff (CFP) in 2014, which coincided with a reworking of bowl tie-ins, the Big 12 tie to the Fiesta Bowl ended. Big 12 Champions (2011–2016) Note: * Head to head winner, though this is irrelevant since Big 12 bylaws had no tie-breaker provisions at the time. West Virginia added men's golf starting in the 2015–16 season. Denver became an affiliate in women's gymnastics effective with the 2015–16 season. In the 2014–15 school year, rowing was the only Big 12
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Big Eight Conference


the Big 12 Conference. Although the Big 12 was essentially the Big Eight plus the four Texas schools, the Big 12 regards itself as a separate conference and does not claim the Big Eight's history as its own. Following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from 1908 to 1996 (showing shared championships in "italics"): Shared championships are shown in "italics": " Kansas would have won the 1960 title, but after found to be using an ineligible player they were forced to forfeit
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Bowl Championship Series


Coast Conference (ACC), Big East [now the American Athletic Conference (The American)], Big Ten Conference (Big Ten), Big 12 Conference (Big 12), Pac-10 [now the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12)], and Southeastern Conference (SEC) conferences) and the three FBS independent schools, and evolved to allow other conferences to participate to a lesser degree. For the 1998 through 2005 seasons eight teams competed in four BCS bowls. It had been in place since the 1998 season. The
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2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment


added Missouri as its 14th member. West Virginia's entry into the Big 12 was held up by a legal dispute between the school and the Big East Conference, which sought to enforce a 27-month waiting period included in the league's bylaws. The dispute was settled on February 14, 2012, with the Big 12 and WVU paying a combined $20 million. The next move for the conference was to attempt to find stability in an upgraded TV deal. Before the realignment, the Big 12 had a contract with ESPN and
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Iowa State University


Big 12 Tournament, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by beating North Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Cyclones finished 11-7 in Big 12 play, finishing in a tie for third in the league standings, and beat a school-record nine teams (9-3) that were ranked in the Associated Press top 25. The Cyclones opened the season 14-0, breaking the school record for consecutive wins. Melvin Ejim was named the Big 12 Player of the Year and an All-
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2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment


and Texas Tech) turned down offers from the Pac-10 to form a 16-team "superconference". The Big 12 was forced to discontinue its football championship game after membership fell below twelve, the minimum number of schools then required to hold such a game. Two more schools departed in 2012 when Texas A&M and Missouri left to join the Southeastern Conference. The Big 12 responded by adding TCU of the Mountain West (formerly committed to join the Big East) and West Virginia of the Big East to keep conference membership at 10 schools
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List of Big 12 Conference champions


Dominion left Big 12 rowing after the 2017–18 season to join the American Athletic Conference. Since 2015–16, the Big 12 also has affiliates in women's gymnastics and wrestling. Kansas State announced in 2015 that it would begin sponsoring women's soccer. The Wildcats played their first season in 2016 as an independent, and began playing a full Big 12 schedule in 2017. Seven Big 12 schools currently sponsor softball; Kansas State, TCU, and West Virginia do not. Reference: Reference: Oklahoma State has never sponsored women's volleyball
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College rugby


won the conference title in the inaugural season, defeating Tennessee in the championship match. Although the SEC has since expanded to 14 schools, the SCRC membership remains at 11. Several members of the Pac-12 conference agreed in spring 2012 to form a conference beginning play in the 2012-13 season. Nine D1A rugby programs currently compete in the Big Ten Universities conference, which was founded in 2012. The Red River Conference, which replaced the Allied Rugby Conference in 2014–15, is composed mostly of teams from what had been the Big
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Big Lake High School


Big Lake High School is a four-year public high school located in Big Lake, Minnesota. As of 2018, 951 students grades 9-12 are enrolled. The school's principal is Robert Dockendorf and the assistant principal is Angela Charboneau-Folch. Big Lake High is part of the Big Lake Public School District 727, led by Superintendent Steve Westerberg. As of 2018, Big Lake High School offers a variety of over 150 courses across 14 departments. Classes run on a trimester system, with every Wednesday including a
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NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision


East to the ACC. The Big East responded by adding schools from Conference USA. College football underwent another major conference realignment in the first half of the 2010s. Members of the Big East left the conference to join the Big 12 and ACC. The Big 12 lost members to the SEC, the Pac-12, and the Big Ten, while the Big Ten also gained one former ACC member. The remaining members of the Big East split into two conferences: the American Athletic Conference ("The American") and a new
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Big 12 Conference


western Missouri. The Big 12's share of the nation's TVs is similar to that reached by the rest of the Power Five. The conference negotiated tier 1 and 2 TV contracts with total payouts similar to those of the other Power Five conferences. Member schools granted their first and second tier sports media rights to the conference for the length of their current TV deals. The Grant of Rights (GOR) deal with the leagues' TV contracts ensures that "if a Big 12 school leaves for another league in the next
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Southeastern Conference


members of the prestigious Association of American Universities: Florida, Missouri, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. Prior to the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M from the Big 12, the SEC had the fewest AAU members among Power Five conferences. The Big 12 Conference had seven AAU members through the 2010–11 school year, but four of these schools left the conference in 2011 and 2012—Nebraska for the Big Ten in 2011, Colorado for the Pac-12 in 2012, and Missouri and Texas A&M for the SEC in 2012, leaving that conference with three
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History of the Big 12 Conference


The Big 12 Conference is a ten-school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas. 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 higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition. Member schools are located in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia. The Big 12 Conference is the second youngest of the major college athletic conferences in the United States, having
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Big Ten Conference


June 11, 2010, the University of Nebraska applied for membership in the Big Ten and was unanimously approved as the conference's 12th school, which became effective July 1, 2011. The conference retained the name "Big Ten." This briefly led to the interesting and ironic result of the Big Ten consisting of twelve teams, and the Big 12 consisting of ten teams (with fellow former Big 12 member Colorado's move to the Pac-12 Conference). On September 1, 2010, Delany revealed the conference's football divisional
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Pac-12 Conference


, a deal was reached between Texas and the Big 12 Conference to keep Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State in the Big 12. Following Texas' decision, the other Big 12 schools that had been rumored candidates to join the Pac-10 announced they would remain in the Big 12. This deal effectively ended the Pac-10's ambition to potentially become a sixteen-team conference. On June 17, 2010, the University of Utah officially accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 Conference, effective starting July
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Phil Pressey


of February, he was named to the Naismith Award top 30 midseason Watchlist. Pressey's total of 223 assists and average of 6.4 assists broke Anthony Peeler's school single-season records (179, 5.8) set for the 1989–90 Missouri Tigers. For the 2011–12 Big 12 season, he was an All-Big 12 selection (1st team – CBSSports.com; 2nd team – Associated Press; 3rd team – Big 12 coaches). He was also a 2012 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament all-tournament selection and a Bob
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2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment


the high school telecasts (and the NCAA would ultimately declare that such broadcasts would be considered in violation of recruiting rules), the Regents decided to pursue an invitation to the Southeastern Conference, which had been considered the prior year during realignment discussions involving the Big 12 and the Pac-12. A&M announced on August 31, 2011 that it would leave the Big 12 in June 2012 to join the SEC, but the invitation process was prolonged by various moves by the Big 12, which feared that A&M's departure would scuttle the conference
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I Dreamed a Dream (album)


list to producer Steve Mac, so that he could try out the songs with Boyle to see which worked for her and which she wanted to record. They then recorded 20 songs for the album, with 12 eventually making the final cut. In an interview with HitQuarters, Mac talked about working with the singer: "Susan had a big say in what she wanted to record. She’s an extraordinary artist – she’s an old school artist in that she can only sing what she feels in her heart. She’s
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Sunbury, Ohio


McDonald's. Sunbury is home to the Big Walnut Local School District (BWLS), a K-12 public school district, and their sports team, the 'Big Walnut Golden Eagles', who in 2007 became 'State Champs' in their football division. BWLS also serves students in the neighboring village of Galena, Ohio. The district consist of the following schools: Big Walnut High School, Big Walnut Middle School, Big Walnut 'Intermediate' School (grades 5-6), Hylen Souders Elementary, Harrison Street Elementary
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Big Northern Conference


The Big Northern Conference ("BNC") is an organization of eleven high schools in northern Illinois. These high schools are members of the Illinois High School Association. The high schools of the Big Northern Conference are located in the following counties: Boone, DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, and Winnebago. The conference was formed in 1991 as a football-only union of the Big 8 Conference and the Mid-Northern Conference. The original 12 members consisted of six Big 8 schools (Burlington Central,
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the Big 12 was the unequal distribution of revenue among member schools, the SEC distributes television revenues generally equally among member schools (with slightly higher allocations for schools participating in bowl games and the NCAA men's basketball tournament). Though the SEC was not looking to expand (and in no danger of losing any existing members), it was rumored that several schools were interested in joining the conference. The most notable rumor involved Big 12 member Texas A&M. (This was not the first time that A&M had been rumored as an
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on its future destination. Ultimately, the Texas and Oklahoma schools elected to remain in the Big 12, with A&M guaranteed a $20 million annual payment from Big 12 television revenues (equal to that of Texas and Oklahoma but above that of the remaining members). Meanwhile, on the eastern side, rumored candidates included West Virginia from the Big East, and the ACC member institutions from Virginia and North Carolina excluding Wake Forest (the two "traditional Southern states" where the SEC does not have a member school; Virginia
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Cheez-It Bowl


on ESPN. After a four-year hiatus, during which NFL Network carried the game, ESPN regained the rights beginning in 2010. Two MVPs are selected for each game; one an offensive player, the other a defensive player. The bowl awarded a sportsmanship award for the 2001 through January 2016 games. Texas is the only current Big 12 school that has not played in this bowl. Seven of the current Big 12 schools have appeared multiple times. Former Big 12 members Colorado and Missouri have appeared in the bowl,
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cities were considered for the conference's headquarters including: Colorado Springs, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City (the former headquarters of the Big Eight), Lubbock, Texas, Oklahoma City, and Omaha, Nebraska before Dallas suburb Irving, Texas was chosen. From the conference's formation until the 2010–11 season, the Big 12 was split into two divisions for football. The Oklahoma and Texas schools formed the South Division, while the six northernmost schools formed the North Division. The Pacific-10 Conference (now known as the Pac-12)
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addition to a non-conference game each season, ESPN wanted a Big 12 Conference game on the Longhorn Network. At the same Big 12 meeting discussing high school football broadcasts, it was agreed that a conference game would be acceptable as long as both schools and the conference office approved the broadcast. It was reported that ESPN asked Texas Tech for permission to broadcast their November 5 game against the Longhorns on the network. ESPN told the university that the game would most likely not be carried on an ESPN network, leaving LHN
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Renae Cuéllar


12 goals, which ranked as the third-most in a single season in school history. She made OU soccer history by being named the 2012 Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year and became the first member of the Oklahoma program to earn a spot on the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Central Region First Team. Cuellar also earned All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Newcomer Team honors. She was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week twice in 2012, earned national
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Melvin Ejim


214 rebounds was the third-best rookie total in school history. One of Iowa State's top post players, Ejim started 29 games out of 34 in 2011–12, averaging 9.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. He earned Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades and was a first team Academic All-Big 12 selection. One of the best forwards in the Big 12 in 2012–13, Ejim earned All-Big 12 third team honors and was a NABC All-District 8 second team selection; he was also honored as the inaugural
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Baylor University basketball scandal


there was no evidence that Stanton knew of the violations, he resigned to take responsibility for what happened. On the same day that Bliss resigned, the school's investigative committee announced their preliminary results and imposed preliminary sanctions on the basketball program. Initial sanctions imposed by the school included two years' probation, no postseason play for the 2003–2004 season – including the Big 12 Conference tournament, and any player in the men's basketball program who wished to transfer would be allowed to do so. On August 16, the "Fort
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Wes Kittley


to its first Big 12 team title in school history during the 2005 season. Kennedy Kithuka, one of Kittley's athletes, went undefeated during the 2012 season and was named the 2012 Male Athlete of the Year for Cross Country. The men's team would win the Big 12 Conference again in 2014 on their home track. Kittley was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Coach of the Year for the team's performance. The Red Raiders swept the Big 12 Championships in 2018, winning both the indoor and outdoor titles for
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Melvin Ejim


Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year Award winner and was a Capital One Academic All-District 6 selection. He became the first Cyclone to lead the Big 12 in rebounding (9.3 rpg) since Jackson Vroman (2004) and was just the third player in Big 12 history to lead the league in rebounding at 6'6" or shorter (Terry Black, Baylor; P. J. Tucker, Texas). As a senior in 2013–14, Ejim had one of the best seasons in school history, earning Big 12 Player of the
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2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment


an invitation to join the conference as its 12th member. On September 21, 2010, Colorado and the Big 12 reached an agreement to allow Colorado to join the Pac-10 a year earlier in 2011. Six Big East schools departed for other conferences. These include West Virginia to the Big 12 in 2012; Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 2013, followed by Louisville in 2014; and Rutgers to the Big Ten in 2014. The seven remaining non-FBS football schools, DePaul
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Big 12 Conference


. The conference's current 10-campus makeup resulted from the 2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment, in which Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference, Colorado joined the Pac-12, and Missouri and Texas A&M joined the Southeastern Conference. TCU and West Virginia joined from the Mountain West and Big East Conferences respectively to offset two of the departing schools, bringing the conference to its current strength. The Big 12 Conference, like others involved in the realignment, has kept its name primarily for marketing purposes; the conference has high name recognition and remains one
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Kliff Kingsbury


named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for his performance. Mayfield is believed to be the first walk-on true freshman to start a season opener for a BCS school. Baker Mayfield was later supplanted by Davis Webb, another true freshman quarterback, due to a knee injury during the Kansas game. Following Webb's first start against Iowa State, Webb was also named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week. Texas Tech became the only school in the Big 12 Conference to have had three different freshman quarterbacks win the award
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2009 Kansas State Wildcats football team


tied Darren Sproles' school record, which he set against Louisiana–Lafayette on Sept. 18, 2004. Banks, who helped the Wildcats' close the gap with his return, increased his Big 12 and school records with his fifth career kickoff return and fourth this season. K-State (5-4, 3-2 Big 12) fell behind 21-0 to Oklahoma (5-3, 3-1 Big 12), but rallied to within five points on two occasions, including 35-30 after
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2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment


the Big Eight) to the Big Ten, the Big 12 was reduced to ten teams and faced more possible attrition. Other Big 12 schools were rumored to be candidates for expansion by other conferences, including further expansion by the Pac-10 or Big Ten. Speculation and rumors centered on Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State following Colorado to the Pac-10. Texas A&M was also considered as a PAC-10 candidate but was also reportedly considering a move to the SEC. ESPN reported on June 11 that Texas, Texas Tech,
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2018 Big 12 Conference football season


Schedule and Results This is a list of the non-conference games that Big-12 teams will play versus the power conference teams. They comprise teams from the ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC. In addition, although the NCAA does not consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the Big-12 does consider games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game. ("Rankings from the AP Poll"): 2018 records against
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Texas Kickoff


No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference, and was played on September 3, 2016 at NRG Stadium in Houston. The game was publicly announced on September 8, 2014. At game time, Houston was under consideration for Big 12 membership along with several other schools. The Big 12 chose not to expand several weeks later after Houston beat Oklahoma 33-23. The Sooners went on to win the Big 12 title with a 9-0 conference record becoming the first Advocare Texas Kickoff participant to win its conference
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Laurence Bowers


(5.7 rpg). For his production off the bench, he was named to the Big 12 All-Reserve Team. His junior season was Bowers' breakout year; he started 27 games, averaging 11.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. He was named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team and honorable mention All-Big 12. In addition to leading the team in rebounding, his 62 blocked shots was good for second in the Big 12 and the third most in school history. He also
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2017–18 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team


received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Stephen F. Austin, Florida, and Purdue to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history. In the Elite Eight, they were eliminated by Villanova. The Red Raiders finished the 2016–17 season 18–14, 6–12 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to Texas. !colspan=12 style=|Exhibition !colspan=12 style=|Regular season !colspan=12 style=| Big 12 Tournament !colspan=12 style=| NCAA
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for the Cougars' admission as the conference's 13th member, it appeared no other candidate school made financial sense to allow to become the 14th member. The greater influence held by the schools in the southern division would later be cited repeatedly as a key component in Nebraska's eventual decision to leave. During the 2010–14 NCAA conference realignment, the Big 12 was one of the more heavily impacted. Persistent rumors of the Pac-10 and Big Ten targeting key members created unease and suspicion. Questions about TV contracts and dissatisfaction with the Big
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compromise on the Longhorn Network or commit to equal revenue sharing. The Pac-12 also publicly confirmed the lack of support for adding Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. After Oklahoma and Oklahoma State's path to the Pac-12 crumbled, an Oklahoma source leaked to the media that Oklahoma was just attempting to use the threat of departure to reform the Big 12. With no prospect of Pac-12 membership, Oklahoma and Texas's positions changed dramatically and preserving the Big 12 became those schools' primary goal. Missouri and Oklahoma in particular would play a leadership role
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Sasha DiGiulian


on the north face of the Eiger. In 2017 she did the first female ascent of Big Wall in Madagascar, Mora Mora (5.14b/8c), climbing it with Edu Marin in what was also the second free ascent of Mora Mora. DiGiulian started her climbing career at the age of 6 and began competing at age 7. At age 11 she climbed her first 5.13b (8a). She attended the Potomac School, a K-12 near Washington, D.C. In March 2011, just before graduating from high school, she redpointed "
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2005 Texas Longhorns football team


by the Longhorns all season. Despite the poor outing, Texas finished the regular season undefeated. Gene Chizik, UT's defensive coordinator, said "This really is an eye-opening experience. Obviously, we've got to get better. But I'll tell you what, we're all going to drive home 11–0." 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
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Wendy Dillinger


season also included a last second 0–1 loss to No. 2 Oklahoma State as well as a 1–0 win in what would be the Missouri Tigers last ever Big 12 match. The Cyclones ended the year with an RPI ranking of 78th in the nation. A program best 13 players were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team. In 2012, the Cyclones ended even again at 10–10–0 (1–7–0 Big 12). They recorded another seven shutouts while dropping four one-goal losses to ranked opponents. The soccer program was
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Brad Hill (baseball coach)


season proved to be the most storied in the program's 109-year history. Predicted to finish ninth in the Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll, Hill guided K-State to a school-record 43-win season, including a program-best 14 conference victories to finish fourth in the Big 12 regular season standings, the school's best finish since placing second in the Big 8 in 1990. The Cats earned their first top 10 ranking during the season and finished the 2009 campaign in the national polls for the first time in school history
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2010–11 NCAA football bowl games


. The 2010–11 bowl season was the last of several schools in the current conferences configurations. In May and June 2010, reports surfaced that seven or eight schools would leave the Big 12 Conference (which was originally formed from the old Big Eight Conference and four of the schools from the defunct Southwest Conference – Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Baylor) to go to new conferences. On June 6, Colorado, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech (effectively the Big 12 South Division minus
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2012 Mountain West Conference football season


Utah (Pac-12)—the MW lost TCU, members since 2005, to the Big 12 in 2012. The conference reloaded with three new members—full conference members Fresno State and Nevada, and football-only Hawaiʻi. This was originally intended to be the last season for Boise State and San Diego State in the MW. After the 2012–13 school year, both schools' football programs planned to join the Big East. Both schools also planned to join the Big West, a former conference home of both, for non-football sports
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Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball


titles (1 regular season, 2 tournament), and has the best conference tournament record in the Big 12. Iowa State has made it to and won the Big 12 tournament championship game more times than any team except Oklahoma. Bill Fennelly is the coach of the women's team and largely responsible for building the program. In games played since the Big 12 was founded in 1996, ISU has a winning record against every Big 12 school except Baylor. On a national level, since 1996 the Cyclones have made the NCAA
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Glenn Gronkowski


for running back John Hubert, who finished fourth in the Big 12 in rushing yards and recorded the 14th 1,000-yard season in school history. For the season, Gronkowski was named an All-Big 12 honorable mention selection and was a First team Academic All-Big 12 selection as well. In 2014, he appeared in all 13 games with three starts. He recorded five receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown. He was named First team Academic All-District 7 and First team Academic All-Big 12. For 2015
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Big 12 Conference


The volleyball title is awarded based on regular-season play. All-Time Big 12 Championships By School Through June 12th, 2019. Note, includes both regular-season, tournament titles, and co-championships. List does not include conference championships won prior to the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996. The first football game in conference play was Texas Tech vs. Kansas State in 1996, won by Kansas State, 21–14. From 1996 to 2010, Big 12 Conference teams played eight conference games a season.
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Monté Morris


-to-turnover ratio, including a 6.9 assist-to-turnover ratio in Big 12 play. Morris started all 34 games and averaged 11.9 points, second on the team. He also posted a Big 12-best 5.2 assists and 3.4 rebounds on his way to earning All-Big 12 Second-Team honors. He had second-most assists of any sophomore and 11th-most by any player in school history. Morris was second in the Big 12 in field goal percentage shooting 50.7 percent from the field, had 64
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2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment


, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State would join the Pac-10 no later than June 15, while Texas A&M was now most likely to opt for the SEC. The remaining Big 12 schools Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Missouri may have been left to find new leagues, with early speculation pointing to a possible move for some of those schools to the Mountain West or Big East conferences. Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self stated, on the day that TCU announced its entry into the Big East, that
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SEC candidate; A&M had been considered for membership as far back as 1990, when Arkansas and South Carolina ultimately joined.) A&M was part of a rumored move of six Big 12 schools to the then Pac-10: in addition to Colorado (which would be the first school offered and quickly joined), the other schools rumored involved long-time rival Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State (at that time, the entirety of the Big 12 South Division excluding Baylor). However, A&M was reportedly also
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