The Big 12 would love for the Final Four to play out as predicted by the preseason ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll.
Kansas is ranked No. 1 and Texas is No. 3.
Michigan State (2) and North Carolina (4) are also among the top four teams, according to the 31 coaches who vote.
Oklahoma, despite losing Blake [...]

The Colorado men’s basketball season is already off to a rough start.
Shannon Sharpe, a talented freshman who Jeff Bzdelik planned on splitting time at point guard with sophomore Nate Tomlinson, will miss the entire 2009-10 season with a knee injury.
Sharpe will have microfracture surgery on his left knee, which was injured during a recent workout, [...]

KANSAS CITY — Greetings from the Sprint Center.
Colorado women’s basketball coach Kathy McConnell-Miller, entering her fifth season in Boulder, believes the Buffs can finally take a step forward in the Big 12.
Here are some of excerpts from her conversation with the Camera at the Big 12 media days on [...]