Big 12 Media Relations

The Big 12 announced the Conference scheduling format for the 2024-25 men's and women's basketball season. The 2024-25 season marks the Big 12's first with 16 member institutions.

Opponents were selected based on a combination of geography, historical results and a poll of the coaches to best balance the schedule in terms of travel and competitiveness. A full Big 12 schedule will be released at a later date.

Women's Basketball Opponents
Arizona
Home-and-away: Arizona State, BYU, Utah
Home-only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Away-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Arizona State
Home-and-away: Arizona, BYU, Utah
Home-only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Away-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Baylor
Home-and-away: Colorado, Houston, TCU
Home-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Utah, West Virginia
Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech

BYU
Home-and-away: Arizona, Arizona State, Utah
Home-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
Away-only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia

UCF
Home-and-away: Houston, Iowa State, TCU
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech
Away-only: BYU, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Utah, West Virginia

Cincinnati
Home-and-away: Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
Home-only: BYU, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Utah
Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, UCF, TCU, Texas Tech

Colorado
Home-and-away: Baylor, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State
Away-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Utah

Houston
Home-and-away: Baylor, UCF, Texas Tech
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
Away-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, Iowa State, TCU, Utah

Iowa State
Home-and-away: UCF, Kansas, Kansas State
Home-only: BYU, Colorado, Houston, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah
Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, West Virginia

Kansas
Home-and-away: Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, UCF, TCU, Texas Tech
Away-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Utah, West Virginia

Kansas State
Home-and-away: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, UCF, TCU, Texas Tech
Away-only: BYU, Colorado, Houston, Oklahoma State, Utah, West Virginia

Oklahoma State
Home-and-away: Cincinnati, Kansas, West Virginia
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, TCU
Away-only: Baylor, BYU, UCF, Houston, Texas Tech, Utah

TCU
Home-and-away: Baylor, UCF, Texas Tech
Home-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Utah, West Virginia
Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Texas Tech
Home-and-away: Colorado, Houston, TCU
Home-only: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, Utah, West Virginia
Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State

Utah
Home-and-away: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU
Home-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
Away-only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia

West Virginia
Home-and-away: Cincinnati, Colorado, Oklahoma State
Home-only: BYU, UCF, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Utah
Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Houston, TCU, Texas Tech

Men's Basketball Opponents

Arizona
Home-and-away: Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Iowa State, Texas Tech
Home-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, TCU, Utah
Away-only: Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia

Arizona State
Home-and-away: Arizona, BYU, Colorado, Kansas State, Texas Tech
Home-only: Baylor, UCF, Houston, Iowa State, TCU
Away-only: Cincinnati, Kansas, Oklahoma State, Utah, West Virginia

Baylor
Home-and-away: Arizona, Cincinnati, Houston, TCU, Utah
Home-only: UCF, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
Away-only: Arizona State, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State, Texas Tech

BYU
Home-and-away: Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Utah, West Virginia
Home-only: Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech
Away-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, TCU

UCF
Home-and-away: Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU
Home-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, Kansas State, Utah
Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Texas Tech, West Virginia

Cincinnati
Home-and-away: Baylor, BYU, Kansas State, Utah, West Virginia
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Kansas, TCU, Texas Tech
Away-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Oklahoma State

Colorado
Home-and-away: Arizona State, UCF, Iowa State, Kansas, TCU
Home-only: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, West Virginia
Away-only: Arizona, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Utah

Houston
Home-and-away: Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Home-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Utah
Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Colorado, Kansas State

Iowa State
Home-and-away: Arizona, UCF, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State
Home-only: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, TCU, Utah
Away-only: Arizona State, Houston, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia

Kansas
Home-and-away: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Away-only: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, TCU, Utah

Kansas State
Home-and-away: Arizona State, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma State
Home-only: Arizona, Colorado, Houston, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Away-only: Baylor, BYU, UCF, TCU, Utah

Oklahoma State
Home-and-away: UCF, Houston, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Utah
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Colorado, Iowa State
Away-only: Baylor, BYU, Kansas, TCU, West Virginia

TCU
Home-and-away: Baylor, UCF, Colorado, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Home-only: BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Utah
Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State

Texas Tech
Home-and-away: Arizona, Arizona State, Houston, Oklahoma State, TCU
Home-only: Baylor, UCF, Colorado, Iowa State, West Virginia
Away-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Utah

Utah
Home-and-away: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
Home-only: Arizona State, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech
Away-only: Arizona, UCF, Houston, Iowa State, TCU

West Virginia
Home-and-away: BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, TCU, Utah
Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Iowa State, Oklahoma State
Away-only: Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech

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The 2 year moratorium on new casinos ends this week. So how will the state gaming commission screw over CR this time? They have been screwing over CR since gambling started in this state. The problem is that they have casinos around CR (roughly 50 miles in any direction), and the casinos all get customers from CR/IC. So the second largest metro area in the state is not allowed to have a casino, just so they can keep casinos in the rural part of the state going. They put casinos in the wrong parts of the state.

I'm en route to Jacksonville this morning and will be catching a bit of the Rivals Five-Star this afternoon. A couple of Iowa State recruits are meeting up with me at the event, which is held inside the Jaguars' practice facility. I'll be talking to recent DL commit Bernard Carter & DB priority Joshua Patterson, a borderline four-star and strong Cyclone lean who plans to announce his commitment on July 4th. I have Patterson as an Iowa State FutureCast.

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Tomorrow is the Rivals Publishers Conference, which is back in action after a lengthy hiatus. It'll be great to catch up with my fellow site publishers, Rivals analysts & Yahoo Sports execs. I'll be flying back on Friday, just in time to catch Mr. & Mrs. @Herdcyclones marry off their son on Saturday.

We already knew they were taking on UConn this upcoming season, but now they also face off against defending national champion South Carolina on Thanksgiving. Not your usual sisters of the poor schedule we usually see.

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Down the street with a gun. They are just good people.

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I'll save you from watching the two-plus minute video. He picked Tennessee.

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Bill...if sharing this link isn't allowed, please delete. I grabbed the link off of Facebook.

But this coming Saturday, at a little bend in the road called Big Rock on the western Scott/eastern Clinton County line, a memorial plaque honoring legendary pioneer wrestler Martin "Farmer" Burns will be unveiled in a little grassy park. Word has it that Dan Gable and a few other notable fellas from the wrestling world will be on hand.

Farmer Burns is buried in a cemetery at a slightly larger bend in the same blacktop road about 10 miles to the north in Toronto, north of Wheatland. The farm where I grew up was about 2 miles south of Toronto.

For those who know the history of early wrestling in Iowa...well, you know.

As a former Dodger who lives out of state, hadn’t heard much on his recruitment but noticed Rivals says he’s been offered by ISU. He visited last September as well and evidently has offers from a good number of P5 schools.

Wondering if anyone knows if this kid still has a Cyclone offer on the table!

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What happen to this site? Was there a big update over the weekend. The home page looks crazy and confusing.

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Just announced on social media...Ethan Stecker has joined Iowa State's class.

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No, that’s not a misspelling. It’s no secret the Liberal State media desires one -party rule. The biggest obstacle is the orange meany that Tapper has compared to Hitler. Dana never misses a chance to Bash him either. While Biden will supposedly not have a tele-prompter or anyone providing answers through an ear piece, you can bet the CNN/Democratcy “fact-checkers” will be in Jake’s and Dana’s ears attempting to neutralize anything Trump says.

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Talked to a co-worker who brought his son (a rising senior)and attended 4 football camps this summer. ISU, Iowa, KU, and KSU. His son is not D1 material, but has his sites set on going to a DII school. So he went to these camps to not only learn, but get in front of college coaches.

Not much, below, but here are some takeaways I got from him:
ISU and Iowa were very organized and little time wasted. KU was the least attended. He said their camp seemed somewhat disjointed, but he equated that to the disruptions of the stadium work, not necessarily to improper prep. He said K-State had coaches hollering at each other at times. They didn't have the stations prepped and coaches were arguing about who was to be at what spot.

ISU and Iowa had many other college coaches in attendance. The son scored a couple DII coaches contacts because of them being there. My co-worker said he noted at least 20 different school logos represented at ISU, and probably more. He said the 2 Kansas schools hardly had any other coaches there, which was disappointing to them.

Leipold of KU was the head coach who had the most "on the ground" time of any of the 4 head coaches. Ferentz only came out to talk at the end. Campbell and Kleiman were coming and going throughout.

KSU had the most college players helping and were generally put in charge of HS Freshmen and Sophomore campers. That subset of campers got the least amount of staff coaching.

In short, equally and most impressed with ISU and Iowa, ok with KU, and not overly impressed with KSU.

I thought for sure that Demarrion Watson had entered the transfer portal, but looking at the latest roster, where all the freshmen and transfers in are already listed, and Watson is still on the roster. Did he not enter the transfer portal? He was the one I was saddest to see go, actually. I know I didn't make that part up.

Biden is apparently collapsing if Trump is leading in 2 very blue states. Hawaii went to Biden by over 30 points last time. Minnesota has not voted red in forever.

And to think people really say they are budget aware etc. LOL.

Maga

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