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TexasA&M’s DanielleAdams (left) andB.J. Holmes will tryto lead theAggiesback totheirrespectiveNCAAtournaments.

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BigBig 12PreseasonPolls&Teams

BIG 12 WOMEN’S POLLHere is the Big 12’s preseason

women’s basketball poll. Coacheswere not allowed to vote for theirteams. First-place votes in parenthe-ses1. Baylor (11) . . . . . . . . 1212. Texas A&M (1) . . . . . 1093. Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . 974. Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885. Iowa State . . . . . . . . . 856. Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . 647. Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . 588. Oklahoma State . . . . . 509. Kansas State . . . . . . . 4010. Texas Tech . . . . . . . . . 3911. Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 2612. Colorado . . . . . . . . . . 15

WOMEN’S PRESEASON TEAM

Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma, 5-9, Sr-3L, 16.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg.G Melissa Jones, Baylor, 5-10, Sr.-

3L, 10.4 ppg, 6.3 rpgG Kelsey Bolte, Iowa State, 6-1,

Sr.-3L, 12.3 ppg, 4.5 rpgF Danielle Adams, Texas A&M, 6-

1, Sr.-1L,Sr.-1L,Sr 16.3 ppg, 5.8 rpgC Brittney Griner, Baylor, Soph.-1L,

18.4 ppg, 8.5 rpg

Preseason Player of the Year: CBrittney Griner, Baylor, 6-8, Soph.Preseason Newcomer of the Year:

F/C Brooklyn Pope, Baylor, 6-1,Soph.Preseason Freshman of the Year:

G Odyssey Sims, Baylor, 5-8, Irving

Honorable MentionBrittany Spears, Colorado;

Carolyn Davis, Kansas; DominiqueKelley, Nebraska; Whitney Hand,Oklahoma; Ashleigh Fontenette,Texas; Kathleen Nash, Texas;Sydney Colson, Texas A&M; andTyra White, Texas A&M

MEN’S POLLHere is the Big 12’s preseason

men’s basketball poll. Coacheswere not allowed to vote for theirteams. First-place votes in parenthe-ses1. Kansas State (10) . . 1192. Kansas (2) . . . . . . . . 1093. Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994. Baylor . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

5. Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 826. Texas A&M . . . . . . . . 697. Texas Tech . . . . . . . . . 528. Oklahoma State . . . . . 519. Colorado . . . . . . . . . . 46

10. Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . 3111. Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . 2712. Iowa State . . . . . . . . . 11

MEN’S PRESEASON TEAM

G *LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor, 6-4,205, Sr.G Cory Huggins, Colorado, 6-5,

190, Sr.F Marcus Morris, Kansas, 6-9,

235, Jr.F Curtis Kelly, Kansas State, 6-8,

239, Sr.G *Jacob Pullen, Kansas State, 6-

0, 200, Sr.*-Unanimous Selection.Preseason Player of the Year: G

Jacob Pullen, Kansas State, 6-0,207, Sr.Preseason Newcomer of the Year:

F Ricardo Ratliffe, Missouri, 6-9,240, Jr.Preseason Freshman of the Year:

G Josh Selby, Kansas, 6-2, 183, Fr.

Honorable MentionAlec Burks, Colorado; Josh Selby,

Kansas; Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas;Jamar Samuels, Kansas State; KimEnglish, Missouri; Jordan Hamilton,Texas; Gary Johnson, Texas; CoryJoseph, Texas; David Loubeau,Texas A&M; John Roberson, TexasTech; Mike Singletary, Texas Tech

AP photoTexas A&M’s David Loubeauearned honorable mention pre-e-season honors by the Big 12coaches.

AP photoBaylor’s Brittney Griner wasnamed the Big 12’s preseasonPlayer of the Year.ar.ar

IndexBig 12 Polls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big 12 Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . .2A&Mmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Men’s seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Men’s capsules . . . . . . . . . . .6A&Mwomen . . . . . . . . . . . .8Women’s seniors . . . . . . .11Women’s capsules . . . . . .11

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high level, so we are out toprove people wrong.”Walkup and fellow sen-

ior B.J. Armstrong havebeen two of the team’smost consistent playerstwo-thirds of the waythrough the non-confer-ence schedule. Going intothe Prairie View game onWednesday, Armstrongwas leading A&M inassists and 3-pointers,while Walkup was secondin scoring, third inrebounding and had thebest field goal and 3-pointfield goal percentages.Both are averaging dou-

ble figures in points alongwith leading scorer sopho-more wing KhrisMiddleton and junior for-ward David Loubeau.Any of the four can and

have taken shots late whenthe game was on the line,but none have stepped upto replace Sloan, who lastseason took control in the

waning minutes.“I think it will be a com-

bination of guys doing itfor us,” Turgeon said.“Right now, if you put agun to my head, itsLoubeau and Middletonwho we are probably look-ing for, and I think every-body kind of knows thatand they can handle it.”Loubeau proved he was

worthy, scoring late in thethree-point win overTemple, by going over amuch bigger defender togive A&M a 50-49 lead.Middleton came on at

the end of last season, fin-ishing second in scoring toSloan in two of the postsea-son games and leading theway against Utah State.“I just want him to be a

little more selfish, thinkmore the way Sloanthought. Sloan was goingto get his and it helped uswin a lot of games, andhopefully Khris will startthinking that way,”Turgeon said. “I want him

to think he’s a 20-pointscorer on the season, notjust a couple of games.Khris has to be moreaggressive, and he’s tried.I think his upside istremendous. He’s going toget everyone’s best defend-er.”At the beginning of the

season, Turgeon believedthis could be one of hisdeepest teams. The jury isstill out on that, with con-sistency being the key fac-tor.“We’ve got to be deeper,

and the guys know that.The three keys for us, I cir-cled their line score afterthe game, [against BostonCollege] Naji [Hibbert]Ray [Turner] andKourtney [Roberson], theydidn’t do anything,”Turgeon said. “Thosethree guys are key. I feelI feelI fgood about [the starters],but we have to get [thosethree] to play at the levelthey are capable of playingat, then we’ll be deep

enough to be successful.”Turgeon’s frustration

comes fros fros f m having seensigns of brilliance at timesfrom the trio.The 6-8 Turner, an

instant energy guy off thebench last season, had 12rebounds against a physi-cal Temple team. Hibbertsparked the win overTemple with nine ofA&M’s 11 points during astretch in which theAggies extended the leadto 42-29, and Roberson,brother of all-time A&Mleading scorer BernardKing, just missed a double-double in his first game.In the win over Stephen

F. Austin, Roberson’seffort prompted Turgeonto say he would have to bea little smarter and getRoberson more minutes.The three may not have

what Turgeon wants everygame, but they are learn-ing more as time goes onwhat to expect from theircoach.

“If I go out there and amnot playing as hard as Iknow I can, he’s not goingto say come on Ray, he’sgoing to get the person hewants to be in there andplay hard,” said Turner,who became eligible toplay last season about thistime. “If your position is toset a screen and roll or seta screen and pop thenyou’ve got to do that.Coach Turgeon, his thingis to make sure everyoneknows their role.”That’s what it will take

for A&M to have a success-ful season, because essen-tially knowing their rolesand complementing Sloanand Davis was thestrength of the Aggiessixth straight 20-win cam-paign.Without the two all-Big

12 performers to lean on,the Aggies must startestablishing and fulfillingnew roles, or it won’t mat-ter what they’ve done inthe past.

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In his fourth season at TexasA&M, coach Mark Turgeon hastaken a “what have you done forme lately” approach.

Turgeon has seen a little toomuch resting on the laurels of thepast five seasons, in which theAggies have chalked up a 122-47record and won 6 of 11 NCAATournament games.

“We’re not going to be good justbecause the last few teams herehave been good. I’ve been trying totell the guys that,” said Turgeonafter a recent game. “I don’t thinkwe are improving at the rate Ithink we should be improving.”

A&M has finished in the upperdivision of the Big 12 Conferencethe last five seasons and inTurgeon’s reign only once had tosweat out an NCAA selection deci-sion, and even then it turned outthe Aggies were further off thebubble than many had thought.

With the departure of leadingscorer Donald Sloan and leadingrebounder Bryan Davis, playerswho were in the Aggie rotation allfour years they were at A&M,Turgeon has had to re-emphasizehow much each game means andthat just because they’ve been tothe dance for five straight seasonsdoesn’t guarantee it will happen asixth.

“I think they’re starting to real-ize what a finea finea f line there isbetween being an NCAA tourna-ment team and sneaking in to theNIT,” Turgeon said. “It’s a reallyfine line there. There’s a lot ofgood basketball teams. There are338 Division I basketball teams,and a good 100 that are NCAATournament-worthy.”

The Aggies, along with a major-ity of those 100 teams, are walkingthat fine line in the early going.

A&M won eight of its first nine,with their only loss to BostonCollege in the opener of the OldSpice Classic in Orlando.

Boston College, picked to finish11th in the ACC, was 5-3 enteringthe week with its best win comingover A&M.

A&M bounced back with a “goodwin” over-then No. 21 Temple inthe same tournament.

The early season tournamentsusually make for the best noncon-ference games and are an earlybarometer on how many teams inthe conference will make theNCAAs.

“I do, I think the RPIs are set bythe time league starts. If leaguedoesn’t do well in preseason and ifyou’re seventh, you might moveup to five,” Turgeon said. “Earlyseason is huge for our conference.Teams’ schedules and how well

we play, [the conference] needs todo well if we want to have six orseven teams in again.”

Last season, the Big 12 had theNo. 1 RPI and benefited by gettinga conference record seven teamsinto the NCAAs.

At the moment, though, unlessasked about the rest of the Big 12,the only team that concernsTurgeon is A&M.

Even though Turgeon believeshis team was snubbed by beingpicked sixth in the Big 12 and notreceiving preseason votes in the

poll, he and the players know thisis a new Aggie team that mustprove itself again.

“We think people are doubtingus this year, saying we lost B.D.,we lost Sloan, lost D-Ro [DerrickRoland], who is going to be good,who is going to step up and makeplays?” senior forward NateWalkup said early in the season.“We honestly believe we are goodteam, that we have good playersand we think we can compete at a

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Agmenworkto regain theirelite status

Eagle photo by StuarStuart VillanuevaTeTexas A&M senior guard Derrek Lewis is averaging 3.6 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.

Men’s SMen’s SMen’ cheduleNov. 12 Alcorn State . . . . . . .W, 88-56Nov. 15 at A&M-CC . . . . . . . .W, 86-65Nov. 19 A&M-International . . .W, 77-46Nov. 25 #vs. Boston College . .L, 65-67Nov. 26 #vs. Manhattan . . . . .W, 74-45Nov. 28 #vs.Templevs.Templevs.T . . . . . . . .W, 54-51Dec. 2 Stephen F. Austin . . . .W, 62-53Dec. 4 Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 79-59Dec. 8 Prairie View A&M . . . . .W, 87-63Dec. 11 Washington . . . . . . .3:30 p.m.Dec. 18 vs. Arkansas in Dallas .1 p.m.Dec. 21 Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Dec. 31 McNeese State . . . . . . .3 p.m.Jan. 3 Nicholls State . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Jan. 8 at Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . .3 p.m.Jan. 12 Oklahoma St. . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Jan. 15 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . .noonJan. 19 at Texas . . . . . . . . . . . .8 p.m.Jan. 22 Kansas State . . . . . . . .1 p.m.Jan. 29 at Nebraska . . . . . . . . .1 p.m.Jan. 31 Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 p.m.Feb. 5 Baylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m.Feb. 9 at Colorado . . . . . . . . . . .8 p.m.Feb. 12 at Texas Tech . . . . .12:30 p.m.Feb. 16 Iowa State . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Feb. 19 at Oklahoma St. . . . . . .8 p.m.Feb. 23 Oklahoma . . . . . . . .6:30 p.m.Feb. 26 at Baylor . . . . . . . . . . . .8 p.m.March 2 at Kansas . . . . . . . . . .8 p.m.March 5 Texas5 Texas5 T Tech . . . . . .12:30 p.m.March 10-13 ^Big 12 Tournament .TBD#-Old Spice Classic^-in Kansas City

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high level, so we are out toprove people wrong.”Walkup and fellow sen-

ior B.J. Armstrong havebeen two of the team’smost consistent playerstwo-thirds of the waythrough the non-confer-ence schedule. Going intothe Prairie View game onWednesday, Armstrongwas leading A&M inassists and 3-pointers,while Walkup was secondin scoring, third inrebounding and had thebest field goal and 3-pointfield goal percentages.Both are averaging dou-

ble figures in points alongwith leading scorer sopho-more wing KhrisMiddleton and junior for-ward David Loubeau.Any of the four can and

have taken shots late whenthe game was on the line,but none have stepped upto replace Sloan, who lastseason took control in the

waning minutes.“I think it will be a com-

bination of guys doing itfor us,” Turgeon said.“Right now, if you put agun to my head, itsLoubeau and Middletonwho we are probably look-ing for, and I think every-body kind of knows thatand they can handle it.”Loubeau proved he was

worthy, scoring late in thethree-point win overTemple, by going over amuch bigger defender togive A&M a 50-49 lead.Middleton came on at

the end of last season, fin-ishing second in scoring toSloan in two of the postsea-son games and leading theway against Utah State.“I just want him to be a

little more selfish, thinkmore the way Sloanthought. Sloan was goingto get his and it helped uswin a lot of games, andhopefully Khris will startthinking that way,”Turgeon said. “I want him

to think he’s a 20-pointscorer on the season, notjust a couple of games.Khris has to be moreaggressive, and he’s tried.I think his upside istremendous. He’s going toget everyone’s best defend-er.”At the beginning of the

season, Turgeon believedthis could be one of hisdeepest teams. The jury isstill out on that, with con-sistency being the key fac-tor.“We’ve got to be deeper,

and the guys know that.The three keys for us, I cir-cled their line score afterthe game, [against BostonCollege] Naji [Hibbert]Ray [Turner] andKourtney [Roberson], theydidn’t do anything,”Turgeon said. “Thosethree guys are key. I feelI feelI fgood about [the starters],but we have to get [thosethree] to play at the levelthey are capable of playingat, then we’ll be deep

enough to be successful.”Turgeon’s frustration

comes fros fros f m having seensigns of brilliance at timesfrom the trio.The 6-8 Turner, an

instant energy guy off thebench last season, had 12rebounds against a physi-cal Temple team. Hibbertsparked the win overTemple with nine ofA&M’s 11 points during astretch in which theAggies extended the leadto 42-29, and Roberson,brother of all-time A&Mleading scorer BernardKing, just missed a double-double in his first game.In the win over Stephen

F. Austin, Roberson’seffort prompted Turgeonto say he would have to bea little smarter and getRoberson more minutes.The three may not have

what Turgeon wants everygame, but they are learn-ing more as time goes onwhat to expect from theircoach.

“If I go out there and amnot playing as hard as Iknow I can, he’s not goingto say come on Ray, he’sgoing to get the person hewants to be in there andplay hard,” said Turner,who became eligible toplay last season about thistime. “If your position is toset a screen and roll or seta screen and pop thenyou’ve got to do that.Coach Turgeon, his thingis to make sure everyoneknows their role.”That’s what it will take

for A&M to have a success-ful season, because essen-tially knowing their rolesand complementing Sloanand Davis was thestrength of the Aggiessixth straight 20-win cam-paign.Without the two all-Big

12 performers to lean on,the Aggies must startestablishing and fulfillingnew roles, or it won’t mat-ter what they’ve done inthe past.

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By RICHARD [email protected]

Texas A&M’s B.J.Holmes, Nate Walkup andDerrek Lewis were threeof four recruits who wokeup one spring morning in2007 and found out thecoach they had committedto play basketball for, BillyGillispie, was on his wayto Kentucky.It was a difficult day for

all and a trying period fora fewa fewa f as they texted backand forth while waiting tohear all the news and fig-ure out their own fate.“I remember it perfectly.

Somebody had called meand said you know CoachG is leaving, and I said‘what,’ so I text Nate, textDeAndre [Jordan] and waslike, “Have you heardabout Coach G’,” Holmessaid. “So me Nate andDeAndre talked about itand was debating whetheror not we were going tostay here or decommit andpick another school.”Walkup got the news in a

text from then-assistantcoach Jeremy Cox, whosaid Gillispie just wantedto tell everyone goodbye.Later that night, Gillispiecalled.“I text everybody

because I wasn’t going toleave, this was where I wasgoing to come to school,”said the 6-foot-7 Walkup,who had heard the rumorsfor a week and had toanswer questions at schoolfrom the media beforeknowing anything for cer-tain.When Mark Turgeon

was hired days later,Walkup’s commitment toA&M was even stronger.“He had recruited me at

Wichita State, so I knewwho he was and my highschool coach wanted me togo there,” Walkup said.“So I was kind of excited

because that was the guy Iwanted to play for, andthis was the school I want-ed to go to. Put themtogether and it worked outreally good.”It wasn’t as cut and dry

for the 5-11 Holmes, whowas sold on A&M andGillispie after his firstrecruiting trip.Holmes waited to see

who would replaceGillispie and then had tohear what Turgeon had tosay before committing.“At first when coach left,

there was a little doubt inmy head about decommit-ing and going somewhereelse to play, and then Italked to coach Turgeon,”Holmes said. “It was a longprocess between me andTurg and finally I decidedto stay at A&M. A big rea-son was Nate and D-Lewand DeAndre.”Holmes and Jordan were

the two players with themost options. Holmes hadbeen courted by such bas-ketball powers asGeorgetown, Kentuckyand Texas, and Jordan wasamong the top 10 recruitsin the nation.“B.J., some people tried

to mess him up,” Turgeonsaid of his first responsi-bilities as A&M’s coach. “Idrew a line in the sand,and this is where he want-ed to be.”Lewis, a 6-4 shooting

guard, had other things toconsider coming from outof state and not reallyknowing much about theother recruits, all of whomwere from Houston.Gillispie was the main rea-son he had chosen A&Mover Missouri, TCU and acouple of in-state schoolsand was the first of theclass to commit to A&M.“I talked to all of them,

called them up and foundout they were staying. Isaid I don’t know you that

well, but if you are all tightlike that, I might as welljoin the party,” Lewis said.“My dad said you made acommitment, might aswell stick to it and it showsa lot about your charac-ter.”Four years later, and the

three seniors are in agree-ment when it comes tohaving made the correctdecision and why.“[Coach’s] values, that’s

what he lives by. He camestraight out and said whathe likes to do and whatkind of person he is and tothis day it’s been the samevalues and morals that helived by,” Holmes said.“[A&M’s] just been 10,000

times more than I thoughtit would be. It’s somethingI wouldn’t trade for any-thing in the world. I’vemade so many bonds inschool.”Walkup and Holmes pri-

marily watched as fresh-men, played key backuproles their next two sea-sons and are proving to bethe backbone on and offthe court as seniors.The first year was diffi-

cult for everyone involvedand even had the playerswondering “what if” some-times.“When I was younger,

like my freshman year, Iwould watch other schoolsand think like, ‘man, I

would fit in good there justbecause things weren’tgoing my way, the way Ihad planned, so there isalways that thought of ‘didI make the right deci-sion’,” Holmes said. “ Butas time goes on and youstart to get older, you seethings differently.”Walkup never thought

about other schools butdid wonder at times aboutwhat it might have beenlike under Gillispie withall the stories of how prac-tices were run.In their first season, the

three combined to playfewfewf er than 400 minutes.

Best decisionfor the seniorswas to stay put

Eagle photo by StuarStuart VillanuevaTeTexas A&M senior forwardforwardforw Nathan Walkup is averaging 10.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

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Coach: Mark Turgeon (226-150 overall, 73-31 in 4th season with A&M). Last season’srecord/Big 12 record: 24-10/11-5 (T-2nd)

Last season’s NCAA scores: Utah State, 69-53; Purdue, 61-63 (OT).

Starters returning: F Khris Middleton, 6-7,soph., 13.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg; G Dash Harris, 6-1, jr.,3.4 ppg, 3.5 apg; F David Loubeau, 6-8, jr., 10.6ppg, 5.6 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: G B.J. Holmes, 5-11, sr., 9.8 ppg, 4.3 apg; F Nathan Walkup, 6-7,sr., 10.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg; G Naji Hibbert, 6-6 soph.,7.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg; F Ray Turner, 6-8, soph., 3.8ppg, 4.4 rpg. G Derrek Lewis, 6-5, sr., 3.6 ppg,1.6 rpg; G Andrew Darko, 6-1, sr., 2.4 ppg, 1.0rpg.

Newcomers: F Kourtney Roberson, 6-8, fr.,6.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg; C Keith Davis, 6-9, fr., 3.0 ppg,3.0 rpg.

Key losses: G Donald Sloan, 17.8 ppg; 3.6rpg; G Derrick Roland, 10.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg; FBryan Davis, 9.6 ppg, 8.1 rpg.

BBaaaBBaaayyyaayyllloorr BBeeeBBeeeaaaeeaaarrsrsrsrsrsssrsrsrsrsrsrsr ,,,, 66--00Coach: Scott Drew (129-114 overall; 109-

103 8th season at BU)Last season’s record/Big 12 record: 28-8,

11-5 (T2ndLast season’s NCAA scores: Sam Houston

State, 68-59; Old Dominion, 76-68; St. Mary’s72-49; Duke 63-69.

Starters returning: G LaceDarius Dunn, 6-4,sr., 22.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg; F Anthony Jones, 6-10, jr.,8.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: F Quincy Acy, 6-7,jr., 14.8 ppg, 9.8 rpg; G A.J. Walton, 6-1, soph.,10.4 ppg, 5.4 apg. F Fred Ellis, 6-6, jr. 8.7 ppg,3.5 rpg; G Nolan Dennis, 6-6, soph., 4.0 ppg,1.3 rpg.

Newcomers: F Perry Jones, 6-11, fr., 12.8ppg, 9.0 rpg; G Stargell Love, 6-3, fr., 2.0 ppg,2.3 rpg; C J’mison Morgan, 6-11, fr. 3.8 ppg, 2.5rpg.

Key losses: G TweeytG TweeytG T Carter, 15.0 ppg, 5.9apg; F Ekpe Udoh, 13.9 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.7 bpg.;C Josh Lomers, 6.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg.

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at CU)Last season’s record/Big 12 record: 15-16,

6-10 (8th)Starters returning: G Cory Higgins, 6-5, sr.,

17.1 ppg, 3.0 apg; G Alec Burks, 6-6, soph.,19.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg; G Marcus Relphorde, 6-7, sr.,11.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg; F Austin DuFault, 6-9, jr. 8.3ppg, 4.6 rpg; PG Nate Tomlinson, 6-3, jr., 3.4ppg, 2.0 apg.

Other lettermen returning: G Levi Knutson, 6-4, sr., 11.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg.

Newcomers: C Ben Mills, 7-1, fr., 1.5 ppg, .5rpg; F Andre Roberson, 6-7, fr. 5.0 ppg, 6.9 rpg;Shannon Sharpe, 6-0, redshirt fr., 1.6 ppg, 1.8apg.

Key losses: F Dwight Thorne II, 7.5 ppg, 2.1rpg.; F Casey Crawford 4.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg.

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17/4-12 (T9th)

Starters returning: G Diante Garrett, 6-4, sr.,17.0 ppg, 5.9 apg. G Scott Christopherson, 6-3,sr., 15.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: F JamieVanderbeken, 6-11, sr., 10 ppg, 4.9 rpg.

Newcomers: G Darion “Jake” Anderson, 6-2,sr., 13.2 ppg, 8.4 rpg. F Melvin Ejim, 6-6, fr.,13.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg; G DeMarcus Phillips, 6-2,195, 2.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg. G Bubu Palo, 6-1, fr., 3.6ppg, 2.0 rpg; F Calvin Godfrey, 6-8, fr., 3.0 ppg,4.6 rpg.

Key losses: F Craig Brackins, 16.5 ppg, 8.5rpg; F Marquis Gilstrap 14.9 ppg, 9.5 rpg, ; CJustin Hamilton, 6.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, ; G ChrisColvin, 3.0 ppg, 1.1 rpg; F LaRon Dendy 7.3 ppg,3.6 rpg; G Charles Boozer, 3.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg.

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8th season at KU)Last season’s record/Big 12 record: 33-

3/15-1 (1st)Last season’s NCAA scores: Lehigh, 90-74;

Northern Iowa, 67-79.Starters returning: F Marcus Morris, 6-9, jr.,

18.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg; G TyshawnG TyshawnG T Taylor, 6-3, jr.,10.4 ppg, 6.7 apg.

Other lettermen returning: F Markeith Morris,6-10, soph., 11.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg; G TyrG TyrG T el Reed, 6-3, jr., 10.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg; G Brady Morningstar, 6-4, sr., 5.6 ppg, 3/1 apg; G Travis Releford, 6-5,soph., 7.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg; G Mario Little, 6-6, sr.,6.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg; F Thomas Robinson, 6-9,soph., 9.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg.

Newcomers: G Josh Selby, 6-2, fr., (has yet toplay) G Royce Woolridge, 6-3, fr., 1.6 ppg, 0.6rpg.

Key losses: C Cole Aldrich, 11.3 ppg, 9.8 rpg,3.7 bpg; G Sheron Collins, 15.5 ppg, 4.4 apg; FXavier Henry, 13.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg.

KKaKaKaKaKaKaKaKaKaKannssaaasaaassss SStStStStStStStStStStStStStS aaaaattaaatttaatetetetetetetetetetetetee WWiiiillddccaatatatatataatatatata sssssttss,, 88---11Coach: Frank Martin (72-32, 4th season at

KSU)Last season’s record/Big 12 record: 29-

8/11-5 (t2nd)Last season’s NCAA scores: North Texas,

82-62; BYU, 84-72; Xavier, 101-96 (2 OTs);OTs);OTButler 56-63.

Starters returning: G Jacob Pullen, 6-1, sr.,16.0 ppg, 4.0 apg; F Curtis Kelly, 6-8, sr., 11.8ppg, 4.3 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: F Jamar Samuels,6-8, jr., 10.1 ppg, 7.1 rpg; G Rodney McGruder,6-4, soph., 11.3 ppg, 6.6 rpg; F Wally Judge, 6-9, soph., 4.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg; G Martavious Irving,6-1, soph., 5.9 ppg, 2.0 apg; J. Robert-Henriquez, 7-0, soph., 4. 1 ppg, 4.8 rpg.; NickRussell, 6.4, soph., 4.4 ppg, 1.4 rpg.

Newcomers: C Freddy Aspirila, 6-10, jr., 5.7ppg, 5.8 rpg; G Will Spradling, 6-3, fr., 5.4 ppg,2.1 apg.

Key losses: G Denis Clemente, 16.6 ppg, 4.0apg; F Dominique Sutton, 7.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg; CLuis Colon, 2.9 ppg, 3.2 apg.

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5th season at MU)Last season’s record/Big 12 record: 23-

11/10-6 (5th)Last season’s NCAA scores: Clemson, 86-

78; lost to West Virginia 68-59.Starters returning: G Kim English, 6-6, jr.,

10.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg; Justin Safford, 6-9, sr., 6.3ppg, 4.1 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: G MarcusDenmon, 6-3, jr., 16.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg; F LaurenceBowers, 6-8, jr., 11.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg; G MichaelDixon, 6-1, soph., 10.9 ppg, 4.1 apg; C SteveMoore, 6-9, jr., 3.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg.

Newcomers: F Ricardo Ratliffe, 6-8, fr., 12.4ppg, 8.3 rpg; G Phil Pressey, 5-10, fr., 3.9 ppg,2.4 apg; G Matt Pressey, 6-3, jr., 6.7 ppg, 2.1apg; G Ricky Kreklow, 6-5, fr., 2.7 ppg, 1.2 rpg.

Key losses: G Zaire Taylore Taylore T , 8.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg;G J.T. Tiller, 8.9 ppg, 3.4 apg; F Keith Ramsey,6.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg.

NNeebbrrarararararararararaasssskkakakakakaakakakkakakakaka HHuusskkekekekekekekekekekekekerrsrsrsrsrsssrsrsrsrsrsrsr ,, 66--22Coach: Doc Sadler (238-115, 70-58 in 4th

season at NU). Last season’s record/Big 12record: 15-18, 2-14 (12th)

Starters returning: G Brandon Richardson, 6-0, jr., 6.0 ppg, 2.1 apg; C Jorge Brian Diaz, 6-11,soph., 9.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg; G Lance Jeter, 6-3, sr.,10.3 ppg, 4.3 apg.

Other lettermen returning: F Brandon Ubel, 6-10, soph., 6.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg; F ChristianStandhardinger, 6-8, soph., 9.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg; GToney McCray, 6-6, jr. 4.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg; GEshaunte Jones, 6-4, soph, 4.4 ppg, 1.0 rpg; GRay Gallegos, 6-2, soph., 2.0 ppg, 1.1 rpg.

Newcomers: G Caleb Walker, 6-4, jr., 7.0ppg, 4.9 rpg; F Andre Almeida, 6-11, jr., 5.3 ppg,3.1 rpg.

Key losses: G Ryan Anderson, 11.3 ppg, 5.3rpg; 6-4, sr., G Sek Henry, 7.5 pg, 3.3 rpg.

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season at OU). Last season’s record/Big 12record: 13-18, 4-12 (t9th)

Starters returning: G Cade Davis, 6-5, sr.,14.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: G StephenPledger, 6-4, soph. 10.3 ppg, 2.5 apg; F AndrewFitzgerald, 6-8, soph., 15.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg.

Newcomers: G Carl Blair, 6-2, soph., 4.0ppg, 2.5 apg; G/F Cameron Clark, 6-6, fr., 5.5ppg, 4.3 rpg; F TylerF TylerF T Neal, 6-7, fr., 5.0 ppg, 2.2

rpg; G Calvin Newell, 6-0, fr., 6.1 ppg, 2.6 apg; FNick Thompson, 6-9, jr., 6.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg; F C.J.Washington, 6-7, jr. 1.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg.

Key losses: G Willie Warren 16.3 ppg, 4.1apg; G TonyG TonyG T Crocker, 11.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg; F TinyGallon, 10.3 ppg, 7.9 rpg; G TommyG TommyG T Mason-Griffin 14.1 ppg, 5.0 apg.

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3rd season at OSU). Last season’s record/Big12 record: 22-11/9-7 (T-6th)

Last season’s NCAA score: Georgia Tech, 59-64

Starters returning: G Kelton Page, 5-10, jr.,13.9 ppg, 2.3 apg; F Marshall Moses, 6-7, sr.,17.8 ppg, 9.3 rpg; G Fred Gulley, 6-2, soph., 2.3ppg, 2.6 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: F Matt Pilgrim, 6-8, sr., G Ray Penn, 5-9, soph. 9.4 ppg, 2.3 apg;G Nick Sodorakis, 6-4, sr., 4.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg.Jarred Shaw, 6-10, soph., 1.3 ppg, 1.8 rpg.

Newcomers: G Markel Brown, 6-3, fr., 1.8ppg, 0.9 rpg; F Jean-Paul Olukemi, 6-5, fr., 8.5ppg, 4.1 rpg; F Darrell Williams 6-8, jr. 7.5 ppg,10.5 rpg.

Key losses: G James Anderson, 22.3 ppg,5.8 rpg; G Obi Muonela, 13.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg.

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115 in 13th season at UT). Last season’srecord/Big 12 record: 24-10/9-7 (T-6th)

Last season’s NCAA scores: Wake Forest,80-81

Starters returning: G Dogus Balbay, 6-0, sr.,5.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: F Gary Johnson, 6-7, sr., 10.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg; F Jordan Hamilton, 6-7, soph., 20.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg; G J’Covan Brown, 6-1, soph., 8.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg; G Jai Lucas, 6-0, sr.,5.1 ppg, 1.5 apg; F Alexis Wangmene, 6-7, sr.,2.9 ppg, 1.8 rpg; Matt Hill, 6-10, sr., 1.6 ppg,3.1 rpg.

Newcomers: G Corey Joseph, 6-3, fr., 9.1ppg, 3.1 apg; F Tristan Thompson, 6-8, fr., 11.3ppg, 7.4 rpg.

Key losses: F Damion James, 18.0 ppg, 10.3rpg; G Justin Mason, 3.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg; C DexterPittman, 10.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg; G AverG AverG A y Bradley,11.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg.

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Tech). Last season’s record/Big 12 record: 19-16/4-12 (T-9th)

Last season’s NIT scores: Seton Hall, 87-69;Jacksonville, 69-64; Mississippi, 87-90 (2 OTs)OTs)OT

Starters returning: G John Roberson, 5-11,sr., 13.6 ppg, 4.0 apg; F Mike Singletary, 6-5,sr., 12.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg. F D’Waylin’Waylin’W Roberts, 6-7,sr., 3.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: C RobertLewandowski, 6-10, jr., 11.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg; FBrad Reese, 6-6, sr., 12.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg; G DavidTairu, 6-3, sr., 11.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg. G Mike Davis,6-2, soph., 2.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg.

Newcomers: G Jamal Outler, 6-3, fr. 2.9 ppg,0.8 rpg; Javaris, Willis, 5-11, fr. 3.7 ppg, 2.0apg; F Jaye Crockett, 6-7, fr., 6.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg.

Key losses: G Nick Okorie, 10.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg;F Darko Cohadarevic, 6.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg.

Eagle filefile photo by StuarStuart VillanuevaA&M head coach Mark Turgeon is 73-31in his fourth season at A&M.



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Walkup and Homes aver-aged 2 points a game and78 of their 113 points camefrom behind the arc.

“I’ll be honest with you,all three of them, I wasn’tsure they were goodenough to play here whenwe first started coachingthem,” Turgeon said. “Iwas on them hard whenthey were freshmen, and Iremember sitting downwith B.J. and Nate andDerrek after their fresh-man year and saying,‘Guys I don’t know ifyou’re good enough toplay. You’ve got toimprove a lot.’”

It was done more as achallenge, and as Turgeonsaid recently, “they’veproven me wrong.”

Walkup and Holmesplayed in all 34 games assophomores. Holmes madethe all-reserve team, aver-aging 8.8 points a game,while connecting on 41percent of his 3-pointers.

Walkup’s minutes wentfrom 5.5 to 12.6 a game. Heaveraged 3.5 points and 2.5rebounds a game.

Holmes’ junior seasonwas nearly identical to hissecond year, whileWalkup, started half of the34 games and saw his min-utes jump to 17.4. His aver-age went up to 5.1 pointsand 3.4 rebounds a game.

Lewis, meanwhile, was-n’t getting much time ingames but was gaining theadmiration of his coach.

“His career on the floorhasn’t gone like he expect-ed, but he loves it here. Hecould have left and gonesomewhere else andplayed maybe a little bitmore, but that’s not whathe wanted. He fell in lovewith Texas A&M,”Turgeon said. “I made thecomment last year, he gothurt late in the year andwas hurt for six weeks andit really affected our team.We didn’t practice as well.He’s been a great leader of

the so-called second teamor the scout team, andwhenever you ask him toplay, he’s done a prettygood job.”

Going into his seniorseason, Lewis had playedin 29 games and scored 33points, while connectingon 8 of 20 3-pointers.

“Every guy wants toplay. That’s why you cometo colleges like these. I did-n’t play as much but it saysa lot about someone whenthey keep with the pro-gram no matter how manyminutes they get,” Lewissaid. “It’s not aboutmyself, it’s a team. I sacri-fice a lot of my time andeffort for scout [team] andits one of those things it’smuch bigger than you. Ittook a while, but I’velearned that.”

The trio is leaving it’smark as seniors, withWalkup and Holmes start-ing every game and hover-ing around 10 points agame. Holmes also leads

the team in assists at foura game, while Walkupaverages five rebounds.

Lewis came off the bencha week ago and scored 12points in 18 minutes forhis best game as an Aggie.

“They bring it every dayat practice, they do whatthe coach asks and theyare teaching the youngkids how it is supposed tobe and they are great inthe locker room,” Turgeonsaid. “You can’t controleverything as a coach, andwhen you have good kidslike Nate, Derek and B.J.,you know they are sayingall the right things in thelocker room, and that is agreat comfort as a coach.”

The seniors’ work isn’tdone. The three, asTurgeon’s first class,believe they are the begin-ning of an era at A&M.

Going into Saturday’sgame against Washington,they needed 20 more winsto leave A&M as the win-ningest players in school

history.“I think our class, we’ve

come in and continued todo the things they’ve beendoing since the older days,play hard, play defenseand play as a team,”Holmes said. “I don’t thinkwe’ve strayed fromd fromd f that. Ithink we’ve just added onto it. I think our class isone of the best, if not thebest, class to come throughthis program.”

As the first class that hasgrown with Turgeon forfour years, he alreadybelieves they’ve made animpression that will lastfor years.

“They should [look atthemselves as the start ofofan era], it was the start ofofmy tenure and theirtenure and it was a changeand they’ve been very suc-cessful,” Turgeon said “Iwouldn’t trade these guys.They’ve been great Aggies,great teammates, coach-able and helped us win alot of games.”

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The ride to the Elite Eight bythe Texas A&M women’s basket-ball team was memorable, butthat was two heartaches ago. It’stime for the program to move clos-er to the sport’s elite programs,Connecticut, Tennessee andStanford.“I think this program has been

there,” said A&M head coachGary Blair, who took over the Big12 Conference’s losingest pro-gram eight seasons ago. “But allof a sudden, it has arrived on thenational scene, where now theexpectations are going to be thereand excuses are not going towork.”A&M has made a school-record

six straight postseason appear-ances, but the last two didn’t havewarm and fuzzy endings. First, amatchup against Connecticut inthe NCAA Tournament regionalchampionship didn’t happenbecause Arizona State defeatedthe Aggies 84-69. Then last year,A&M missed a last-second shot asGonzaga grabbed a 72-71 upset vic-tory in the second round of theNCAA Tournament disappointingthe Aggies, who had visions ofmeeting Stanford for the regionaltitle.

“Our juniors and seniors knowwhat it takes to advance past thesecond round, which we’ve strug-gled with the past two years,”Blair said. “We have a lot of goalsthis year. We’re not going toaccept winning 20 games oradvancing to the NCAATournament. We want to go a lit-tle bit further this year, and to dothat we have to play the schedulewe’re playing, make good deci-sions and be very good in prac-tice, because you have to get bet-ter and keep improving.”A&M had a great offseason.

Blair was able to put together thebest non-conference schedule inschool history. The Aggies playedat fifth-ranked Duke last week on

national television as part of theJimmy V Classic. The team willplay Rutgers on Dec. 19 atMadison Square Garden in theMaggie Dixon Classic, which willbe its third nationally televisedgame. Blair said they can’t com-plain about exposure. The A&Mfootball team didn’t have any ofits non-conference games tele-vised.A&M also signed its best class

in school history last month. All-Star Girls Report rankedTennessee’s class first followed byA&M, Duke, Connecticut andLouisville. The Collegiate GirlsBasketball Report ranked it thirdand ESPNU’s HoopGurlz rankedA&M sixth.The three high school seniors

who signed — 6-foot-7 centerRachel Mitchell of HumbleAtascocita, 5-10 guard Tori Scottfrom John Ehret High School inMarrero, La., and 5-8 guard AlexiaStandish of Colleyville Heritage— are consensus Top 50 players.But the biggest recruiting head-line A&M made was adding 6-4Kelsey Bone, who transferredfrom South Carolina after beingnamed the SoutheasternConference’s Newcomer of theYear by The Associated Press.Bone was the nation’s consen-

sus No. 2 prospect in the Class of2009 behind Baylor sophomoreBrittany Griner. Bone has to sitout the 2010-11 season, but willhave three years of eligibilityremaining. Bone has been soimpressive in practices, Blairoften asks her to take a break andquit teasing him.Besides, he wants this team to

spoil him. A&M was rankedeighth in the preseason by bothmajor polls, the highest to open aseason in school history. The

Aggies are strong on the perime-ter, which has been a constant forthe program in averaging 26 victo-ries over the last five seasons.Blair also might have his bestdefensive guards as a group inseniors Sydney Colson andMaryann Baker along with juniorSydney Carter. A&M potentiallyhas more inside scoring than inthe past with 6-foot-1 seniorDanielle Adams, 6-1 junior for-ward Adaora Elonu and 6-5 fresh-man Karla Gilbert.That’s why former UConn great

Rebecca Lobo, who is now anESPN analyst, recently picked theAggies, Xavier and Kentucky asthree teams on the rise that couldmake their first Final Fourappearance in Indianapolis inApril.A&M has a veteran team with

seven upperclassmen in the maineight-player rotation. The onlyyoungster is 6-5 freshman KarlaGilbert from A&M Consolidated.“We need her to give us that size

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Women’s Smen’s Smen’ cheduleNo. 16 Arkansas-Little Rock . .W, 87-41Nov. 20 at Rice . . . . . . . . . . .W. 80-40Nov. 22 Liberty . . . . . . . . . . .W, 81-49Nov. 26 *Arizona . . . . . . . . . .W, 87-78Nov. 27 *Michigan . . . . . . . .W, 67--49Dec. 4 California . . . . . . . . . .W, 74-58Dec. 6 at Duke . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 61-58Dec. 9 Purdue . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Dec. 12 TCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 p.m.Dec. 19 vs. Rutgers in N.Y. City 11 a.m.Dec. 28 vs. %Drexel . . . . . . . . .9 p.m.Dec. 30 vs. %San Diego St. . . . . . .TBDJan. 4 Louisiana-Monroe . . . . . .7 p.m.Jan. 8 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Jan. 12 at Oklahoma State . . . .7 p.m.Jan. 15 at Missouri . . . . . . . . .11 a.m.Jan. 19 Texas . . . . . . . . . . . .6:30 p.m.Jan. 22 at Iowa State (FSN) . . .11 a.m.Jan. 26 at Oklahoma . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Jan. 30 Baylor (FSN) . . . . . . . . . .noonFeb. 5 at Texast Texast T Tech . . . . . . . . .2 p.m.Feb. 9 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Feb. 12 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Feb. 14 at Baylor (ESPN2) . . . . .8 p.m.Feb. 19 Oklahoma State . . . . . .6 p.m.Feb. 22 Texas Tech . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.Feb 27 at Texas (FSN) . . . . . . . .2 p.m.March 2 at Kansas State . . . . . .7 p.m.March 5 Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.March 8-12 #Big 12 Tournament . .TBD*-Cancun Thanksgiving Classic%-Surf ‘N Slam College Hoop Classic in

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AP filefile photoTeTexas A&M senior point guard Sydney Colson is averaging 6.8 points and 5.0 assists per game.

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in the Big 12 againstBaylor, Texas, Iowa Stateand Oklahoma, all theteams that have tall postplayers,” Blair said.“We’re not asking for herto give us 10 [points] and10 [rebounds]. We’re ask-ing her to give us at least15 minutes a ball game.”A&M has a solid scoring

option in Elonu, who hasstarted since her freshmanseason.“She worked harder in

the summer than any kidwe have,” Blair said. “Wehad all 14 kids here forboth summer sessions.Adaora was here in thegym before and afterthey’d meet.”A&M is still waiting on

last season’s highlyregarded freshman class— guard AdriennePratcher and forwardsKristi Bellock CierraWindham — to produce.Blair has high expecta-tions for them as the sea-son unfolds.Pratcher is the point

guard in waiting toreplace Colson.“She just does a good job

of running the point,”Blair said. “She’s gettingbetter and better. I’malways on her because shedoesn’t talk enough, butone practice she came upand said ‘Coach, I just was-n’t you to have confidencein me, that I’m going torun this team well.’ Thatgives you confidence as acoach.”Windham might be

given an opportunity tospell junior Tyra White onthe wing, looking forsomeone to score off thedribble to replace TanishaSmith, who averaged 15.3points per game last sea-son.White averaged 9.5

points per game last sea-son, almost doubling hertotal as a freshman.a freshman.a f Butcan she make another bigjump and be a featureda featureda fscorer?A&M had a scoreless

eight-minute stretch in the61-58 loss at Duke onMonday when A&M was 0-of-12 shooting.

“We’ve got to have a bal-ance from our outside peo-ple,” Blair said. “TyraWhite has to step up andhit the shots over theyears that Tanisha Smithand Takia Starks hit. Andshe can’t hit her first shotof the game, then have adisappearing act for a longtime.”White and Colson were a

combined 6-of-20 shootingat Duke. The good newswas Carter bounced out ofa recent shooting slumpand hit 4 of 7. Blair is stillsearching for consistentscoring on the outside.“When the defense is

taking something away,we’ve got to have a perime-ter player who can put theball on the floor and score

fofof r us,” he said.Duke also was the sec-

ond straight team to outre-bound A&M, getting 18offensive rebounds as theAggies had trouble block-ing out the wings. Baker,White and Carter willhave to be more physicalor Blair might have totweak his lineup, addingmore size.The Aggies have only

five more non-conferencegames to work out thekinks, including two at theSurf ‘N’ Slam CollegeHoops Classic in SanDiego on Dec. 28-30.A&M will open Big 12

play at home againstColorado on Jan. 8, butthen will play four of thenext five games on the

road before coming hometo face second-rankedBaylor on Jan. 30.The Big 12 has half of its

teams ranked despitegraduating eight of the 10players who earned first-team all-conference hon-ors last season.“The Big 12 graduated a

lot of great kids,” saidBlair, who had Smithdrafted after last season bythe WNBA’s SeattleStorm. “I think on paper,we deserved to be No. 2[behind Baylor].”A second-place finish in

the Big 12 — or higher —would position the Aggiesfor a long run in the NCAATournament, which iswhat elite programs do.

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AP filefile photoTeTexas A&M junior forwardforwardforw Adaora Elonu (21) averagedagedag 8.9 points and 5.1 rebounds last season for Gary Blair, who led A&M to its fifth straight NCAA tourney.ney.ney

AP filefile photoTyTyra White starts on the wing.

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The seniors on the TexasA&M women’s basketballteam lead by examplewhen it comes to overcom-ing adversity.

Guards Sydney Colsonand Maryann Baker eachhave battled through aseries of injuries. Colsonstill wears a knee bracewhen she plays, and Bakerprotects her right shoulderwith a harness. ForwardDanielle Adams went thejunior-college route. Thenafter reporting to A&Moverweight last season,Adams worked herselfinto shape to be the Big 12Newcomer of the Year.Even Catherine Snow, awalk-on and practice play-er from Class 2A Troy, haskept battling, and there

are plans to put the playerthey call “Rambo” onscholarship.

Talented, experienced,and most of all healthy, theseniors are poised for abig finish to their Aggiecareers.

Colson has returned tobe the difference-maker asthe point guard head coachGary Blair envisionedwhen he signed her. Blair,though, was nervous for afew weeks last month asColson battled through herlatest setback, an injuredright foot.

“We think we can get 30minutes out of Colson,”Blair says while smiling.

Colson played only 26minutes in a 61-58 loss atfifth-ranked Duke onMonday, but had eightassists, which was onemore than Duke had.

“Colson is one of the bestin the country when she’shealthy,” Blair said. “I’mnot sure there’s a betterperson in the league thatcan run transition playslike she can.”

But being too aggressiveat the wrong time can leadto foul trouble, which hap-pened at Duke, forcing herto miss valuable time withfour fouls, then she wasn’teffective on defense whenshe did return. Duke All-America guard JasmineThomas, meanwhile, did-n’t get in foul trouble andplayed a team-high 38 min-utes.

“[Colson] knows we’vehad that problem a lot ofthe years because sheeither strips them or goesthe other way with them,”Blair said. “And that’s just



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AP filefile photoTeTexas A&M senior Danielle Adams typically is the focus of opposing defenses.

Seniors leadby exampleon andoff the court

BIG 12WOMEN’S BASKETBALLCAPSULES

Here are capsule looks at the Big 12 teams.(Coaching records are through last season)

TTeTexxxeexaaaaaxass AA&A&A&A&A&A&A&AA&A&AA&A&MM AAgAgAgAgAgggAgAgAgAgAggggggggggggggggggggggggggggiieesees,, 66--11Coach: Gary Blair (154-74 in his eighth year at A&M,

563-237 overall in his 26th year)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 26-8, 10-6 (tied for

fourth)Last year’s NCAA scores: Portland State, 84-53;

Gonzaga, 71-72.Starters returning: PG Sydney Colson, 5-8, sr., 6.8

ppg, 5.0 apg; G Tyra White, 6-0, jr., 13.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg; FSydney Carter, 5-6, jr., 7.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg, HM A-Big 12; FAdaora Elonu, 6-1, jr., 10.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg; F/C DanielleAdams, sr., 19.3 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 2nd A-Big 12 & Newcomerof the Year

Other lettermen returning: G Maryann Baker, 5-10,sr., 5.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg; F Kelsey Assarian, 6-1, jr., 2.9 ppg,3.4 rpg; G Skylar Collins, 5-9, jr., 3.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg; GAdrienne Pratcher, 5-7, soph., 2.8 ppg, 2.0 rpg; G/FCierra Windham, 6-0, soph., 0.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg.

Newcomers: C Karla Gilbert, 6-5, fr., 5.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg;G Kristen Grant, 5-9, fr., 1 ppg, 0.3 rpg

Key losses: Damitria Buchanan, 2.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg;Tanisha Smith, 15.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, A-Big 12

BBaayyaylloorr LLaaddyy BBeeaarrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrs,, 99--11Coach: Kim Mulkey (264-76, in her 11th year)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 27-10, 9-7 (tied for

sixth). Last year’s NCAA scores: Fresno State, 69-55;Georgetown, 49-33; Tennessee, 77-62; Duke, 51-48;Connecticut, 50-70.

Starters returning: G Melissa Jones, 5-10, jr., 11.0ppg, 7.0 rpg; P Brittney Griner, 6-8, 22.9 ppg, 8.1 rpg,All-American; G Shanay Washington, 6-1, 5.0 ppg, 1.6

rpg.Other lettermen return-

ing: G TerG TerG T ran Condrey, 5-7,jr., 4.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg; PAshley Field, 6-2, jr., 6.4ppg, 3.6 rpg; G LindsayPalmer, 5-10, jr., 2.8 ppg,1.9 rpg; F WhitneyZachariason, 6-2, sr., 2.1ppg, 2.1 rpg; F MariahChandler, 6-2, soph., 2.8ppg, 1.8 rpg; G KimetriaHayden, 6-0, soph., 5-11,

9.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg; G JordanMadden, 6-0, soph., 4.6 ppg,

3.4 rpg;Newcomers: F Brooklyn Pope, 6-1, soph., 9.3 ppg,

7.0 rpg; G Odyssey Sims, 5-8, fr., 10.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 3.1apg; F Destiny Williams, 6-1, soph.; G MakenzieRobertson, 5-9, fr., 4.1 ppg, 1.1 rpg.

Key losses: Morghan Medlock, 10.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg, HMA-Big 12; G Kelli Griffin, 7.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 5.1 apg, HMA-Big 12

CCoolloorraaaraddoo BBuufffffffffffffffffffffffffffff aaafallooeess,, 77--22Coach: Linda Lappe (first year at CU, 50-36 overall in

3 seasons)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 13-17, 3-13 (11th)Starters returning: F Brittany Spears, 6-1, sr., 17.0

ppg, 7.1 rpg, HM A-Big 12; G Chucky Jeffery, 5-10,soph., 16.6 ppg, 9.1 rpg; G/F Meagan Malcolm-Peck, 6-2, soph., 7.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: G/F Chelsea Dale, 6-1, sr.;F Julie Seabrook, 6-3, jr., 8.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg; G Britney

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something we’ve got to getbetter on and she knows it.“Sometimes she just

needs to recognize whatthe defense will give us,but she is a leader.”Colson has been one of

the team’s most recogniza-ble players on and off thecourt since she pledged toA&M.Colson had a remarkable

sophomore season, start-ing 32 games, needing onlyfour months to recoverfrom ACL surgery on herright knee. However, shestarted only 19 games lastseason because of a stressreaction in her left fibulaand a non-ACL kneeinjury.A&M needs Colson if it

wants to make a deep runin the NCAA Tournament.No one knows that betterthan Blair who has had hisbetter teams when he’shad a super point guard.Much of A&M’s offense

is predicated on the defen-sive end. That starts withColson, who is one of thebest in the nation in turn-ing a steal into two points.Then there’s the way

others follow her lead.“She has never had a bad

day in her life,” Blair said.“She is always upbeat andshe keeps the rest of usupbeat. She has that smilethat makes everything bet-ter.”She also knows how to

run Blair’s offense andsupplies outside shooting.Baker, who filled in nice-

ly in Colson’s absenceearly in the season, hasreturned to the bench,where she’ll serve as theteam’s fix-it player. Sheusually adds energy ondefense, but hit all fiveshots in the 74-58 victoryover Cal.“Surprise of this year’s

team [has been] MaryannBaker,” Blair said. “She’splaying smart and she’splaying hard.”Baker also isn’t afraid to

speak up when somethingjust isn’t right.“Maryann is not a cap-

tain, but she’s probablythe best leader I have onthe team,” Blair said. “She

will get right in the kids’face and tell them what todo. And sometimes that’swhat you want out of a sen-ior. I think if the kids hadto revote today, she’d bethe captain of this basket-ball team, but the othersjust defer to her.”Baker and Colson are

more than teammates.They are best friends androommates, and have donea lot to bring other starplayers to A&M.“Thanks, roomie,”

Baker said with a smile atthe postgame press confer-ence following a 75-58 vic-tory over Cal when Colsonwas talking about the liftBaker gave the team.“No problem,” Colson

smiled back.Adams is not that talka-

tive, but her teammatesand fans can’t stop talkingabout the offense’s center-piece, which led the teamin scoring 17 times lastseason. Blair said every-one loves the player who iscalled “the big kid” whomhe refers to as a CharlesBarkley-type player with aGeorge Foreman personal-ity.“Danielle is a pretty

good kid,” Blair said.“She’s always smiling,coming by and patting meon the head like I’m hergranddaddy. She nevermisses a tutoring sessionor class. She will be the

first in her family to grad-uate, just as I’m sure [for-mer players] DanielleGant, Morenike Atunraseand A’Quonesia Franklinwere. That’s big for thehistory of their own fami-lies. They are living thedream and are role modelsfor nephews and nieces tolook up to.”Last season, Adams lost

35 pounds during the sea-son to become one of thecountry’s best players. Shestarted 20 pounds lighterthis season, but has higheraspirations.“She realizes this is her

contract year,” Blair said.“If you are going to getdrafted by the WNBA, youneed to have all the indi-vidual accolades and betaking your team to thenext level.”Adams works just has

hard with the team’s nutri-tionist, strength and condi-tioning coach and academ-ic advisers as she doeswith the coaching staff.“Off the court, she does-

n’t have a whole lot tosay,” Blair said. “I appoint-ed her captain. I neverappoint captains, my teamelects captains. I thoughtwhen the season ended lastyear, I wanted her to wearthat responsibility. I was-n’t going to wait and seewhat the vote was going tobe. I want her to lead us,not carry us. There’s a big

difference in that. A lot ofplayers believe that theiractions can speaks forthemselves. But she’s gotto work a little bit on herverbal skills.”Adams had a pair of her

tough games last week,being held to six first-halfpoints against Cal andDuke. She recovered for agame-high 19 pointsagainst Cal, but was heldto 11 points on 5-of-18shooting against Duke.“It was a challenge for

me, but I know I have towork on playing againsttaller players and trying tofigure out what shot I needto take in order to score,”Adams said.A&M has been using

Adams more inside, but ifjunior Kelsey Assarianand freshman KarlaGilbert can be more pro-ductive at post, it willallow Adams to play moreon the wing.

“She’s a better outsideshooter than what she’sshowed,” Blair said. “She

initiates contact and lovesthe baby hook and beingable to bounce in. Sheknows how to play thegame, and she’s the bestpasser we have.”Cal and Duke used dou-

ble teams to limit Adams’production, but she’salmost unstoppable ifA&M can isolate her onone defenddefenddef er.“She plays with so much

poise,” Blair said. “Somany post players hurrytheir shot, but she’s able toknock into you and getleverage. She scores easy.A lot of post players can’tscore easy. The more andmore we get Karla ready,we’ll be able to get Danielleover at the four positionand get Karla in there [atthe five position].”Gilbert and Bone are the

cornerstones of A&M’sbright future, but Blairwants to enjoy this season.“The senior class is the

face of this team,” he said.So far, there’s been a lot

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Blythe, 5-9, sr., 5.0 ppg, 1.8 rpg; C Melissa MacFarlane, 6-7,soph.; G/F Brenna Malcolm-Peck, 6-2, soph.

Newcomers: C Rachel Hargis, 6-4, fr., 2.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg; GAshley Wilson, 5-8, fr., 3.9 ppg, 2.3 rpg; G Brittany Wilson, 5-8,fr., 5.0 ppg, 1.8 rpg

Key losses: Bianca Smith, 12.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg; CourtneyDunn, 6.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg; Alyssa Fressle, 7.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg.

IIoowwwowaaawa SStStSStStStStStSStStS aatttee CCyyCCyycccyclloonneesees,, 66--11Coach: Bill Fennelly (332-149 in his 16th year at ISU, 498-

202 overall in 22 years)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 25-8, 11-5 (tied for 2nd)

Last year’s NCAA scores: Lehigh, 79-42; Green Bay-Wisconsin,60-56; Connecticut, 36-74.

Starters returning: G Kelsey Bolte, 6-1, sr., 17.3 ppg, 4.7rpg, HM A-Big 12; F Chelsea Poppens, 6-2, soph., 7.0 ppg, 6.3rpg; C Anna Prins, 6-6, soph.. 7.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: G Chassidy Cole, 5-8, jr., 1.2ppg, 1.7 rpg; G/F Jessica Schroll, 5-11, soph., 3.7 ppg, 3.0rpg; F Amanda Zimmerman, 6-1, soph., 2.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg

Newcomers: G Elly Arganbright, 5-6, fr.; F HallieChristoferson, 6-3, fr., 8.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg; G Darcie Dick, 5-8, jr.,0.7 rpg; G Kelsey Harris, 5-10, fr., 3.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg; G LaurenMansfield, 5-7, jr., 10.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 7 apg

Key losses: Alison Lacey, 15.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 4.9 apg, A-Big12; Denae Stuckey, 4.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg; G Whitney Williams, 5.9ppg, 1.0 rpg

KKaaaKannssaass JJaayyayhhaawwkksksksksksksksksksksksk ,, 88--00Coach: Bonnie Henrickson (96-95, in her seventh year at KU,

254-157 overall in 13 years)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 17-16, 5-11 (tied for 8th)

WNIT scores: Prairie View A&M, 82-70; Creighton, 71-68;Illinois State, 51-71.

Starters returning: F Carolyn Davis, 6-3, soph., 19.0 ppg,7.1 rpg; F Aishah Sutherland, 6-2, jr., 12.9 ppg, 9.8 rpg; GAngel Goodrich, 5-4, soph., 6.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg.

Other lettermen returning: P Krysten Boogaard, 6-5, sr.,8.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg; G Monica Engelman, 5-11, soph., 12.6 ppg,4.8 rpg; G Marisha Brown, 5-9, sr., 7.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg; FNicollette Smith, 6-2, sr.

Newcomers: G Kenna Mays, 5-7, fr., 9.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg; GBrooke Jeiniker, 6-1, fr., 2.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg; G Diara Moore, 5-9,fr., 6.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg; F TaniaF TaniaF T Jackson, 6-2, fr..5.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg;G Charlicia Harper, 5-8, fr., 4.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg

Key losses: Danielle McCray, 19.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 2nd A-Big12; Sade Morris, 9.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg.

KKaaaKannssaass SStStSStStStStStSStStS aatttee WWiillddccaatttstts,, 77--11Coach: Deb Patterson (279-164 in her 15th year at KSU)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 14-18, 5-11 (tied, eighth)Starters returning: F Jalena Childs, 6-2, jr., 12.0 ppg, 4.9

rpg; G Brittany Chambers, 5-8, soph., 17.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg; GTaelor Karr, 5-8, soph., 10.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg

Other lettermen returning: G Shalin Spani, 6-0, sr.; FBranshea Brown, 6-2, jr., 8.1 ppg, 7.0 rpg; G Mariah White, 5-7, soph., 5.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 4.7 apg; G Kelsey Hill, 5-5, sr., 1.1ppg, 0.1 rpg; G/F Alina Voronenko, 6-2, jr., 0.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg.

Newcomers: G Chantay Caron, 5-11, fr., 3.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg; GJuliAnne Chisholm, 5-11, jr., 0.5 pg; F Brianna Kulas, 6-0, fr.,2.1 ppg, 1.9 rpg; G Emma Ostermann, 5-8, jr., 0.6 ppg, 0.7 rpg;G Stephanie Whittman, 5-9, fr., 0.3 ppg, 0.7 rpg

Key losses: Ashley Sweat, 16.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg; Kari Kincaid,8.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg

MMiisssssoouurrii TTiiggeeegeeerrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrs,, 44--44Coach: Robin Pingeton (first year at MU, 338-157 overall in

her 16th year)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 12-18, 2-14 (12th)Starters returning: F Shakara Jones, 6-2, sr., 8.3 ppg, 5.5

rpg; G RaeShara Brown, 5-8, sr, 16.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 4.4 apg, HMA-Big 12

Other lettermen returning: G Jasmyn Otote, 5-9, sr., 4.8ppg, 3.6 rpg; F BreAnna Brock, 6-2, jr., 0.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg; F

Christine Flores, 6-3, jr., 14.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg; C Kendra Frazier, 6-5, jr.; G Sydney Crafton, 5-10, soph., 7.8 ppg, 7.0 rpg; G TreneeThornton, 5-6, soph., 0.3 ppg, 0.3 rpg; G Bekah Mills, 5-9, jr.,3.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg; G Bailey Gee, 5-11, jr., 1.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg

Newcomers: F Maggie Flynn, 6-1, fr., 2.3 ppg; G ToriG ToriG TNiemann, 5-11, fr., 1.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg; F Paige Spietz, 6-3, fr., 0.4ppg, 1.0 rpg; G Kishaun Williams, 5-8, fr.

Key losses: Jessra Johnson, 12.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, HM A-Big 12;Amanda Hanneman, 9.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg; Toy Richbow, 4.1 ppg,3.3 rpg.

NNeebbrraaarasskkaaaaaka CCoorrnnhhuusskkeeeeekerrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsr ,, 77--11Coach: Connie Yori (153-99 in her 9th year, 348-239 in her

21st year)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 32-2, 16-0 (1st). Last

year’s NCAA Tournament scores: Northern Iowa, 83-44; UCLA,83-70; Kentucky, 67-76.

Starters returning: G Dominique Kelley, 5-7, sr., 17.0 ppg,5.3 rpg, HM A-Big 12; G Lindsey Moore, 5-9, soph., 10.7 ppg,3.4 rpg, 5.1 apg.

Other lettermen returning: C Catheryn Redmon, 6-3, sr.,10.0 ppg, 6.9 rpg; C Jessica Periago, 6-4, sr., 4.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg;F Harleen Sidhu, 6-1, jr., 1.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg; G Layne Reeves, 5-11, soph., 3.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg; F Meghin Williams, 6-1, soph.; FKatya Leick, 6-1, soph., 4.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg.

Newcomers: F Jordan Hooper, 6-2, fr., 16.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg; GRebecca Woodberry, 5-10, fr.; F Katie Simon, 6-2, fr.; G KellieMcCann-Smith, 5-9, fr., 4.6 ppg, 1.3 rpg; C Adrianna Maurer, 6-3, fr., 2.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg

Key losses: Kelsey Griffin, 20.1 ppg, 10.4 rpg, A-Big 12;Yvonne Turner, 11.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, A-Big 12; Cory Montgomery,12.6 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 5.0 rpg, A-Big 12

OOkkllaahhoommaa SSoooonneerrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrs,, 88--11Coach: Sherri Coale (313-143 in her 15th year)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 27-11, 11-5 (tied for 2nd)

Last year’s NCAA scores: South Dakota State, 68-57;Arkansas-Little Rock, 60-44; Notre Dame, 77-72 OT; Kentucky,88-68; Stanford, 66-73, .

Starters returning: F Carlee Roethlisberger, 6-1, sr., 6.9

ppg, 4.3 rpg.; PG Danielle Robinson, 5-9, sr., 19.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg,6.1 apg, A-Big 12; G Jasmine Hartman, 5-10, jr., 4.0 ppg, 3.9rpg; G/F Whitney Hand, 6-1, soph., 13.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg;

Other lettermen returning: F Lauren Willis, 5-11, sr., 6.0ppg, 2.3 rpg; C Lyndsey Cloman, 6-3, soph., 6.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg;F Joanna McFarland, 6-3, soph., 8.4 ppg, 8.9 rpg; G KodiMorrison, 5-8, soph.

Newcomers: G Aaryn Ellenberg, 5-7, fr., 18.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg;C Nicole Griffin, 6-6, fr., 5.6 ppg, 3.3 rpg; C Jelena Cerina, 6-5,jr., 2.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg; G Morgan Hook, 5-10, fr., 9.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg;F Jacqueline Jeffocat, 6-2, fr., 1.4 ppg, 1.2 rpg

Key losses: Amanda Thompson, 13.1 ppg, 10.5 rpg, A-Big12; Nyeshia Stevenson, 14.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2nd A-Big 12; AbiOlajuwon, 10.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg.

OOkkllaahhoommaa SStStSStStStStStSStStS aatttee CCoowwwowgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgiirrllss,, 88--00Coach: Kurt Budke (94-68 in his fifth year, 174-82 overall in

eight years)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 24-11, 9-7 (tied for sixth).

Last year’s NCAA Tournament scores: Chattanooga, 70-63;Georgia, 71-74 OT.

Starters returning: G/F Precious Robinson, 6-0, sr., 4.5 ppg,6.4 rpg; G Lakyn Garrison, 5-5, sr., 6.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg

Other lettermen returning: G/F Toni Young, 6-2, soph., 15.1ppg, 8.9 rpg; C Lindsey Keller, 6-2, soph., 5.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg; GCarolyn Blair-Mobley, 5-10, jr., 4.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg; F HeatherHoward, 6-3, soph., 3.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg

Newcomers: G Tiffany Bias, 5-6, fr., 10.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg; GJenni Bryan, fr., 5.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg; G Carissa Crutchfield, 5-6, fr.,3.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg; G Jazmyn Dorsett, 5-9, fr., 2.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg;G Keuna Flax, 5-9, fr.; C Vicky McIntyre, 6-6, fr., 10 ppg, 5.6 rp;C Kendra Suttles, 6-1, fr., 5.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg

Key losses: Andrea Riley, 26.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 6.5 apg, A-Big12; Tegan Cunningham, 16.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 2nd A-Big 12;Megan Byford, 3.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg.

TTeTexxxeexaaaaaxassss LLoonngghhoorrnnss,, 55--22Coach: Gail Goestenkors (65-36 at UT (in her 4th year), 461-

135 overall in her 19th year)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 22-11, 10-6 (tied for 4th).

NCAA score: San Diego State, 63-74.Starters returning: F Kathleen Nash, 6-2, sr., 16.6 ppg, 10

rpg, HM A-Big 12; G Ashleigh Fontenette, 5-8, jr., 16.4 ppg, 4.2rpg, HM A-Big 12; P Ashley Gayle, 6-4, jr., 7.8 ppg, 10.4 rpg

Other lettermen returning: P Cokie Reed, 6-4, soph; GYvonne Anderson, 5-7, jr., 13.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg;

Newcomers: G Chelsea Bass, 5-10, fr., 9.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg; GChassidy Fussell, 5-10, fr., 18.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg; F Kenisha Harris,5-11, fr.; F Anne Marie Hartung, 6-3, fr., 6.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg; GSarah Lancaster, 5-9, sr., 1.8 ppg, 1.0 rpg; G Shanice McKoy,5-8, fr., 1.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg; G Tiffany Moore, 5-10, fr., 2.0 ppg,3.5 rpg

Key losses: Brittainey Raven, 14.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2nd A-Big12; Earnesia Williams, 6.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg; Erika Arriaran, 7.9ppg, 2.4 rpg; Kristen Nash, 3.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg.

TTeTexxxeexaaaaaxass TTeTecchh LLaaddyy RRaaaaiiddeerrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrs,, 99--11Coach: Kristy Curry (66-62 in her fifth year at Tech, 245-113

overall in her 12th year)Last year’s record/Big 12 record: 18-15, 5-11 (tied for 8th)Starters returning: C Kierra Mallard, 6-3, jr., 14.2 ppg, 6.8

rpg; F Jordan Barncastle, 6-2, jr., 6.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg; G MoniqueSmalls, 5-6, soph., 4.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 4.0 apg

Other lettermen returning: G Christine Hyde, 5-10, soph.,6.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg; G Chynna Brown, 5-8, soph., 3.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg;F Marissa Ashton, 6-0, soph., 1.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg; G MaryBokenkamp, soph., 5-9, 4.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg; G Lindie Kimbro, 5-8, soph., 1.0 ppg, 1.2 rpg;

Newcomers: G Casey Morris, 5-9, soph., 11.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg;F Shauntal Nobles, 6-3, fr., 3.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg; F TeenaF TeenaF T Wickett,6-3, sr., 10.4 ppg, 7.1 rpg; F Kelsi Baker, 6-0, fr., 4.5 ppg, 3.4rpg; G Antiesha Brown, 5-10, fr., 1.8 ppg, 0.8 rpg; C HaleySchneider, 6-5, fr., 1.2 ppg, 0.2 rpg; F Ebony Walker, 6-2, fr.,1.8 ppg, 0.8 rpg

Key losses: Jordan Murphree, 11.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.0 apg,HM A-Big 12; Ashlee Roberson, 12.2 ppg, 8.5 rpg, HM A-Big12; Tilmila Martin, 5.9 ppg, 1.4 rpg.

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