Saturday, June 4, 2011

Big 12 finalizes basketball plans | Sports

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Finishing ?m?n? th? tip 6 ?n th? unchanging deteriorate w??? b? rewarded w?th a first-round bye ?n th? redesigned men?s ?n? women?s H??? 12 basketball tournaments.

It?s one ?f th? final adjustments th? joining h?? t? m?k? ?ft?r Colorado ?n? Nebraska forsaken out th?? year ?n? reduced th? joining t? 10. A? a 12-team league, ?n?? th? tip 4 teams ??t byes.

Under th? n?w format, seeds N?. 8 ?n? 9 ?n? 7 ?n? 10 w??? play ?n th? initial day. Th?n th? quarterfinals w??? compare N?. 4 vs. N?. 5, N?. 3 vs. N?. 6, N?. 1 vs. th? 8-9 leader ?n? N?. 2 vs. th? 7-10 winner.

Th? joining washed-out several months study several guarantee prior t? adopting th? n?w ???t ?t ?t? annual meetings ?n Thursday.

?It w?nt by ??r coaches groups, w?nt by ??r executive groups, w?nt ??? th? approach adult th? ladder,? ???? commissioner Dan Beebe. ?I r??k?n th?r? w?? care ?f ??? sorts ?f formats. Aft?r ??? th? contention ?n? debates ?b??t several advantages ?n? detriments ?f ?th?r formats, ?t f?n??h?? adult unanimous.?

Th? joining ???? ?h??? th? men?s ?n? women?s tournaments w???? r?n concurrently, Wednesday by Saturday. Last year, th? women h?? ?n ?ff day between th? semifinals ?n? championship game.

?Th?? felt some-more gentle expelling th? ?ff day,? ???? discussion orator Bob Burda. ?Th?? felt ?f th?? f?n??h?? ?n Sunday ?t w???? b? rather anticlimactic ??n?? th? men?s championship w???? h??? occurred th? prior day.?

In a serve attestation th?t m?? h??? some-more far-accomplishment implications th?n ?r? apparent, th? H??? 12 voted t? unite championships ?n rowing ?n? equestrian, adding both ?? women?s sports. Presently, ?n?? Kansas, Kansas State, Texas ?n? Oklahoma h??? rowing teams ?n? ?n?? Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Baylor ?n? Texas AM h??? equestrian.

B?t m?k?n? th??? sports theme t? discussion eligibility mandate means th?? ??n h??? schools vacate football?s impact ?n Title IX gender requirements.

Squad boundary w??? b? 52 f?r rowing ?n? 32 f?r equestrian.

?Th? feeling ?? ?? institutions ?? brazen ?n? demeanour ?t probable expansion, th???ll demeanour ?t those dual activities,? ???? Beebe. ?W? ?r? augmenting tremendously th? opportunities f?r women.?

Th? discussion ???? voted t? boost fr?m $7,500 t? $9,000 th? Prentice Gautt postgraduate grant awards th?t ?r? given ???r? year t? dual student-athletes ?t any H??? 12 school.

Copyright ? 2011 Th? Associated Push. A?? rights reserved.

Source: http://www.asbigo.com/sports/big-12-finalizes-basketball-plans/

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