Cameron Rupp tallied four RBIs as Texas cruised to a 12-7 win in the Big 12 Tournament Championship. (Austin Chronicle Photo)

The Missouri Tigers and Texas Longhorns faced off in the Big 12 Tournament Championship at Bricktown Ballpark after both teams posted 2-1 records in pool play.  Here is your Big 12 Tournament Championship recap for Sunday, May 24.

#6 Texas 12, Missouri 7

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. –  The No. 5 Texas Longhorns broke open a 1-1 tie with 11 runs in the home half of the fourth inning and coasted to a 12-7 win over the No. 24 Missouri Tigers in the title game of the 2009 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your 2009 Big 12 Tourney Recap for May 23rd.

Baylor 8 Kansas 4

OKLAHOMA CITY — Shaver Hansen was 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI, leading Baylor to an 8-4 victory over Kansas in Saturday’s pool-play action at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at Bricktown Ballpark. Baylor (29-24) posted a 2-1 record in pool play but cannot advance to Sunday’s title game due to tiebreakers. Kansas (37-22) finished 0-3 in pool play. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big 12 Recap for the third day of action in the Big 12 Conference Tournament.

Texas Tech 4 Missouri 2

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Texas Tech rallied for three runs with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and got outstanding pitching from Nate Karns and Chad Bettis as the Red Raiders dropped No. 15 Missouri 4-2 on Friday afternoon in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. Read the rest of this entry »

Your Day 1 Big 12 Recap

Kansas State 5 Kansas 4

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Rob Vaughn’s double in the bottom of the eighth scored Jordan Cruz and broke a 4-4 tie and James Allen tossed a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts as 17th-ranked Kansas State battled to a 5-4 win Tuesday over Kansas in the opening game of the 2009 Big 12 Baseball Championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Chance Ruffin and the Texas Longhorns look to add a conference tournament championship to their regular season championship. (Texas Media Relations Photo)

The best of the Big 12 will be showcasing their skills in Oklahoma City this week.  While some teams are comfortably in the NCAA tournament field, other teams need to impress at Bricktown Ballpark to secure their bids.  Texas, the regular season conference champion, enters the tournament as winners of nine of their last ten games.  Oklahoma makes the twenty five mile drive up I-35 as the 2 seed with ideas of winning a conference tournament championship and locking up a regional host bid.  Missouri enters the tournament as the 3 seed, having won eight of their last ten games.  Kansas State, fresh off a series loss to rival Kansas, will again face the Jayhawks in the opening round 4/5 matchup.  Read the rest of this entry »

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IRVING, Texas—J.T. Wise (Oklahoma) and A.J. Morris (Kansas State) highlight the 2009 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Baseball Awards as Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, it was announced on Tuesday. Kansas’ David Narodowski has been named the top newcomer, while Garrett Buechele (Oklahoma) is the Freshman of the Year. Brad Hill of Kansas State has earned Coach of the Year accolades.
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IRVING, Texas — Texas has won its fifth Big 12 regular season championship, the conference office announced. The defending postseason champion will be the top seed at the 2009 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship scheduled for May 20-24 at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. It marks the 11th time the championship has been played at this venue.

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Alex Wilson and Texas A&M travel to Oklahoma to take on the Sooners this weekend. (Photo courtesy of Wildmen03 at TexAgs.com)

With Texas locking up the Big 12 regular season championship last weekend, it’s a battle for second place in the conference this weekend.  Oklahoma and Texas A&M both sit at 14-10 in conference play, and the two teams face off in Norman this weekend with a potential NCAA host spot on the line.  Kansas and Kansas State face off in a split series, with the first game in Manhattan on Friday and the remaining two games in Lawrence.  Read the rest of this entry »

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IRVING, Texas—The Big 12 Conference has named 71 student-athletes to the 2009 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team, the league office announced.

Among those honored, senior Joe Kent from Oklahoma State was nominated with a 4.00 grade point average.

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Ross Hales (Texas A&M) and Greg Folgia (Missouri)-Courtesy: Big12Sports.com

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Greg Folgia (Missouri) and Ross Hales (Texas A&M) have been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games of May 4-10 in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. Folgia earns the accolade for the second time of his career, both in 2009, while Hales receives the honor for the first time.
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The Longhorns topped A&M on Sunday and secured the Big 12 title — and also the State Farm Lone Star Showdown Rivalry Series trophy — after beating Texas A&M 5-4 in Austin on Sunday. Patrick Meredith FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN

#8 Texas 5 #16 Texas A&M 4

AUSTIN, Texas — The No. 8 Texas Longhorns took advantage defensive lapses by the No. 14 Texas A&M Aggies in the first inning to score five runs and hung on for a 5-4 win in the rubber match of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday afternoon.

The UT victory coupled with a loss by Oklahoma in the Bedlam Series against Oklahoma State gave the Horns their fifth Big 12 regular-season title and the third in the last four years.
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Cole Green, left, couldn't stop the Aggies as well as Ross Hales, right, was able to stop the Longhorns on Saturday.-Patrick Meredith FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN

#16 Texas A&M 3 #8 Texas 0

AUSTIN, Texas – True freshman Ross Hales tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout on Saturday afternoon to lead No. 14 Texas A&M to a 3-0 win over No. 7 Texas before 7,384 fans at UFCU Disch-Falk Field and a national television audience.
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