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Big 12 Conference
AssociationNCAA
CommissionerChuck Neinas (interim) (2011–present)
Sports fielded
  • men's: 10
  • women's: 11
DivisionDivision I
SubdivisionFBS
RegionWest South Central States, Midwest
Official websitebig12sports.com
Locations
Location of teams in {{{title}}}

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving. 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, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, with a future member in West Virginia.

According to the Big 12 Conference's website, the alternate names "Big Twelve" and "Big XII" are incorrect. The trademarked name of the conference is Big 12 Conference, notwithstanding the Roman numeral XII featured on the conference logo.[1]

History

The conference was officially formed on February 25, 1994, when all eight members of the Big Eight Conference joined with four schools in Texas from the Southwest Conference.[2][dead link]Athletic competition in the conference commenced on August 31, 1996. Although (at the time of its formation) the Big 12 was composed of the old Big Eight plus the four Texas schools, it regards itself as a separate conference (as opposed to an enlarged Big Eight) and does not claim the Big Eight's history as its own. However, several college sports history sources consider both conferences as a single continuous operation dating to 1907.

From the conference's formation until the 2010–11 season, the Big 12 was split into two divisions for most major sports. The Oklahoma and Texas schools made up the South Division, and the remaining six former Big Eight Conference teams constituted the North Division. In the 2010–11 NCAA conference realignment, the Big 12 was arguably the most heavily impacted conference. First the University of Colorado at Boulder announced its plans to join the Pacific-12 Conference, and then later the University of Nebraska–Lincoln accepted an invitation for the Big Ten Conference. This effectively forced the discontinuation of the divisional format, as the NCAA requires at least twelve teams in a conference to hold a football playoff between division winners. The Conference retained the "Big 12" name and logo despite dropping to ten teams,[3] a decision ostensibly similar to the Big Ten Conference's choice to keep its name after its membership increased first to eleven and then to twelve.

Membership

Current

Institution Location
(Population) 		Founded Type Enrollment Nickname Mascot Varsity Sports National Titles[4][5][Note 1]
Baylor University Waco, Texas
(126,217) 		1845 Private 14,886 Bears Joy and Lady / Judge / Bruiser 16 2
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa
(58,965) 		1858 Public 29,887[6] Cyclones Cy the Cardinal 16 19
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
(87,643) 		1865 Public 30,004[7] Jayhawks Big Jay / Baby Jay 16 12
Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas
(52,281) 		1863 Public 23,588[8] Wildcats Willie the Wildcat 14 0
University of Missouri[Note 2] Columbia, Missouri
(108,500) 		1839 Public 33,318[9] Tigers Truman the Tiger 18 2
University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma
(110,925) 		1890 Public 29,721 Sooners Sooner Schooner / Boomer and Sooner 19 26
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma
(45,688) 		1890 Public 23,307 Cowboys Pistol Pete / Bullet 16 12
University of Texas Austin, Texas
(790,390) 		1883 Public 50,006[10] Longhorns Bevo / Hook 'em 18 13
Texas A&M University[Note 3] College Station, Texas
(93,857) 		1876 Public 50,054[11] Aggies Reveille 18 12
Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas
(229,573) 		1923 Public 32,327[12] Red Raiders Masked Rider / Raider Red 16 1
  1. ^ See section on national championships, below
  2. ^ On November 5, 2011 it was announced Missouri would officially join the SEC for the 2012-2013 season. Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
  3. ^ On September 25, 2011 Texas A&M annnounced it will officialy join the SEC effective July 1, 2012. Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Future

Institution Location
(Population) 		Founded Type Enrollment Nickname Mascot Varsity Sports National Titles[4][5]*
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas
(741,206) 		1873 Private 9,142 Horned Frogs Super Frog 18 22
West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia
(29,660) 		1867 Public 29,306 Mountaineers The Mountaineer 17 19

Former

Institution Location
(Population) 		Founded Type Enrollment Nickname Mascot Varsity Sports National Titles[4][5]*
University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado
(100,160) 		1876 Public 30,128 Buffaloes Ralphie the Buffalo / Chip 14 24
University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska
(225,581) 		1869 Public 24,100[13] Cornhuskers Herbie Husker / Lil' Red 21 23

Membership timeline

West Virginia UniversityTexas Christian UniversitySoutheastern ConferenceUniversity of MissouriSoutheastern ConferenceTexas A&M UniversityBig Ten ConferenceUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnPacific 12 ConferenceUniversity of Colorado at BoulderTexas Tech UniversityUniversity of Texas at AustinOklahoma State University–StillwaterUniversity of OklahomaKansas State UniversityUniversity of KansasIowa State UniversityBaylor University
  • West Virginia and the Big East are involved in a legal dispute to determine whether WVU can join the Big 12 in 2012 or 2014

Conference instability and realignment

Locations of the Big 12 Conference full-member institutions, including future members Texas Christian and West Virginia
Main article: 2010–11 NCAA conference realignment

2010

In May 2010, American intercollegiate sports news became rife with speculation that the Big 12 Conference was on the verge of dissolution, including rumors of dividing the teams largely between the Pac-10 and Big Ten conferences. This was a result of the conference being unable to come to an agreement on equal revenue sharing in the conference. Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma objected to equal sharing according to Dan Beebe. In 2011, after being fired by the Big 12, Beebe was quoted as saying "Nebraska was one of the biggest objectors of equal revenue rights, and their president Harvey Perlman said that."[14] In 2011, after being fired by the Big 12, Beebe said in a phone interview with The Associated Press that Oklahoma, Nebraska and even Texas A&M were interested in "developing their own distribution systems" for their sports programs. [15]

In May 2010, The Conference's collapse seemed imminent amid rampant speculation that teams were defecting to various conference. [16] Colorado was eying the Pac-12. Nebraska was eying the Big 10. The Big 10 considered Texas a possibility. [17] Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Colorado were talking with the Pac-10. [18] Baylor wanted in on the Pac-10 action as well, and was willing to use political leverage. [19]

On June 10, Colorado accepted an invitation to become the Pac-10's eleventh member, effective in 2012.[20][21] The school later negotiated a settlement with the Big 12 to leave on July 1, 2011. The following day (June 11), Nebraska applied for membership in the Big Ten Conference and was unanimously accepted, becoming the Big Ten's twelfth member, effective July 1, 2011.[22] The Conference's collapse appeared imminent in the immediate aftermath of Colorado and Nebraska's departure as Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State were reportedly close to accepting invitations to join the Pac-10. However, on June 14, the four schools announced that they had decided to stay in the Big 12 after apparently agreeing to an eleventh-hour deal to save the conference.[23] The decisions, which reportedly came after furious lobbying by five of the remaining schools (Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Missouri) and intervention by athletic directors around the country who were concerned about the prospect of a 16-team "superconference", were driven by a restructured revenue sharing agreement and the promise of a lucrative new television deal.[24] As part of the deal, Texas was permitted to launch its own television network, the Longhorn Network, which would broadcast Texas Longhorn sporting events including non-conference football games and at least one conference football game. Additionally, Texas A&M and Oklahoma ended contact with the Southeastern Conference who had been pursuing both schools as potential candidates if their conference decided to expand past 12 members.[25]

On June 16, 2010, Texas state lawmakers Garnet Coleman and Bill Callegari, both from the Houston area, co-wrote a letter asking Big 12 officials to consider adding the University of Houston (currently in Conference USA) to the conference.[26][dead link]

2011

Texas A&M

In August 2011, Texas A&M announced plans to apply to join another unspecified conference.[27] Texas A&M's desire to leave the Big 12 Conference was reportedly driven both by concern about conference stability and also by arch rival Texas' Longhorn Network and concerns that this network would give Texas an unfair advantage in recruiting and other aspects of competition.[28] On September 2, David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma, announced that his school was actively reevaulating its conference membership.[29] Several days later, Southeastern Conference officials voted to accept Texas A&M as its thirteenth member,[30] conditional upon a reaffirmation that the remaining Big 12 schools would not pursue legal action to block the move.[31] Several schools refused to waive their rights to pursue legal action against the Southeastern Conference for tortious interference,[32] with Baylor actively threatening a lawsuit.[29] However on September 25, the SEC announced that Texas A&M was being accepted unconditionally regardless of legal threats from Baylor. Texas A&M will officially join the SEC on July 1, 2012.[33]

The Big 12 Conference said it would form a committee to replace Texas A&M with at least one other school.[27] The Boards of Regents of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas all authorized their presidents to make decisions related to conference alignment.[34] These three schools, along with Texas Tech, were reportedly considering applying to the Pacific-12 Conference,[35] while the remaining schools entered talks with the Big East football schools to potentially combine conferences.[36] Further realignment was temporarily halted on September 20, when the Pac-12 reiterated its desire to remain a twelve-team conference.[37] There was another step towards conference stability on October 5, 2011, when the Big 12 Conference agreed to equally distribute Tier I and II television revenues.[38]

Texas Christian University

On October 6, the Big 12 Conference Board of Directors, acting upon a unanimous recommendation of the expansion committee, authorized negotiations with Texas Christian University to become a member of the Conference even though the university had already agreed to join the Big East Conference.[39] A Big 12 official named Brigham Young University and the University of Louisville as other candidates for expansion.[40][41] On October 10, Texas Christian University's Board of Trustees voted to accept the invitation from the Big 12 Conference; the school will join the conference on July 1, 2012. TCU had been a member of the Southwest Conference, one of the original constituent conferences that were incorporated into what became the Big 12 (along with the Big 8 Conference) and has long and historical rivalries with a number of Big 12 schools, particularly Texas Tech, the University of Texas, and Baylor, with whom TCU has played one of the longest ongoing series in the nation, dating back to 1899. They have played 107 times and the series is tied 50–50–7.[42]

West Virginia University

On October 28, West Virginia University accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference, effective the 2012 season.[43] West Virginia University gave notice of its intent to the Big East Conference, its current conference.[44] Because the Big East Conference requires 27 months of notice prior to withdrawal, Big East Commissioner John Marinatto said that West Virginia University may not leave before July 1, 2014.[44]

West Virginia University filed a lawsuit to declare invalid the withdrawal-notice requirement stipulated in the Big East Conference's bylaws.[45][46] The lawsuit alleges that the Big East Conference breached its fiduciary duty by allowing several football-playing members to depart, causing the conference to no longer be a major football conference and jeopardizing the conference's continued existence.[47][48] West Virginia University alleges that its continued performance under its contract has become unreasonably burdensome and that its original purpose in entering into the contract has been eliminated.[49] West Virginia University also believes that its notice to withdraw in 2012 was indeed accepted when the Big East Conference accepted its payment of half the $5 million withdrawal penalty.[49] Marinatto denied the allegations.[50] The Big East Conference filed a lawsuit against West Virginia University, alleging that West Virginia University breached its contract by withdrawing from the conference without 27 months of notice.[51][52]

Big 12 Commissioner Neinas said that West Virginia University's invitation to the Big 12 Conference is not contingent on joining in 2012.[53]

University of Missouri

On October 4, 2011, University of Missouri's Board of Curators authorized the school's president to explore applying to other conferences.[54] On October 11, interim Big 12 Conference Commissioner Chuck Neinas said Missouri will remain in the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season.[55] Missouri inched closer to leaving on October 21 when its Board of Curators authorized Chancellor Brady Deaton to move the school out of the Big 12 Conference if it is in the school's best interest.[56] On October 28, the Big 12 Conference's press release announcing its invitation to West Virginia University hinted at Missouri's imminent departure, as the school was not listed among the "expected" ten members for the 2012–13 school year.[57]

On November 6, Missouri announced that it would join the Southeastern Conference effective July 1, 2012.[58] Missouri will compete in the conference's East division.[59] After Missouri's departure, and with the start date for West Virginia to join the conference in litigation, the Big 12 Conference will have nine schools committed for the 2012 season, one fewer than the ten schools it needs in order to fulfill its television contracts.[59]

Endowment

See also: List of U.S. colleges and universities by endowment
  • Texas (System-wide) - $14,052 million[60]
  • Texas A&M (System-wide) - $5,738 million[60]
  • Kansas (System-wide) - $1,055 million[60]
  • TCU - $1,048 million[60]
  • Missouri (System-wide) - $975 million[60]
  • Oklahoma - $968 million[60]
  • Baylor - $872 million[60]
  • Texas Tech (System-wide) - $775 million[60]
  • Iowa State - $509 million[60]
  • Oklahoma State - $495 million[60]
  • West Virginia (System-wide) - $337 million[60]
  • Kansas State - $278 million[60]

Figures above are as of 2010.[60]

Conference facilities

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium Capacity
Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium 50,000[61] Ferrell Center 10,284 Baylor Ballpark 5,000
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 55,000[62] Hilton Coliseum 14,356 No baseball team since 2001*
Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071[63] Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Hoglund Ballpark 2,500
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium 51,000[64] Bramlage Coliseum 12,528 Tointon Family Stadium 2,000
Missouri Faurot Field 71,004[65] Mizzou Arena 15,061 Taylor Stadium 3,031
Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 82,112[66] Lloyd Noble Center 12,000 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park 2,700
Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium 60,218[67] Gallagher-Iba Arena 13,611 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium 3,821
Texas Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium 100,119[68] Frank Erwin Center 16,755 UFCU Disch-Falk Field 6,649
Texas A&M Kyle Field 82,600[69] Reed Arena 12,989 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park 5,400
TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium 44,358 Daniel–Meyer Coliseum 7,200 Lupton Stadium 4,500
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 60,454[70][71][72][73] United Spirit Arena 15,091 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park 6,000
West Virginia Mountaineer Field 60,000[74] WVU Coliseum 14,000[75] Hawley Field 1,500[76]

*Iowa State discontinued its participation in baseball as an NCAA-recognized activity following the 2001 season.[77] It participates in club baseball as a member of the National Club Baseball Association. Games are played at Cap Timm Field, capacity 3,000.[78]

Commissioners

Big 12 Conference Commissioners

Revenue

File:Big 12 trans.gif
Former Big 12 Conference logo
Big 12 Conference annual revenue distribution
Year Revenue distributed Annual Increase
1997 $53.6 million -
1998 $58 million 8.2%
1999 $64 million 10.3%
2000 $72 million 12.5%
2001 $78 million 8.3%
2002 $83.5 million 7.1%
2003 $89 million 6.6%
2004 $101 million 13.5%
2005 $105.6 million 4.6%
2006 $103.1 million -2.4%
2007 $106 million 2.8%
2008 $113.5 million 7.1%
2009 $130 million 14.5%
2010 $139 million 6.9%
Total $1.296 billion 259%
Average $92.6 million 7.6%
source: Big 12 Conference[84]

The Big 12 Conference distributes revenue, mostly collected from television contracts, bowl games, the NCAA, merchandise, licensing, and conference-hosted sporting events, annually to member institutions.[85] From 1996 to 2011, 57 percent of all distributed revenue was allotted equally; with the other 43 percent distributed based upon the number of football and men's basketball television appearances and other factors.[86][87] The 2011 annual meeting of the conference resulted in a distribution of 76 percent equal allotment and 24 percent based on television appearances. Changing the revenue-sharing arrangement requires a unanimous vote; as a Big 12 member, Nebraska had withheld support for more equitable revenue distribution.[86]

With this exposure-based revenue-sharing model, larger schools in the conference, such as the University of Texas, can receive more revenue because television channels will schedule such schools more frequently than smaller schools that may have less national audience appeal. In 2006, for example, Texas received $10.2 million, 44% more than Baylor University's $7.1 million.[citation needed]

Compared to other conferences, the Big 12's revenue is low for a BCS conference; this is due in part to television contracts signed with Fox Sports Net (four years for $48 million) and ABC/ESPN (eight years for $480 million) that are set to expire in 2012 and 2016, respectively. In comparison, the Southeastern Conference collects four times as much per year, an estimated $3 billion over 15 year from its contracts with ESPN and CBS.[88]

Sports

As of the current 2011–12 academic year, the conference sponsors championships in the following sports: baseball (m), basketball (m,w), cross-country (m,w), equestrian (w), football (m), golf (m,w), gymnastics (w), rowing (w), soccer (w), softball (w), swimming and diving (m,w), tennis (m,w), track and field (m,w), volleyball (w), wrestling (m). The most recently added sports were equestrian and rowing, previously unofficial sports, which will make their debut as fully sponsored sports with official championships in 2011-12.[3]

Among the sponsored sports, all ten universities participate in 12 sports, while the following sports do not have full participation:

  • 9 schools participate in volleyball (Oklahoma State does not)[89]
  • 9 schools participate in women's soccer (Kansas State does not)[90]
  • 9 schools participate in baseball[91] (Iowa State dropped its intercollegiate program following the 2001 season)[77]
  • 9 schools participate in softball (Kansas State does not)[92]
  • 6 schools participate in men's tennis (Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech)[93]
  • 5 schools participate in women's swimming and diving (Kansas, Iowa State, Missouri, Texas, and Texas A&M)[94]
  • 4 schools participate in equestrian (Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M)[95]
  • 4 schools participate in rowing (Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Texas). Previously, those schools competed as affiliate members of Conference USA.[96]
  • 4 schools participate in wrestling (Iowa State, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State)[97]
  • 3 schools participate in gymnastics (Iowa State, Missouri, and Oklahoma) [98]
  • 3 schools participate in men's swimming and diving (Missouri, Texas, and Texas A&M) [94]

Football

Main article: Big 12 Conference football

From 1996-2010, Big 12 Conference teams played eight conference games a season. Each team faced all five opponents within its own division and three teams from the opposite division. Inter-divisional play was a "three-on, three-off" system, where teams would play three teams from the other division on a home-and-home basis for two seasons, and then play the other three foes from the opposite side for a two-year home-and-home.[citation needed]

This format came under considerable criticism, especially from fans at Nebraska and Oklahoma, who were denied a yearly matchup between two of college football's most storied programs.[citation needed] The Oklahoma–Nebraska rivalry was one of the most intense rivalries in college football history.[citation needed] (Until 2006, the teams had never met in the Big 12 Championship.) Due to the departure of Nebraska and Colorado in 2011, the Big 12 eliminated the divisions (and championship game) and instituted a nine-game round-robin.[citation needed]

Championship Game

Main article: Big 12 Championship Game

The Big 12 Championship Game was held by the Big 12 Conference each year. The idea of having a championship game was voted on at a Big 12 Conference meeting; Nebraska voted against, while the other schools voted in favor. [99]The championship game pitted the Big 12 North Division champion against the Big 12 South Division champion in a game held after the regular season has been completed. The first championship game was held during the 1996 season. Since the 1996 season, most football championship games were held at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The final game was played in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which had also hosted the previous games, with the Oklahoma Sooners defeating the Nebraska Cornhuskers 23-20.[100] In 2010, the Big 12 Conference decided to move the location of the championship game to Dallas for 2011, 2012, and 2013.[101] This became moot for the 2011 season because NCAA only allows conferences with at least twelve teams to hold a conference championship game; as the Big 12 Conference has ten teams as of 2011, the conference will not have a championship game in 2011.[102]

Bowl games

Pick Name Location Opposing Conference Opposing Pick
1 Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Arizona BCS -
2 Cotton Bowl Classic Arlington, Texas SEC 3/4/5
3 Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Texas Pac-12 2
4 Insight Bowl Tempe, Arizona Big Ten 4/5
5 Holiday Bowl San Diego, California Pac-12 3
6 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Houston, Texas Big Ten 6
7 Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, New York Big East 4
8 TicketCity Bowl 2012 Dallas, Texas Big Ten 7
8 Military Bowl 2013 Washington, D.C. ACC 8

[citation needed]

Rivalries

The Big 12 Conference has many rivalries among its member schools, primarily in football. Most of the rivalries existed before the Big 12 was established. The Kansas-Missouri rivalry is the longest running in the Big 12, the longest running west of the Mississippi, and 2nd longest running in college football, being played for 119 years; however the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry is also unique, as it was a major rivalry decades before the two schools were in the same conference. Some of the longstanding football rivalries between Big 12 schools include:

Rivalry Name Trophy Games
played†		 Began
Baylor - Texas A&M Battle of the Brazos 107 1899
Baylor - Texas Tech Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Shootout 67 1929
Iowa State - Missouri Telephone Trophy[103] 52 1959
Iowa State - Kansas State Farmageddon 94 1917
Kansas - Kansas State Sunflower Showdown Governor's Cup 108 1902
Kansas - Missouri Border War Indian War Drum[103] 119 1891
Missouri - Oklahoma Peace Pipe 95 1929
Oklahoma - Oklahoma State Bedlam Series Bedlam Bell 103 1904
Oklahoma - Texas Red River Rivalry Golden Hat 105 1900
Texas - Kansas State Chisholm Trail Rivalry Golden Lasso 11 1913
Texas - Texas A&M Lone Star Showdown Lone Star Showdown Trophy 118 1894
Texas - Texas Tech Chancellor's Spurs[104] 60 1928
Texas A&M - Texas Tech 68 1927
TCU - Baylor The Great Revival Series 107 1899

Other notable series

  • Baylor v. Texas - The series began in 1901 and has been played 100 times, including annually since 1946.[105]

Men's basketball

See also: Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament and Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

From 1996-2011, standings in conference play were combined and not split among divisions, the schedule was structured as if the schools were split into two divisions. Teams played a home-and-home against teams within its division and a single game against teams from the opposite division for a total of 16 conference games. This denied Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, formerly in the Big Eight, two games a season against their opponents from that former conference, but did allow most of t he other traditional rivalries to be played home-and-home. However, after the departures of Nebraska and Colorado, Big 12 play will transition to an 18-game, double round robin schedule, allowing Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to once again play their former Big 8 rivals twice each season, in addition to adding second annual games to lucrative, nationally prominent series like Texas-Kansas.[106]

Big 12 men's basketball champions

Season Regular Season Champion
Record 		Tournament
Champion
1997 Kansas 15-1 Kansas
1998 Kansas 15-1 Kansas
1999 Texas 13-3 Kansas
2000 Iowa State 14-2 Iowa State
2001 Iowa State 13-3 Oklahoma
2002 Kansas 16-0 Oklahoma
2003 Kansas 14-2 Oklahoma
2004 Oklahoma State 14-2 Oklahoma State
2005 Oklahoma
Kansas 12-4 		Oklahoma State
2006 Texas
Kansas 13-3 		Kansas
2007 Kansas 14-2 Kansas
2008 Texas
Kansas 13-3 		Kansas
2009 Kansas 14-2 Missouri
2010 Kansas 15-1 Kansas
2011 Kansas 14-2 Kansas

[citation needed]

In 2005, Oklahoma won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 71-63 home victory over the Jayhawks.[107][dead link]

In 2006, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 80-55 home victory over the Jayhawks.[108][dead link]

In 2008, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 72-69 home victory over the Jayhawks.[109]

Big 12 in the NCAA tournament

  • As of the end of the 2011 tournament.
School Appearances Final Fours Championships
Baylor 6 2 0
Iowa State 13 1 0
Kansas 40 13 3
Kansas State 25 4 0
Missouri 24* 0 0
Oklahoma 28 4 0
Oklahoma State 24 6 2
Texas 29 3 0
Texas A&M 12 0 0
Texas Tech 8 0 0

[citation needed]

*Includes Missouri's 1994 NCAA tournament Elite 8 run that was later vacated by the NCAA.

Big 12 men's basketball programs all time

School Year Started All Time Wins All Time Winning Percentage
Baylor 1907 1,113 .469
Iowa State 1908 1,163 .493
Kansas 1899 2,038 .718
Kansas State 1903 1,434 .580
Missouri 1907 1,453 .588
Oklahoma 1908 1,499 .614
Oklahoma State 1908 1,475 .589
Texas 1906 1,586 .627
Texas A&M 1913 1,225 .518
Texas Tech 1925 1,250 .568

[citation needed]

  • Through the end of the 2008-09 season

Big 12 Cumulative Conference Record (1996-97 to 2009-10)

School Conference Wins Conference Losses Conference Winning %
Baylor 70 154 .313
Iowa State 97 127 .433
Kansas 187 37 .835
Kansas State 91 133 .406
Missouri 117 107 .522
Oklahoma 143 81 .638
Oklahoma State 132 92 .589
Texas 154 70 .688
Texas A&M 84 140 .375
Texas Tech 92 132 .411

[citation needed]

Records do not include conference tournament games, only regular season conference games

Baseball

See also: Big 12 Baseball Tournament

The top 8 teams compete in the Big 12 Baseball Tournament at the conclusion of each season. Iowa State has not sponsored baseball since dropping its intercollegiate program after the 2001 season.[citation needed]

Tournament champions by year

Year School Site MOP
1997 Oklahoma All Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City Brian Shackelford (Oklahoma)
1998 Texas Tech SBC Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Josh Bard (Texas Tech)
1999 Nebraska SBC Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Jason Jennings (Baylor)
2000 Nebraska SBC Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Adam Shabala (Nebraska)
2001 Nebraska SBC Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Dan Johnson (Nebraska)
2002 Texas The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington Dustin Majewski (Texas)
2003 Texas SBC Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Dustin Majewski (Texas)
2004 Oklahoma State Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Arlington Cody Ehlers (Missouri)
2005 Nebraska SBC Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Curtis Ledbetter (Nebraska)
2006 Kansas AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Matt Baty (Kansas)
2007 Texas A&M AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Craig Stinson (Texas A&M)
2008 Texas AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Brandon Belt (Texas)
2009 Texas AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Brandon Loy (Texas)
2010 Texas A&M AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Brodie Greene (Texas A&M)
2011 Texas A&M RedHawks Ballpark, Oklahoma City Andrew Collazo (Texas A&M)

[citation needed]

By school

School Appearances W-L Pct Tourney Titles Title Years
Baylor 14 23-21 .523 0
Iowa State 1 1-2 .333 0
Kansas 5 4-4 .500 1 2006
Kansas State 5 6-8 .429 0
Missouri 12 18-19 .486 0
Nebraska 10 28-10 .737 4 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
Oklahoma 14 20-23 .465 1 1997
Oklahoma State 13 11-24 .314 1 2004
Texas 12 26-20 .565 4 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009
Texas A&M 12 23-16 .590 3 2007, 2010, 2011
Texas Tech 11 13-19 .382 1 1998

[citation needed]

  • As of the end of the 2011 tournament.

National championships

The following is a list of all NCAA championships won by teams that were representing the Big 12 Conference in NCAA-recognized sports at the time of their championship[4][5] Template:Multicol Baseball (2):
2002 - Texas
2005 - Texas

Men's Basketball (1):
2008 - Kansas

Women's Basketball (2):
2005 - Baylor
2011 - Texas A&M

Women's Bowling (5):
1999 - Nebraska
2001 - Nebraska
2004 - Nebraska
2005 - Nebraska
2009 - Nebraska

Men's Cross Country (5):
2001 - Colorado
2004 - Colorado
2006 - Colorado
2009 - Oklahoma State
2010 - Oklahoma State

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Women's Cross Country (2):
2000 - Colorado
2004 - Colorado

Men's Golf (3):
2000 - Oklahoma State
2006 - Oklahoma State
2009 - Texas A&M

Men's Gymnastics (5):
2002 - Oklahoma
2003 - Oklahoma
2005 - Oklahoma
2006 - Oklahoma
2008 - Oklahoma

Women's Indoor Track (3):
1998 - Texas
1999 - Texas
2006 - Texas

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Men's Outdoor Track (3):
2009 - Texas A&M
2010 - Texas A&M
2011 - Texas A&M

Women's Outdoor Track (6):
1998 - Texas
1999 - Texas
2005 - Texas
2009 - Texas A&M
2010 - Texas A&M
2011 - Texas A&M

Men's/Women's Skiing (4):
1998 - Colorado
1999 - Colorado
2006 - Colorado
2011 - Colorado

Softball (1):
2000 - Oklahoma


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Men's Swimming (5):
1996 - Texas
2000 - Texas
2001 - Texas
2002 - Texas
2010 - Texas

Men's Tennis (1):
2004 - Baylor

Women's Volleyball (2):
2000 - Nebraska
2006 - Nebraska

Wrestling (4):
2003 - Oklahoma State
2004 - Oklahoma State
2005 - Oklahoma State
2006 - Oklahoma State
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National team titles by institution

School - Number - NCAA Championships

  • Oklahoma State - 50 - NCAA(50)[110]
  • Texas - 48 - NCAA(40)[110]
  • Oklahoma - 26 - NCAA(19)[110]
  • Iowa State - 19 - NCAA(13)[110]
  • Texas A&M - 13 - NCAA(11)[110]
  • Kansas - 12 - NCAA(10)[110]
  • Baylor - 2 - NCAA(2)[110]
  • Missouri - 2 - NCAA(2)[110]
  • Texas Tech - 1 - NCAA(1)[110]
  • Kansas State - 0 - NCAA(0)[110]

NCAA Championships as of June 2011

Football, Helms and AIAW titles are not included in the NCAA Championship count.

Conference champions

Main article: List of Big 12 Conference champions

The Big 12 Conference sponsors 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's.[111]

In football, divisional titles were awarded based on regular-season conference results, with the teams with the best conference records from the North and South playing the in the Big 12 Championship Game for the Big 12 title from 1996-2010. Baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, and tennis titles are awarded in both regular-season and tournament play. Cross country, golf, gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field, and wrestling titles are awarded during an annual meet of participating teams. The volleyball title is awarded based on regular-season play.[citation needed]

Big 12 Conference titles by school

As of June 1, 2011. List 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.[112]

Current members

  • Texas - 114 (121 including 7 football division championships)[112]
  • Texas A&M - 53 (55 including 2 football division championships)[112]
  • Oklahoma - 39 (47 including 8 football division championships)[112]
  • Oklahoma State - 43 (42 including 1 football division championship)[112]
  • Baylor - 42[112]
  • Kansas - 24 (25 including 1 football division championship)[112]
  • Iowa State - 11 (12 including 1 football division championship)[112]
  • Texas Tech - 11 (12 including 1 football division championship)[112]
  • Kansas State - 7 (11 including 4 football division championships)[112]
  • Missouri - 7 (10 including 3 football division championships)[112]

Former members

  • Nebraska - 72 (80 including 8 football division championships)[112]
  • Colorado - 27 (31 including 4 football division championships)[112]

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