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.Slater Martin, who led Texas to the Final Four in 1947, died Thursday in Houston at the Age of 86. After playing for the Longhorns - his No. 15 is retired - Slater played for 11 seasons in the NBA and was an all-star seven times. He played on four championship teams and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982.
