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1 BIG 12 CONFERENCE 2201 Stemmons Freeway, 28th Floor Dallas, Texas (214) ; (214) fax web site: men s basketball media relations contact: Chris Theisen Big 12 Conference Men s Basketball Standings Conference Overall School W L Pct. H A W L Pct. H A N Last 5 Streak Baylor Iowa State Kansas State Oklahoma State Texas A&M Texas Tech Colorado Kansas Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Texas [Regular Season Non-League: 0-0 (.000); vs. Associated Press Non-Big 12 Top 25 [at tip]: 0-0 (.000)] Results & Upcoming Schedule in Big 12 Men s Basketball (Times are Central and subject to change; *Big 12 Conference game; #Exhibition) Friday, November 8 #at Missouri 102, Mid-West All Stars 79 Saturday, November 9 #at Oklahoma 76, Global Sports 61 Sunday, November 10 #at Texas 102, EA Sports All-Stars 88 Monday, November 11 #at Texas A&M 86, MBC Nikolaev 73 Tuesday, November 12 #at Kansas 101, Washburn 66 #at Oklahoma State 86, Global Sports 63 #at Colorado 91, Northern State 70 Wednesday, November 13 #Houston Superstars at Baylor, 7 p.m. #Athletes First at Kansas State, 7 p.m. Thursday, November 14 #Sports Tours at Nebraska, 7:05 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Alabama, ESPN2, 8:15 p.m. (Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, New York) #Athletes First at Texas Tech, 8:15 p.m. Friday, November 15 Texas vs. Georgia, ESPN2, 8 p.m. (Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, New York) Sunday, November 17 #Athletes First at Oklahoma, 3 p.m. #EA Sports All-Stars at Colorado, 8 p.m. Monday, November 18 #Global Sports at Iowa State, 7 p.m. #Branch West Basketball at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 19 #Texas Bluechips at Baylor, 7 p.m. #EA Sports All-Stars at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. Holy Cross at Kansas, ESPN, 8 p.m. (Preseason NIT) Thursday, November 21 Nebraska vs. Centenary, 12 a.m. (Top of the World Classic, Fairbanks, Alaska) Friday, November 22 UNC Greensboro/Wagner at Kansas, ESPN2, 6 p.m. (Preseason NIT) American at Missouri, 7 p.m. Yale at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. Cal Poly at Colorado, 8 p.m. UC Irvine at Oklahoma, 7 p.m. (Sooner Invitational, Norman, Okla.) UNC-Wilmington at Texas Tech, 8:15 p.m. Saturday, November 23 Stephen F. Austin at Texas, 7 p.m. Princeton/Western Michigan at Oklahoma, 12/2 p.m. (Sooner Invitational, Norman, Okla.) Kansas State vs. BYU, 4:15 p.m. (Paradise Jam Tourn., St. Thomas, U.S. V.I.) Baylor vs. Alcorn State, 7 p.m. (Lonestar Basketball Classic, Dallas) Nebraska vs. UW-Green Bay/Alaska-Fairbanks (Top of the World Classic, Fairbanks, Alaska) Big 12 vs. America East Atlantic Atlantic Coast Atlantic Sun Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Athletic Conference USA Horizon Ivy League Metro Atlantic Mid-American Mid-Continent Mid-Eastern Missouri Valley Mountain West NCAA Division II, Independents North Central Ohio Valley Pacific Patriot Northeast Southeastern Southern Southland Southwestern Athletic Sun Belt West Coast Western Athletic TOTALS (.000)

2 Phillips 66 Big 12 Player(s) & Rookie(s) of the Week Player(s) Nov. 25 Rookie(s) Nov Associated Press Polls School PS Arizona 1 KANSAS 2 OKLAHOMA 3 TEXAS 4 Pittsburgh 5 Duke 6 Florida 7 Alabama 8 Michigan St. 9 Xavier 10 Oregon 11 Mississippi St.12 Maryland 13 UCLA 14 Connecticut 15 Georgia 16 Kentucky 17 Marquette 18 MISSOURI 19 W. Kentucky 20 Indiana 21 Gonzaga 22 Cincinnati 23 Minnesota 24 Tulsa 25 Big 12 Receiving Votes: OKLAHOMA STATE, TEXAS TECH Big 12 Coaching Ledger Career at School Big 12* Head Coach, School Yr. W-L Yr. W-L W-L Dave Bliss, Baylor Larry Eustachy, Iowa State Jim Wooldridge, Kansas State Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State Melvin Watkins, Texas A&M Bob Knight, Texas Tech Ricardo Patton, Colorado Roy Williams, Kansas Quin Snyder, Missouri Barry Collier, Nebraska Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma Rick Barnes, Texas *Includes 16 game conference season only Games Decided By OT or Total Baylor Iowa State Kansas State Oklahoma State Texas A&M Texas Tech Colorado Kansas Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Texas Overtime(s) USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Polls School PS Arizona 1 KANSAS 2 OKLAHOMA 3 Pittsburgh 4 TEXAS 5 Duke 6 Florida 7 Alabama 8 Oregon 9 Michigan St. 10 Xavier 11 UCLA 12 Mississippi St.13 Connecticut 14 Maryland 15 Georgia 16 Kentucky 17 MISSOURI 18 Marquette 19 Cincinnati 20 Indiana 21 Gonzaga 22 W. Kentucky 23 Minnesota 24 Illinois 25 Big 12 Receiving Votes: OKLAHOMA STATE, TEXAS TECH

3 Big 12 Media Services Men s Basketball Coaches Briefings Through the work of Premier Teleconferencing, the Big 12 hosts individual telephonic news conferences with each head coach, starting at 10 a.m. (Central time), during the season. The briefings originate from conference headquarters on the 28th Floor of the Wyndham Anatole Hotel, 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas. Media wishing to attend the sessions at the conference office may do so. Those media wishing to dial into the conference call may contact (913) This number is for media use ONLY, and please identify yourself with media affiliation when you access the call. Big 12 Men s Basketball Briefing Schedule The session schedule (all times central) for is: Tuesdays Dec Mondays Jan ; Feb ; March * 10:00-10:10 Roy Williams, Kansas 10:10-10:20 Melvin Watkins, Texas A&M 10:20-10:30 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 10:30-10:40 Dave Bliss, Baylor 10:40-10:50 Quin Snyder, Missouri 10:50-11:00 Bob Knight, Texas Tech 11:00-11:10 Ricardo Patton, Colorado 11:10-11:20 Jim Wooldridge, Kansas State 11:20-11:30 Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma 11:30-11:40 Barry Collier, Nebraska 11:40-11:50 Rick Barnes, Texas 11:50-Noon Larry Eustachy, Iowa State Noon-12:10 Selected Student-Athlete *For those coaches advancing into the NCAA Tournament and the Postseason NIT. Times will be TBA. Teleconference number for media use only is (913) and the replay number is (402) The replay is made available after 4 p.m. (Central) the day of the teleconference. On the Web Catch the latest from the Big 12 Conference on the internet. The conference internet provider is OCSN. Access to Big 12 statistics, notes and other information is now available to media and fans on the world wide web. Our web site is: Noting Big 12 Men s Basketball November 13, 2002 In the Preseason Polls For the first time there are three Big 12 teams ranked in the top five of the first Associated Press national poll. This marks the second straight season that the Big 12 has opened the year with four teams in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 No. 2 Kansas, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Texas, and No. 19 Missouri. In a look at the AP poll history (via the NCAA Men s Basketball Records) this is only the fourth time the members that make up the Big 12 have had at least four teams ranked in the AP preseason poll. In there were five conference teams in the first AP Top 20 (preseason polls started in ). Besides the last two years, the season also had four Big 12 schools in the preseason poll. The Big 12 has collectively been ranked in the AP preseason Top 10 on 39 occasions with Kansas claiming 21 of those. Big 12 in Associated Press Preseason Polls (Four teams or more; preseason rankings started in , poll began in ) No. 5 Oklahoma State; No. 8 Missouri; No. 11 Kansas; No. 16 Oklahoma; No. 20 Kansas State No. 2 Kansas; No. 15 Oklahoma; No. 19 Iowa State; No. 25 Nebraska No. 7 Kansas; No. 8 Missouri; No. 23 Texas; No. 25 Oklahoma No. 2 Kansas; No. 3 Oklahoma; No. 4 Texas; No. 19 Missouri Top 10 Associated Press Preseason Rankings of Big 12 Schools (Note: Preseason rankings started in while the poll began in ) School (Number of times in AP preseason Top 10) Colorado (1) No. 10 in Kansas (21) No. 8 in ; No. 5 in ; No. 1 in ; No. 2 in ; No. 7 in ; No. 8 in ; No. 5 in ; No. 6 in ; No. 5 in ; No. 5 in ; No. 8 in ; No. 7 in ; No. 2 in ; No. 9 in ; No. 2 in ; No. 2 in ; No. 2 in ; No. 8 in ; No. 7 in ; No. 7 in ; No. 2 in Kansas State (8) No. 5 in ; No. 2 in ; No. 8 in ; No. 5 in ; No. 3 in ; No. 8 in ; No. 8 in ; No. 10 in Missouri (3) No. 8 in ; No. 8 in ; No. 8 in Oklahoma (4) No. 5 in ; No. 7 in ; No. 5 in ; No. 3 in Oklahoma State (4) No. 5 in ; No. 5 in ; No. 5 in ; No. 4 in Texas (2) No. 6 in ; No. 4 in Sooners and Longhorns Kick Off Season in AT&T Wireless Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Oklahoma and Texas will square off against Southeastern Conference foes Alabama and Georgia as the season kicks off at the AT&T Wireless Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York later this week. The field consists of eight teams that are either ranked in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 or receiving votes in the poll. No. 3 Oklahoma will face No. 8 Alabama on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. (CST) on ESPN2. No. 4 Texas will play No. 16 Georgia Friday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2. This will be the third and fourth appearance for Big 12 school s in the eight year history of the event. Kansas won the 2000 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic with wins against UCLA and St. John s. Texas went 0-2 in the 1997 classic with losses to Princeton and Georgia. The Coaches vs. Cancer program, created by the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, exists to leverage the strength, community leadership and celebrity of the country s basketball coaches to raise awareness and in turn, reduce cancer risk through educational programs while raising funds for the American Cancer Society. Big 12 in the Coaches vs. Classic (Note: First tournament was 1995; the 2002 event is not a tournament format) 1997 Princeton 62, TEXAS 56 Georgia 89, TEXAS 87 (Big 12 Players on the All-Tournament Team: Luke Axtell, Texas) 2000 KANSAS 99, UCLA 98 KANSAS 82, St. John s 74 (Big 12 Players on the All-Tournament Team: Kenny Gregory, Kansas [MVP], Drew Gooden, Kansas)

4 Big 12 Players on NBA Opening Day Rosters BAYLOR Brian Skinner (Philadelphia) David Wesley (New Orleans) IOWA STATE Kelvin Cato (Houston) Marcus Fizer (Chicago) Fred Hoiberg (Chicago) Jamaal Tinsley (Indiana) OKLAHOMA STATE Desmond Mason (Seattle) TEXAS TECH Tony Battie (Boston) Darvin Ham (Atlanta) COLORADO Chauncey Billups (Detroit) KANSAS Drew Gooden (Memphis) Raef LaFrentz (Dallas) Greg Ostertag (Utah) Paul Pierce (Boston) Scot Pollard (Sacramento) Jacque Vaughn (Orlando) MISSOURI Keyon Dooling (Los Angeles Clippers) Anthony Peeler (Minnesota) Kareem Rush (Los Angeles Lakers) NEBRASKA Tyronn Lue (Washington) Eric Piatkowski (Los Angles Clippers) Erick Strickland (Indiana) OKLAHOMA Eduardo Najera (Dallas) Brent Price (Sacramento, on injured list) TEXAS Chris Mihm (Cleveland) Chris Owens (Memphis, on injured list) Kansas to Represent Big 12 in Preseason NIT Kansas represents the Big 12 in the 2002 Preseason NIT when it plays host to Holy Cross Nov. 19. The Jayhawks are making their fifth appearance in the event and first since winning the 1997 Preseason NIT. KU has finished no lower than second in its four Preseason NIT appearances. Kansas has won its last three Preseason NITs in 1989, 1993, 1997, all under head coach Roy Williams. The Jayhawks finished second in the 1985 event under coach Larry Brown. As a league, the Big 12 has won four of the 20 Preseason NIT championships with Oklahoma State winning the 1991 title under head coach Eddie Sutton to go along with Kansas three titles. The last Big 12 team to make the Preseason NIT s Final Four was Texas in 2000 under head coach Rick Barnes. UT finished third in the event with a 3-1 record. The Big 12 is a combined (.679) in the Preseason NIT. In the 17 years of the event, the Big 12 has had nine teams reaching the semifinals with two placing second and four winning the title. Here is a year-by-year look at the league s participation in the Preseason NIT: Big 12 in the Preseason NIT Year School Record Place (Head Coach) 1985 Kansas 3-1 Second (Larry Brown) Texas A&M Oklahoma Iowa State 3-1 Third (Johnny Orr) Texas Missouri 3-1 Second (Norm Stewart) 1989 Kansas 4-0 First (Roy Williams) 1990 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 4-0 First (Eddie Sutton) Texas 2-2 Fourth (Tom Penders) 1992 Iowa State Kansas 4-0 First (Roy Williams) 1994 Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Kansas 4-0 First (Roy Williams) 1998 Missouri Kansas State Texas 3-1 Third (Rick Barnes) 2001 Oklahoma Appearances (.679) Coaching Milestones Within Reach in Last year Oklahoma State head coach Eddie Sutton won his 700th career game; Baylor head coach Dave Bliss won his 500th career game; and Colorado head coach Ricardo Patton won his 100th. This season even more coaching milestones will be met. Texas Tech head coach Bob Knight is 13 wins from No. 800 for his career. When this occurs Knight will be the fifth overall coach to win at least 800 games while joining Dean Smith (879 at North Carolina), Adolph Rupp (876 at Kentucky), Clarence Big House Gains (828 at Winston-Salem), and Jim Phelan (819 and counting at Mt. St. Mary s). Kansas coach Roy Williams who is the active NCAA Div. 1-A leader in winning percentage at.807 is 12 wins shy of 400. Williams is in 14 seasons at KU. Texas coach Rick Barnes is eight wins from his 300th career victory. Additionally, Barnes is 10 wins from his 100th at UT. Oklahoma head coach Kelvin Sampson is 13 wins from his 200th at OU. When Sampson garners win 201 he will rank second on the OU coaching list behind Billy Tubbs 333 victories. Iowa State head coach Larry Eustachy is 16 triumphs shy of 100 while at ISU. The Future is Looking Good The Big 12 has had 26 players taken in the NBA draft in its six-year history. Three times 1997, 1998, 2000 the league had six player drafted. NBAdraft.net has released its player rankings by class, based on NBA potential for the season and the Big 12 is well represented. Here are the Big 12 players they list: Class of 2003 (seniors) 1. Kirk Hinrich, KU 3. Nick Collison, KU 12. Pervis Pasco, KSU 19. Hollis Price, OU 21. Bernard King, A&M 23. Ebi Ere, OU 29. Stephane Pelle, CU Class of 2004 (juniors) 9. Rickey Paulding, MU 23. Travon Bryant, MU 24. Jabahri Brown, OU 30. Tim Barnes, ISU 35. Andre Emmett, TTU 37. James Thomas, UT 38. Arthur Johnson, MU 42. Chris Alexander, ISU 43. Jackson Vroman, ISU Class of 2005 (sophomores) 6. T.J. Ford, UT 20. David Harrison, CU 32. Wayne Simien, KU 40. Keith Langford, KU 42. Lawrence Roberts, BU 50. Aaron Miles, KU Class of 2006 (freshmen) 10. Antoine Wright, A&M 13. Larry Turner, OU 31. Jimmy McKinney, MU 37. Brad Buckman, UT 44. DeAngelo Alexander, OU

5 BAYLOR Wednesday s exhibition game is Baylor s annual Hoops can Help fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Waco. Donations to benefit the club will be accepted at the doors of the Ferrell Center prior to the game vs. Houston Superstars Returning All- Big 12 forward Lawrence Roberts is out with a stress fracture to his left leg (fibula). The sophomore, who last season set a Big 12 freshman scoring record with 498 points, injured the leg in workouts in October and is expected back in late November or early December Baylor averaged point shots made per game (273) in , a figure that ranked second in the Big 12 Conference and seventh nationally. The Bears pointers set a school record (former 265, ). IOWA STATE Iowa State increased its all-time record in exhibitions to 30-2 after downing the Illinois All-Stars on Nov. 2...ISU was led by junior college transfer Jackson Vroman, who grabbed a game-high 15 boards and led the Cyclones with 25 points on 11-for-14 shooting from the floor in his first appearance in Hilton Coliseum...ISU held a advantage on the glass...jake Sullivan, Tim Barnes, Marcus Jefferson and Adam Haluska all had double figures for ISU...Sullivan drilled two 3-pointers en route to 16 points while Jefferson was 6-for-9 from the floor to finish with 17 points. Jefferson also had nine boards and three assists. Barnes and Haluska made their Cyclone debuts with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Barnes hit two treys and led the Cyclones with five assists. Haluska tallied two 3-pointers, scoring all of his 11 points in the second half...the Cyclones play their final exhibition game against Global Sports on Nov. 18. KANSAS STATE On Wednesday against Athletes First, Kansas State looks to even its preseason record after dropping a decision to the EA Sports Southeast All-Stars last Thursday. Senior forward/center Matt Siebrandt led five Wildcats who reach double figures in the EA Sports exhibition game with 17 points. Junior guard Tim Ellis was next with 15 points for K- State. Junior guard Frank Richards had 13 points while senior forward Pervis Pasco and junior guard Jarrett Hart had 10 points each. Siebrandt and Pasco are returning starters from last season and Pasco was named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer team. Freshman forward Marques Hayden led the Wildcats with 10 rebounds in 19 minutes work against EA Sports. OKLAHOMA STATE Oklahoma State enters its 94th season of basketball with an all-time record of 1, , a.580 winning percentage. The Cowboys have won two national championships ( ), appeared in five Final Fours, and made 19 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including 10 in the Sutton era. In fact, Coach Sutton has more wins (272) in his 12 years as the OSU head coach than the previous five coaches had (242) in a combined 20 seasons Oklahoma State enters the season having won 100 of its last 101 non-conference games held in Gallagher-Iba Arena since Jan. 7, The only loss during that span was to Florida Atlantic on Dec. 1, 1998, when the Cowboys were ranked 11th in the nation. That loss broke a string of 79- consecutive home non-league wins for OSU. Dating back the last 20 years to 1981, Oklahoma State is (.949) in those types of games. Big 12 Men s Basketball School-by-School Notables TEXAS A&M Freshman forward Antoine Wright scored 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting as the Aggies opened up the exhibition season with an victory over MBC Nikolaev last Monday before 2,831 fans at Reed Arena. Wright, from San Bernardino, Calif., was one of three A&M players in double figures on the night. Senior guard Bernard King scored 16 and dished out six assists, while junior transfer Kevin Turner poured in 15. Senior Keith Bean controlled the boards with 10 rebounds while Wright had eight and junior forward Jesse King added seven A&M plays its final exhibition game of the season on Tuesday, Nov. 19 against the EA Sports All-Stars. Tipoff at Reed Arena is set for 7 p.m. The Aggies open the regular season on Sunday, Nov. 24 against Texas Southern. TEXAS TECH Junior guard Andre Emmett led both teams with 26 points and 11 rebounds, including 19 points and five rebounds after halftime in Texas Tech s win against EA Sports last Thursday. Senior guard Will Chavis and senior forward Kasib Powell added 13 points apiece to complement Emmett Tech s next and last exhibition game comes Thursday at home in an 8:15 p.m. game against Athletes First. Twelve players suited up for Tech Thursday night, not including freshman guards Tanner Ogden and LucQuente White, who sat on the bench in street clothes under an apparent plan to redshirt this year Tech s regular-season opener is Nov. 22 at home against North Carolina-Wilmington. COLORADO Colorado returns 71.8 percent of its scoring and 74.7 percent of its rebounding from last season s (5-11 Big 12) team The Buffs defeated Northern State in its exhibition opener on Tuesday. Sophomore center David Harrison led all scorers with 30 points and also pulled down 18 rebounds in the game Colorado has advanced to the postseason three times in six full seasons under head coach Ricardo Patton. In 1997 the Buffs went to the NCAA tourney and in 1999 and 2000 the NIT. Patton won his 100th game at CU last season and is in seven years at Boulder...Under Patton, Colorado is 18-6 in the month of November and (.706) all-time in November. KANSAS Senior Kirk Hinrich was named to the Associated Press preseason All-America team, AP announced on Tuesday No. 2 Kansas has gone unbeaten in home exhibition action for the ninth straight after its win against Washburn Tuesday. Senior Nick Collison paced KU with 24 points and 15 rebounds against the Icabods...In the Jayhawks exhibition win against the EA Sports All-Stars, KU shot a blistering 62.7 percent from the field and out-rebounded the All-Stars The Jayhawks return three starters and seven letterwinners to a team which went 33-4 and advanced to the Final Four last season...ku boasts a pair of preseason All-America candidates in guard Kirk Hinrich and forward Nick Collison. Joining Hinrich and Collison in the starting lineup are sophomores Aaron Miles, Keith Langford and Wayne Simien. Miles started 36 games last season at point guard while Langford and Simien were the Jayhawks biggest weapons off the bench. MISSOURI Missouri (18th in ESPN/USA Today Coaches PreseasonPoll, 19th in Associated Press Preseason Poll) finished its exhibition season at 2-0 taking out the Midwest All-Stars, last Saturday...In the Tigers two preseason contests, All-American candidate Rickey Paulding averaged 19 points and seven rebounds per contest...junior transfer Ricky Clemons was also solid averaging 17 points per tilt. He just missed a triple-double against the Midwest All-Stars pouring in 21 points, picking up 10 rebounds and eight assists...the Tigers bench was also impressive as they contributed 35.5 points per game...senior big man Arthur Johnson averaged a double-double in the two contests weighing in with 13.5 point-and-10.0 board-per-game averages...the Tigers play six of their first eight contests at home. The other two contests are neutral court tilts with USC (Southern California) in the John R. Wooden Classic and Illinois in the Busch Braggin Rights Game in St. Louis, Mo. NEBRASKA Senior guard Brennon Clemmons scored a gamehigh 16 points, as Nebraska led from the start in a victory over EA Sports last Thursday. Clemmons hit 4-of-6 shots from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers, and grabbed seven rebounds, as the Huskers scored the game s first nine points and cruised to the win. Clemmons was the only Husker to finish in double figures, as all 15 players who dressed saw action, while 11 players broke into the scoring column. Sophomore Jake Muhleisen and junior college transfer Nate Johnson combined for seven of NU s nine points during the opening spurt, as NU held EA Sports without a point for the first 4:18. Sophomore John Turek, who finished with a game-high nine rebounds, scored six points The Huskers will play their second exhibition game next Thursday, Nov. 14, against Sports Tours, which features former Huskers Jaron Boone and Bruce Chubick, beginning at 7:05 p.m. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma won its lone exhibition contest on Saturday over Global Sports at Lloyd Noble Center OU returns 10 players from its roster, four of them starters, and is coming off a 31-5 campaign that included a second-place Big 12 regular season finish, a second consecutive Big 12 Tournament title and the school s fourth Final Four appearance. The 31 wins tied as the second most in single-season school history Oklahoma has won 16 of its last 17 season-opening games with the lone defeat during the stretch coming to Massachusetts in 1993 (84-83). The Sooners are 8-0 in season openers under Kelvin Sampson. OU s smallest margin of victory in an opener during the Sampson era is 11 points (vs. Coppin State in ). TEXAS Brandon Mouton was the team s leading scorer in the preseason by averaging 15.5 ppg in UT s two exhibition wins T.J. Ford averaged 14.0 ppg (second on team) and 7.5 rpg (second on team) while posting 15 assists against just six turnovers James Thomas averaged a double-double (13.5 ppg, 12.5 rpg) in UT s two exhibition victories Texas tips off its 97th season of intercollegiate basketball when it faces Georgia on Friday at the AT&T Wireless Classic. The Longhorns hold an all-time record of 1, (.614) in their previous 96 seasons of basketball Texas has posted an overall mark of in its previous 96 season-opening games. The Longhorns are 2-2 in season openers under coach Rick Barnes.

6 Big 12 Men s Basketball Scoreboard Baylor (0-0, 0-0) Colorado (0-0, 0-0) Iowa State (0-0, 0-0) N13 HOUSTON SUPERSTARS#... 7 p.m. N19 TEXAS BLUECHIP#... 7 p.m. N23 Alcorn State^... 7 p.m. N27 NORTHWESTERN STATE... 7 p.m. N30 Houston#...7:30 p.m. D4 SOUTHWEST TEXAS... 7 p.m. D7 TCU... 3 p.m. D11 LOUISIANA-MONROE... 7 p.m. D14 MONTANA STATE... 7 p.m. D21 at SMU...7:05 p.m. D30 NORTH TEXAS... 8 p.m. J4 TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN... 3 p.m. J7 MOUNT ST. MARY S... 7 p.m. J11 *at Missouri... 6 p.m. J15 *TEXAS (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. J18 *at Texas Tech... 12:15 p.m. J21 *OKLAHOMA STATE... 8 p.m. J25 *OKLAHOMA (FSW)... 5 p.m. F1 *at Iowa State... 7 p.m. F4 *TEXAS A&M (FSW)... 7 p.m. F8 *at Oklahoma (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F11 *KANSAS (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. F15 *at Oklahoma State... 7 p.m. F19 *at Kansas State... 7 p.m. F22 *NEBRASKA... 2 p.m. F26 *at Texas (FSW)... 7 p.m. M1 *COLORADO... 3 p.m. M5 *at Texas A&M... 7 p.m. M8 *TEXAS TECH (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. #exhibition; ^Dallas Lonestar Basketball Classic, Dallas; #Space City Hoops Classic, Houston;!American Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV; (FSW) Fox Sports Southwest Kansas (0-0, 0-0) N4 EA SPORTS ALL-STARS# (JTV) W, N12 WASHBURN# (JTV)... W, N19 HOLY CROSS^ (ESPN)... 8 p.m. N22 UNC GREENSBORO/ WAGNER^ (ESPN2)... 6 p.m. N27 Preseason NIT Semifinals^ (ESPN2) N29 Preseason NIT Finals^ (ESPN2) D4 CENTRAL MISSOURI ST. (JTV)... 7 p.m. D7 Oregon% (CBS)... 2:30 p.m. D11 at Tulsa (JTV)... 7 p.m. D14 EMPORIA STATE (JTV)... 7 p.m. D21 UCLA (CBS)... 4 p.m. D28 California& (ABC)... 2:30 p.m. J2 UNC ASHEVILLE (JTV)... 7 p.m. J4 vs. UMKC# (JTV)... 2 p.m. J6 *at Iowa State (ESPN)... 8 p.m. J11 *NEBRASKA (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. J15 WYOMING (ESPN2)... 8 p.m. J18 *KANSAS STATE (JTV)... 7 p.m. J22 *at Colorado (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. J25 ARIZONA (CBS) p.m. J27 *TEXAS (ESPN)... 8 p.m. F1 *at Nebraska (ESPN)... 1 p.m. F3 *MISSOURI (ESPN)... 8 p.m. F8 *at Kansas State (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. F11 *at Baylor (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. F16 *IOWA STATE (ESPN+) p.m. F19 *COLORADO (JTV)... 6:30 p.m. F23 *at Oklahoma (CBS)... 3 p.m. F26 *TEXAS A&M (JTV)... 6:30 p.m. M1 *OKLAHOMA STATE (ABC) p.m. M3 *at Texas Tech (ESPN)... 8 p.m. M9 *at Missouri (CBS)... 1 p.m. #exhibition; ^Preseason NIT, New York; %Portland, Ore.; &Pete Newell Challenge, Oakland, Calif; #Feist Shootout, Kansas City, Mo.;!American Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (JTV) Jayhawk TV Network; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV N12 NORTHERN STATE#... W, N17 EA SPORTS ALL-STARS#... 7 p.m. N22 CAL POLY... 7 p.m. N24 STETSON... 7 p.m. N27 at New Mexico State...7:05 p.m. D3 GEORGIA... 7 p.m. D7 at Missouri-Kansas City p.m. D11 CHICAGO STATE... 7 p.m. D21 at Rice...6:05 p.m. D23 NORTH TEXAS... 7 p.m. D27 UL Lafayette^ (ESPN2)... 11:30 a.m. D28 at Charlotte^ (ESPN2)... 12:30 p.m. D29 Loyola-Chicago^... 12:30 p.m. J4 PENNSYLVANIA... 7 p.m. J7 COLORADO STATE... 7 p.m. J11 *at Oklahoma (ESPN+)... 2 p.m. J15 *KANSAS STATE (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. J18 *at Nebraska...6:05 p.m. J22 *KANSAS (ESPN+)... 7 p.m. J29 *at Texas Tech...7:15 p.m. F1 *at Missouri (ESPN+)... 2 p.m. F4 *TEXAS... 7 p.m. F8 *IOWA STATE (ESPN+)... 7 p.m. F11 *at Kansas State... 6 p.m. F15 *TEXAS A&M... 7 p.m. F19 *at Kansas...5:30 p.m. F22 *MISSOURI (ESPN)... 7 p.m. F25 *at Iowa State... 6 p.m. M1 *at Baylor... 2 p.m. M5 *OKLAHOMA STATE... 7 p.m. M8 *NEBRASKA... 7 p.m. All times are Mountain; HOME GAMES IN CAPS; #exhibition; ^Pepsi Holiday Classic, Charlotte, N.C.;!American Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV Kansas State (0-0, 0-0) N7 EA SPORTS ALL-STARS#... L, N13 ATHLETES FIRST#... 7 p.m. N23 Brigham Young^...4:15 p.m. N24 Toledo^...4:15 p.m. N25 Michigan/St. Bonaventure/Virginia Tech^ N30 NORTHWESTERN (WTN)... 7 p.m. D4 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF... 7 p.m. D7 at Wisconsin-Green Bay... 7 p.m. D11 TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (Metro)7 p.m. D14 at Wichita State... 7 p.m. D20 LIPSCOMB... 8 p.m. D22 OREGON STATE (Metro)... 1 p.m. D29 MONMOUTH... 2 p.m. J2 ST. LOUIS (Metro)... 7 p.m. J6 CENTRAL FLORIDA... 7 p.m. J11 *TEXAS TECH... 6 p.m. J15 *at Colorado (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. J18 *at Kansas... 7 p.m. J22 *NEBRASKA... 7 p.m. J25 *at Texas A&M... 3 p.m. F1 *OKLAHOMA (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. F5 *at Oklahoma State (Metro)... 7 p.m. F8 *KANSAS (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. F11 *COLORADO... 7 p.m. F15 *at Missouri (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F19 *BAYLOR... 7 p.m. F22 *at Iowa State (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. F25 *at Nebraska (WTN)... 7 p.m. M1 *MISSOURI (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. M4 *at Texas (WTN)... 7 p.m. M8 *IOWA STATE (WTN)... 7 p.m. #exhibition; ^Paradise Jam Tournament, St. Thomas, V.I.;!American Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (WTN) Wildcat TV network; (Metro) Metro TV; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV N2 ILLINOIS ALL-STARS#... W, N18 GLOBAL SPORTS#... 7 p.m. N25 COE COLLEGE... 7 p.m. N29 MERCER... 7 p.m. D2 JACKSON STATE... 7 p.m. D6 WESTERN ILLINOIS^ (CTN)... 8 p.m. D7 SUNY-BINGHAMTON/DENVER^ (CTN) 8 p.m. D10 BOSTON COLLEGE (ESPN)... 6 p.m. D13 at Iowa (local TV)... 7 p.m. D15 SAVANNAH STATE (CTN)... 1 p.m. D22 DRAKE (CTN)... 1 p.m. D29 at Northern Iowa (local TV)... 7 p.m. D31 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF... 6 p.m. J6 *KANSAS (ESPN)... 8 p.m. J11 *at Texas (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. J18 *OKLAHOMA (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. J21 *at Missouri (CTN)... 7 p.m. J25 *NEBRASKA (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. J29 *at Oklahoma State (CTN)... 7 p.m. F1 *BAYLOR (CTN)... 7 p.m. F8 *at Colorado (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F12 *TEXAS TECH (CTN)... 7 p.m. F16 *at Kansas (ESPN+) p.m. F19 *at Texas A&M... 7 p.m. F22 *KANSAS STATE (ESPN+). 12:45 p.m. F25 *COLORADO (CTN)... 7 p.m. M1 *at Nebraska (CTN)... 7 p.m. M5 *MISSOURI (CTN)... 7 p.m. M8 *at Kansas State (CTN)... 7 p.m. #exhibition;!american Airlines Center, Dallas; ^Cyclone Challenge, Ames, Iowa; (CTN) Cyclone TV; *Big 12 Game; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV Missouri (0-0, 0-0) N2 EA SPORTS# (MSN)... W, (ot) N8 MID-WEST ALL STARS# (MSN)W, N22 AMERICAN (MSN)... 7 p.m. N30 AUSTIN PEAY (MSN)... 1 p.m. D2 SACRAMENTO STATE (MSN).. 7 p.m. D7 Southern California% (MSN)... 6 p.m. D9 WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (MSN)7 p.m. D14 MEMPHIS (ESPN)...4:30 p.m. D21 Illinois^ (ESPN)... 4:30 p.m. D30 VALPARAISO (MSN)... 7 p.m. J4 at Iowa (ESPN)...3:05 p.m. J7 CENTENARY (MSN)... 7 p.m. J11 *BAYLOR (MSN)... 6 p.m. J13 at Syracuse (ESPN)... 6 p.m. J18 *at Oklahoma State (ESPN+) 12:45 p.m. J21 *IOWA STATE (MSN)... 7 p.m. J25 *at Texas (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. J29 *at Nebraska (MSN)... 7 p.m. F1 *COLORADO (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F3 *at Kansas (ESPN)... 8 p.m. F9 *TEXAS TECH (ABC)... 12:30 p.m. F12 *at Texas A&M (MSN)... 7 p.m. F15 *KANSAS STATE (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F18 *NEBRASKA (MSN)... 7 p.m. F22 *at Colorado (ESPN)... 8 p.m. F26 *OKLAHOMA (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. M1 *at Kansas State (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. M5 *at Iowa State (ESPN+)... 7 p.m. M9 *KANSAS (CBS)... 1 p.m. #exhibition; %John R. Wooden Classic, Anaheim, Calif.; ^Savvis Center, St. Louis, Mo.; (MSN) Mizzou Sports Network; *Big 12 Game; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV;!American Airlines Center, Dallas

7 Nebraska (0-0, 0-0) N7 EA SPORTS#... W, N14 SPORTS TOURS#...7:05 p.m. N21 Centenary^ a.m. N23 UW-Green Bay/Alaska-Fairbanks^ N24 UCSB/Ball State/Alcorn State/Weber State^ D1 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO...2:05 p.m. D5 at South Florida (ESPN2) D8 MINNESOTA...2:05 p.m. D14 IPFW...7:05 p.m. D21 CREIGHTON...7:05 p.m. D27 Santa Barbara~ D28 Bucknell/Arizona State~ D31 EASTERN WASHINGTON...2:05 p.m. J4 DENVER...2:05 p.m. J7 LIPSCOMB... 7:05 p.m. J11 *at Kansas (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. J15 *TEXAS A&M... 7:05 p.m. J18 *COLORADO...7:05 p.m. J22 *at Kansas State... 7 p.m. J25 *at Iowa State (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. J29 *MISSOURI...7:05 p.m. F1 *KANSAS (ESPN)... 1 p.m. F5 *at Texas Tech... 8:15 p.m. F12 *OKLAHOMA STATE...7:05 p.m. F15 *TEXAS (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. F18 *at Missouri... 7 p.m. F22 *at Baylor... 2 p.m. F25 *KANSAS STATE...7:05 p.m. M1 *IOWA STATE...7:05 p.m. M4 *at Oklahoma... 7 p.m. M8 *at Colorado... 8 p.m. #exhibition; ^Top of the World Classic, Fairbanks, Alaska; ~ASU Hoops Classic, Tempe, Ariz.;!American Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV Texas (0-0, 0-0) N4 TARLETON STATE#... W, N10 EA SPORTS ALL-STARS#... W, N15 Georgia^ (ESPN2)... 8 p.m. N23 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (LSN)... 7 p.m. N27 TEXAS-ARLINGTON (LSN)... 7 p.m. N30 Seton Hall~ (LSN)... 4 p.m. D7 George Washington~ (Raycom). 12 p.m. D8 Maryland/Notre Dame~ (Raycom)12/2:30 p.m. D15 at Arizona (Fox)...3:30 p.m. D19 McNEESE STATE (LSN)... 7 p.m. D22 PRINCETON (ESPN)... 4 p.m. D30 LOUISIANA TECH (LSN)... 7 p.m. J5 MOUNT ST. MARY S (LSN)... 1 p.m. J11 *IOWA STATE (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. J15 *at Baylor (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. J18 *TEXAS A&M (LSN)... 7 p.m. J25 *MISSOURI (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. J27 *at Kansas (ESPN)... 8 p.m. F1 *OKLAHOMA STATE (ESPN+). 3 p.m. F4 *at Colorado... 7 p.m. F8 *at Texas A&M (ESPN2)... 7 p.m. F10 *OKLAHOMA (ESPN)... 8 p.m. F15 *at Nebraska (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. F17 *TEXAS TECH (ESPN)... 8 p.m. F22 *at Oklahoma State (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F26 *BAYLOR (LSN)... 7 p.m. M1 *at Texas Tech (CBS)... 3 p.m. M4 *KANSAS STATE (LSN)... 7 p.m. M8 *at Oklahoma (ABC)...2:30 p.m. #exhibition; ^Coaches vs. Cancer, New York; ~Space City Basketball Classic, Houston; %BB&T Classic, Washington, D.C.;!American Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV; (LSN) Longhorn Sports Network; (Fox) Fox Sports Net Big 12 Men s Basketball Scoreboard Oklahoma (0-0, 0-0) N9 GLOBAL SPORTS#... W, N14 Alabama^ (ESPN2)...8:15 p.m. N17 ATHLETES FIRST#... 3 p.m. N22 UC IRVINE%... 7 p.m. N23 PRINCETON/W. MICHIGAN% 12/2 p.m. N30 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M... 7 p.m. D7 HARTFORD... 7 p.m. D14 COPPIN STATE... 3 p.m. D21 GEORGIA STATE... 4 p.m. D28 Mississippi State& p.m. D30 UNC ASHEVILLE... 7 p.m. J4 Michigan State! (ESPN)... 8 p.m. J7 CONNECTICUT (ESPN2)... 7 p.m. J11 *COLORADO (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. J13 *at Oklahoma State (ESPN)... 8 p.m. J18 *at Iowa State (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. J20 *TEXAS TECH (ESPN)... 8 p.m. J25 *at Baylor... 5 p.m. J28 *TEXAS A&M (ESPN2)... 6 p.m. F1 *at Kansas State (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. F8 *BAYLOR (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F10 *at Texas (ESPN)... 8 p.m. F15 *at Texas Tech (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F19 *OKLAHOMA STATE (ESPN+). 8 p.m. F23 *KANSAS (CBS)... 3 p.m. F26 *at Missouri (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. M1 *at Texas A&M (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. M4 *NEBRASKA... 7 p.m. M8 *TEXAS (ABC)...2:30 p.m. #exhibition; ^Coaches vs. Cancer, New York, N.Y.; %Sooner Invitational, Norman, Okla.; &Sugar Bowl Classic, New Orleans, La.;!Touchstone Energy All-College Classic, Oklahoma City, Okla.;!American Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV Texas A&M (0-0, 0-0) N11 MBC NIKOLAEV#... W, N19 EA SPORTS ALL-STARS#... 7 p.m. N24 TEXAS SOUTHERN... 7 p.m. N26 at Miami, Fla p.m. N30 vs. LSU^ (LSTV)...1:30 p.m. D2 OAKLAND... 7 p.m. D4 TENNESSEE (LSTV)... 7 p.m. D7 at Prairie View A&M...3:30 p.m. D15 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO... 2 p.m. D21 LOUISIANA-MONROE... 7 p.m. D27 Princeton%...8:30 p.m. D28 Santa Clara/Mississippi Valley%6/8:30 p.m. J2 CENTENARY... 7 p.m. J11 *OKLAHOMA STATE (FSW)... 3 p.m. J15 *at Nebraska...7:05 p.m. J18 *at Texas (FWS)... 7 p.m. J25 *KANSAS STATE... 3 p.m. J28 *at Oklahoma (ESPN2)... 6 p.m. F1 *TEXAS TECH (LSTV)...5:30 p.m. F5 *at Baylor (FSW)... 7 p.m. F8 *TEXAS (ESPN2)... 7 p.m. F12 *MISSOURI (LSTV)... 7 p.m. F15 *at Colorado... 8 p.m. F19 *IOWA STATE... 7 p.m. F22 *at Texas Tech (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. F26 *at Kansas...6:30 p.m. M1 *OKLAHOMA (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. M5 *BAYLOR (LSTV)... 7 p.m. M8 *at Oklahoma State (ESPN+) 12:45 p.m. M13-16 Phillips 66/Big 12 Tournament! #exhibition; ^Reliant Center, Houston, Texas; %Cable Car Classic, Santa Clara, Calif.;!American Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (LSTV) Lone Star TV; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV; (FSW) Fox Sports Southwest Oklahoma State (0-0, 0-0) N12 GLOBAL SPORTS#... W, N18 BRANCH WEST BASKETBALL#7 p.m. N22 YALE... 7 p.m. N27 at Alaska-Anchorage^ (ESPN2)10:30 p.m. N29 College of Charlston/Wyoming^ N30 Loyola Marymount/Villanova/Montana/ Michigan State^ D5 HARTFORD... 7 p.m. D8 NORTHWESTERN STATE... 3 p.m. D15 FRESNO STATE... 1 p.m. D18 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY... 7 p.m. D21 at Wichita State... 1:30 p.m. D30 ARKANSAS... 7 p.m. J4 Brigham Young% (ESPN2)... 5:30 p.m. J8 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 7 p.m. J11 *at Texas A&M (FSW)... 3 p.m. J13 *OKLAHOMA (ESPN)... 8 p.m. J18 *MISSOURI (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. J21 *at Baylor... 7 p.m. J26 *at Texas Tech (ESPN+)... 1 p.m. J29 *IOWA STATE... 7 p.m. F1 *at Texas (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F5 *KANSAS STATE... 7 p.m. F9 at Cincinnati (ABC)... 2:30 p.m. F12 *at Nebraska... 7 p.m. F15 *BAYLOR... 7 p.m. F19 *at Oklahoma (ESPN+)... 8 p.m. F22 *TEXAS (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F24 *TEXAS TECH (ESPN)... 8 p.m. M1 *at Kansas (ABC) p.m. M5 *at Colorado... 8 p.m. M8 *TEXAS A&M (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. #exhibition; ^Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska; %Touchtone Energy All-College Classic, Oklahoma City, Okla;!American Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV; (FSW) Fox Sports Southwest Texas Tech (0-0, 0-0) N7 EA SPORTS# (TTV)... W, N14 ATHLETES FIRST# (TTV)...8:15 p.m. N22 UNC-WILMINGTON (TTV).8:15 p.m. N26 SMU (TTV)...8:15 p.m. N30 at UTEP (TTV)... 8:05 p.m. D3 at TCU (TTV)... 8:05 p.m. D7 NICHOLLS STATE (TTV)... 1:15 p.m. D14 at Wyoming (TTV)... 9 p.m. D18 NEW MEXICO (ESPN)... 6 p.m. D21 NEW MEXICO STATE (TTV)1:15 p.m. D28 at Minnesota (ESPN+)... 1 p.m. J1 HOUSTON (TTV)... 1:15 p.m. J6 at San Diego State (ESPN) p.m. J11 *at Kansas State (TTV)... 6 p.m. J18 *BAYLOR... 12:15 p.m. J20 *at Oklahoma (ESPN)... 8 p.m. J26 *OKLAHOMA STATE (ESPN+). 1 p.m. J29 *COLORADO (TTV)... 8:15 p.m. F1 *at Texas A&M...5:30 p.m. F5 *NEBRASKA (TTV)...8:15 p.m. F9 *at Missouri (ABC)... 12:30 p.m. F12 *at Iowa State (TTV)... 7 p.m. F15 *OKLAHOMA (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. F17 *at Texas (ESPN)... 8 p.m. F22 *TEXAS A&M (ESPN+)... 12:45 p.m. F24 *at Oklahoma State (ESPN)... 8 p.m. M1 *TEXAS (CBS)... 3 p.m. M3 *KANSAS (ESPN)... 8 p.m. M8 *at Baylor (ESPN+)... 3 p.m. #exhibition;!american Airlines Center, Dallas; *Big 12 Game; (TTV) Texas Tech TV; (ESPN+) Big 12 syndicated TV