T.J. Otzelberger (OTTS-ull-burger), who has crisscrossed the nation recruiting all-star talent and building championship-level programs, is returning "home" as the 21st head men's basketball coach in Iowa State history.

No. 21 Texas Tech is set to open the 2021 NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed in the South Region against 11th-seeded Utah State at 12:45 p.m. (CST) on Friday at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana.

Iowa State and men's basketball coach Steve Prohm have agreed to part ways. Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard met Prohm in person Monday night. Pollard will have additional comment Tuesday.

The Big 12 has placed a nation-high 70 percent of its teams in the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. The Conference has seven selections for the sixth time in the last 11 tournaments, including five seasons in the past seven years the event was conducted.

Senior guard Matt Coleman III registered a career-high 30 points, and senior forward Jericho Sims added a career-best 21 points and 14 rebounds to pace No. 13/16 Texas (19-7) to an exciting 91-86 victory against No. 12/14 Oklahoma State (20-8) on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Center in the title game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. With the victory, UT captured the Big 12 postseason tournament crown for the first time in school history and secured the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

No. 12/14 Oklahoma State advanced to the finals of the Big 12 Championship for the fourth time, and for the first time since 2005. The Cowboys are 2-1 in the Big 12 final, and brought home the championship trophy in 2004 and 2005.

Due to a positive COVID-19 test this morning within the Kansas men’s basketball team, the Jayhawks have withdrawn from the 2021 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship.

Senior point guard Matt Coleman III posted a team-high 19 points and converted a pair of free throws with 1.8 seconds left to lead No. 13/16 Texas (18-7) to a 67-66 victory against No. 20/22 Texas Tech (17-10) on Friday night at the T-Mobile Center in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship quarterfinals. With the win, the Longhorns advance to face No. 11/12 Kansas in the semifinals on Friday (8:30 p.m. CT, ESPN2).

12/14 Oklahoma State outlasted 10/9 West Virginia thanks to timely buckets from Avery Anderson III and Cade Cunningham, and stifling defense down the stretch.

Iowa State (2-22, 0-18 Big 12) fell 79-73 to No. 25 Oklahoma (15-9, 9-8 Big 12) in the first round of the Big 12 Championship on Wednesday at Sprint Center.

Fifth-year senior catcher Andy Thomas named to the official watch list for the 2021 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, the Greater Wichita Sports Association announced on Tuesday.

When Les Miles, the football coach that had won a national championship at LSU, came out of retirement to take the job at the University of Kansas, it raised more than a couple eyebrows. The Jayhawks hadn't seen any success on the gridiron since 2009, and frankly hadn't seen much in the decades before that. As for Miles, he had left LSU in 2016 after a 2-2 start. However, his troubles at Louisiana State started well before that.

Baylor’s MaCio Teague and Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham picked up the season’s final Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week. Teague earned his third career honor. The award is the ninth for Cunningham and the seventh as the top newcomer, including the third consecutive.

You have to give it to FOX Sports. The network may have lost a national championship winning head coach in Urban Meyer, but it has reloaded with another coach who knows a thing or two about championships and big games.

Kansas State used its stingy defense to continue its momentum to end the season, as the Wildcats concluded their home schedule with a 61-56 win over Iowa State in front of a limited capacity crowd of 899 fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.

Senior forward Jericho Sims registered 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 15/16 Texas (16-7, 10-6 Big 12) to a 69-65 win at No. 16/15 Oklahoma (14-9, 9-8 Big 12) on Thursday night at the Lloyd Noble Center. With the victory, the Longhorns secured a first-round bye in next week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship.

Baylor has clinched the 2020-21 Big 12 men’s basketball regular season championship, its first Big 12 title and the program’s first conference crown since 1950 – a span of 71 years.

Texas Tech head coach Matt Wells announced Monday the hiring of three new staff members as part a reshuffling of responsibilities for the football program's recruiting staff and an increased-investment into analyst positions.

No. 10 Texas Tech baseball closes its first home stand of the season with a two-game midweek series against Texas Southern, starting Tuesday at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.

Oklahoma State football announced Monday the addition of the top-ranked player in the state of Oklahoma to its 2021 signing class, as Beggs native Kendal Daniels signed to play for the Cowboys.