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BASKETBALL *** Big 12 Announces 2024-25 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Conference Opponents***

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

***Big 12 Announces 2024-25 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Conference Opponents***

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

So how will Iowa gaming commission stop Cedar Rapids Casino this time?

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.
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***Traveling the next couple of days***

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.

For Those Who Love Wrestling

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.

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