Wendell Barnhouse is a nationally-known and respected columnist who has spent over 20 years covering collegiate athletics. He has reported from 25 Final Fours and more than three dozen bowl games and has written about the Big 12 and its schools since the conference's beginning. Barnhouse will be updating the Big 12 Insider on happenings and behind-the-scenes information about the conference.For Texas Tech, after playing 26 solid minutes at No. 13 Kansas State, it took just one play for the momentum to swing to the home team.
Kansas relied on senior guard Elijah Johnson to carry it to a crucial overtime victory at Iowa State.
Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com points out that in college basketball, things can change quickly for a player and a team.
Kansas State's Bruce Weber should be named Big 12 coach of the year; so says Sean Keeler of FoxSportsKansasCity.com.
