#Chris Beard

Buckle up as the Big 12 Conference has a pair of showdowns between ranked teams with Kansas playing host to Iowa State and Kansas State traveling to T exas Tech. The biggest news in the conference was Texas firing head coach Chris Beard. On the court, Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State are tied for first place with 4-0 conference records. Five of…

Our next betting picks and prediction preview features a Big 12 battle between two ranked teams in the TCU Horned Frogs (13-2, 2-1 Big 12) and Texas Longhorns (13-2, 2-1 Big 12) on Wednesday night. Tip-off from Moody Center in Austin, TX, is scheduled for 9:00 pm EST and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2. This is the first of two regular-season…

Has Georgia surpassed Alabama as the best program in college football?Dan Wolken looks at if Georgia can now be considered the team to beat in college football. Big 12 football has come a long way in 18 months. From possible extinction to viability. From newfound parity to newfound prosperity. And then on a stormy Monday night in Inglewood,…

The Texas Longhorns will host the 17th-ranked TCU Horned Frogs in their second game since head coach Chris Beard was fired. Here is our best TCU vs. Texas pick. It has been a chaotic start to the new year for the Longhorns. On Jan. 3, they suffered their first home loss of the season, a 116-103 defeat at the hands of the Kansas State Wildcats. It…

Two of the hottest teams in college basketball will perform for their respective fans this evening when Big 12 powerhouses Kansas State and #6 Texas collide at the all-new Moody Center in Austin. In general, teams in the Big 12 NCAAB conference have posted stellar performances early in the season, and you can likewise secure high-performance bonus…

Saturday afternoon pits two Big 12 rivals against one another as the Longhorns travel on the road in the south to play the Sooners. Find out where the betting edge lies in our Texas vs. Oklahoma betting picks. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports The Oklahoma Sooners begin Big 12 conference play as they host the No. 6 Texas Longhorns on Saturday afternoon.…

The Colorado Buffaloes take on the Stanford Cardinal. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Colorado Stanford prediction and pick. The calendar hasn't yet turned to 2023, and yet this is a monster game for both teams. The Cardinal are not finding solutions under head coach Jerod Haase. Stanford is 5-7 through 12 games. The Cardinal,…

Another fun football weekend is in the books and Monday brings the return of my "weekdaily" college basketball piece. As mentioned last week, we'll see how this article goes and may expand it to seven days per week after bowl season. For now, it'll be Monday through Friday, but that is not the case for JVT's daily NBA best bets and Andy MacNeil's…

Yuri Collins swears he's not counting assists. Well, at least not usually. But when 20 assists in a single game is achievable, you have to at least try, right? "I didn't really start hunting [assists] until I got to 17," Collins says with a laugh. "Then, I was like, 'I might as well get three more.'" Collins is college basketball's assist king, and…

What could be the final ranked game of the non-conference schedule before the turn of the calendar year for head coach Chris Beard and No. 2 ranked Texas basketball lies ahead on Dec. 6. Texas will take on head coach Brad Underwood and the No. 17 ranked Illinois Fighting Illini as the men in burnt orange look to continue to stay undefeated to start…

The No. 2 Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on the No. 11 Texas Longhorns on Wednesday at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. Both teams are off to 2-0 starts and Gonzaga is coming off a 28-4 season where it went to the Sweet 16 while Texas went 22-12 and lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs have wins over North…

After two outstanding Champions Classicgames Tuesday, college basketball has several more interesting non-conferencematchups Wednesday. We have highlighted the odds, movements, and our collegebasketball best bets for Wednesday. No. 2Gonzaga vs. No. 11 Texas is the marquee matchup on Wednesday's slate, and theBulldogs should be commended, as not…

No need to stop and take a shower for this year's 50 things to know about the college basketball season. We don't care how dirty you are. Duke has a new coach, Jay Wright has a new job, and find out why they're giving out boxing lessons in Arizona. North Carolina is the No. 1 team, but there's plenty of parity and uncertainty out there which only…

Get to know the Big 12 men's basketball teams heading into the 2022-23 season: What to watch: A No. 1 seed in last season's NCAA Tournament, the Bears return arguably the best backcourt in the country. Adam Flagler (13.8 ppg., 2.2 rpg, 3.0 apg) is expected to move to point guard, creating more for incoming star freshman Keyonte George and LJ Cryer,…

The two most coveted basketball prospects not currently in the NBA will not play NCAA Division I basketball this season. It would have been nice to have Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson in the 2023 NCAA tournament. But being totally honest, hardly anyone has seen those guys and hardly anyone will until next year's NBA summer league. But we've…

TCU is SMU's oldest, most hated rival. And after four seasons at SMU, Dykes packed his bags and strolled the 40 miles down Interstate 30 and took the TCU job. Like I said -- I can't state definitely it's never happened before, but I can't think of another example in college football. The only parallel I can find is Chris Beard leaving Texas Tech…

No. 1 seed Arizona begins its tournament march on Friday, and the Wildcats aren't the only heavy favorites. No. 2 seeds Auburn, Villanova and Duke also are in action, and six of the 16 games on the schedule have double-digit spreads. There also are three 1-point spreads to work with in games between No. 6 Texas and No. 11 Virginia Tech, No. 7…