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Seeding set for Big 12 women’s basketball championship

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After a weekend of six games marking the end the regular season for Big 12 teams, the seeding for this week’s tournament in Kansas City, Missouri is set. Unbeaten Nebraska leads the pack at No. 1 followed by No. 2 seed Iowa State, No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 4 Texas A&M

The entire list:

1. Nebraska
2. Iowa State
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas A&M
5. Texas
6. Baylor
7. Oklahoma State
8. Texas Tech
9. Kansas State
10. Kansas
11. Colorado
12. Missouri

First round games will be televised by Metro Sports in Kansas City, while the quarterfinals through the final will be aired on FSN.

The Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship returns to Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., for the ninth time in Conference history. Kansas City hosted the first six women’s postseason events from 1997-2002, in addition to…

Brittney Griner suspended for two games, will miss season finale and Big 12 tourney opener

Thursday evening Baylor released the following press release about Brittney Griner’s ejection from last night’s game against Texas Tech:

In addition to a one-game suspension mandated by NCAA basketball playing rules, Baylor University freshman post Brittney Griner has been suspended for an additional game by Lady Bears’ head coach Kim Mulkey, following Griner’s ejection from the Lady Bears’ 69-60 victory at Texas Tech, March 3.

Because Griner’s foul against Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle was ruled flagrant and she was ejected by game officials, per NCAA basketball playing rules, Griner is automatically suspended for Baylor’s next contest, a Sunday, March 7, match-up against No. 18 Texas in Waco. Mulkey then imposed an additional one-game suspension which will force Griner to miss Baylor’s Big 12 Championship opener on either March 11 or 12.

“I am very disappointed in the incident which happened during our basketball game last night at Texas Tech,”

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Baylor freshman Brittney Griner ejected in Texas Tech game for punch

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No. 14 Baylor may have won a Big 12 contest on the road but officials ejected star freshman Brittney Griner after she punched Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle in the face during the second half. The Lady Raiders lost the game, 69-60, in front of a crowd of 7,602 in Lubbock.

With approximately nine minutes left in the contest, Griner, the game’s leading scorer, had 21 points under her belt. After a foul in which she was flung around by Barncastle when the two had their arms entangled, Griner retaliated with a punch.

“There’s no place for that in sports,” said Baylor head coach Mulkey. “I will deal with Brittney Griner and it won’t be discussed in the media. You saw the game. Leave it at that. Kristy [Curry], not me, not any coach, not any player will ever be…

Missouri coach Cindy Stein resigns, effective at the end of the season

Missouri coach Cindy Stein announced her resignation on a radio show Monday evening.

"The University of Missouri and I have mutually agreed that it is in the best interest of the program to announce at this time, that I will not be returning as the head women’s basketball coach past this season," Stein said in a statement. "I will actively coach up until our final game of the season, whenever that might be."

The Tigers have had a troubled season, losing 13 of their past 14 games. The team dealt with the national attention from negative press after two seniors were arrested for involvement in an off-campus incident in December. And at the beginning of the season, starting point guard Bekah Mills tore her ACL. In January, sophomore guard Bailey Gee also suffered an ACL injury. It was widely thought that Stein would…

No. 17 Baylor hosts Kansas in televised matchup

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#17/17 Baylor (20-7, 7-6) vs. Kansas (15-11, 5-8)
Sunday, Februrary 28, 2010, 4:00 p.m. CST
Waco, Texas, Ferrell Center (10,284)

Television: ESPN2
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network; KLRK 92.9 AM (Waco)
Video Web Stream: www.ESPN360.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com, www.okstate.com
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com

Baylor and Kansas meet for the 18th time Sunday in Waco. Baylor leads the series 12-7 while Lady Bears head coach Kim Mulkey is 10-1 versus the Jayhawks, 4-0 in Waco. Prior to last season’s 69-45 Kansas victory in Lawrence, Baylor had won 10 straight against the Jayhawks. The loss at Lawrence was Mulkey’s first to Kansas.

The Kansas Jayhawks are 15-11 overall and 5-8 in Big 12 action. Kansas, which recently lost its top player, senior Danielle McCray, to a…

Nebraska women clinch Big 12 regular season title

Video: Post-game press conference | Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Final Box Score | Quotes |  Notes | Attendance: 7, 756

Nebraska continued its winning ways to take the Big 12 regular season title with a win over No. 11 Oklahoma Wednesday night in Norman. The third-ranked Huskers (26-0, 13-0) swapped the lead with Oklahoma (19-8, 9-4) several times during the game but seniors Cory Montgomery and Kelsey Griffin led a late surge to victory.

Griffin earned her 16th double-double of the season with 30 points and 13 rebounds.  Forward Montgomery added a season-high 24 points.

"This was an accumulation of a lot of hard work by not only all the players on this team, but the teams and players who have come before them," said Nebraska head coach Connie Yori. "This…

Nae-Nae Hayden leads Baylor to win over Oklahoma State

Freshman Kimetria Hayden’s career-high 27 points helps lift No. 18 Baylor over No. 17 Oklahoma State 80-69 on Saturday in Waco.

"Nae-Nae has grown since she has been here. I hope she will take this film and say, `I want to do this every night and every day in practice.’ If she does, she is going to make us better," said Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey about Hayden’s performance. "Nae-Nae is a wing player. Unfortunately with the team, I have had her back up Kelli (Griffin). She is most comfortable at the wing, but she has accepted the role of helping us at the point. Now with the situation of injuries on the team it allows her to go and play the position that she is most comfortable with. I thought you saw a kid that was really just a spark for us."

The Lady Bears improve to…

Baylor hosts Oklahoma State during annual Pink Zone game

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#18/19 Baylor (18-7, 5-6) vs. Oklahoma State (18-7, 6-5)
Saturday, Februrary 20, 2010, 7:00 p.m. CST
Waco, Texas
Ferrell Center (10,284)

Television: None
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network; 1660 ESPN (Waco)
Video Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com, www.okstate.com
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com

Baylor leads the series 21-10. Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey is 15-5 versus the Cowgirls, 8-1 in Waco. OSU won the first meeting this year in its January 9 conference opener in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

No. 18 Baylor is 18-7 on the season and 5-6 in the league and plays its second straight home game. BU’s win over Texas Tech on Wednesday marked the first of three games in a six-day span for the Lady Bears. They travel to No. 15 Texas A&M for an ESPN2 Big Monday game on February 22.

The Cowgirls are 18-7 overall…

Baylor routs Colorado, Big 12 “not a league for the faint of heart”

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WACO, Texas – Even in the aftermath of a 76-42 rout at the hands of Baylor (17-5, 4-4) in Waco, Colorado coach Kathy McConnell-Miller looked ahead with steely optimism at the remainder of her team’s season. Like every other head coach in the conference, including Connie Yori of the undefeated No. 4 Nebraska, McConnell-Miller made it clear that in the topsy-turvy Big 12, there is no time to dwell on losses and fortifying player confidence is essential.

"They know I believe in them and we are halfway through and it is eight down and there is eight to go,” said McConnell-Miller when asked about her plans for Colorado (12-9, 2-6) after the loss. “I believe in them, this coaching staff believes in them. We have got strong…

Photo Gallery: Baylor hosts Colorado, February 6, 2010

Photography: Cheryl Vorhis/cvorhisphotography.com