• With back-to-back wins over Texas, how impressive was that bounce-back performance by the Baylor women, and what are the chances they compete for the Big 12 title with Iowa State and Oklahoma?

• After a humbling loss at Kansas, then Baylor men are now 4-4 in their last eight games. The good news is they're getting healthier, with only L.J. Cryer out right now. But can the Bears get back to where they were when they were playing at a 15-0 standard?

• The Big 12 men's race tightens up with Texas' big upset of Kansas. Who has the best shot at winning the conference?

• The Baylor women face K-State Wednesday night. How will the Bears handle 61-point phenom Ayoka Lee this time?

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&bull;&nbsp;With back-to-back wins over Texas, how impressive was that bounce-back performance by the Baylor women, and what are the chances they compete for the Big 12 title with Iowa State and Oklahoma?
&bull;&nbsp;After a humbling loss at Kansas, then Baylor men are now 4-4 in their last eight games. The good news is they're getting healthier, with only L.J. Cryer out right now. But can the Bears get back to where they were when they were playing at a 15-0 standard?
&bull;&nbsp;The Big 12 men's race tightens up with Texas' big upset of Kansas. Who has the best shot at winning the conference?
&bull;&nbsp;The Baylor women face K-State Wednesday night. How will the Bears handle 61-point phenom Ayoka Lee this time?
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Big 12 and Baylor college basketball talk — men and women — every week with John Werner  and Brice Cherry of the Waco Tribune-Herald. We never mail it in.

Big 12 and Baylor college basketball talk — men and women — every week with John Werner  and Brice Cherry of the Waco Tribune-Herald. We never mail it in.

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Big 12 title races, Baylor men getting healthy, women go back-to-back in a big way

• The Baylor men are a 3 seed in the South Region vs. UC Santa Barbara, and they're headed to Denver. The winner gets Creighton or N.C. State, a 6-11 matchup. Could this be a favorable road to the Sweet 16 for the Bears, do you think?

• As for the Baylor women, they're a 7 seed — better than the 8/9 some projected, largely on the strength of their wins. They get to play Alabama in Storrs, Connecticut, on Saturday, and then the winner will likely get UConn, a 2 seed. Is there any chance the Bears can pull a big upset of the host and face the second weekend?

• The brackets are set and prognostications are flying everywhere, it seems. Who do you like to win it all, on the men's and the women's side? 

• Hitting the road for Denver and Connecticut for the NCAA Tournament: John and Brice talk food, attractions and more as they get out of town for a few days (and hopefully not just one weekend).

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• The Baylor men are a 3 seed in the South Region vs. UC Santa Barbara, and they're headed to Denver. The winner gets Creighton or N.C. State, a 6-11 matchup. Could this be a favorable road to the Sweet 16 for the Bears, do you think?
• As for the Baylor women, they're a 7 seed — better than the 8/9 some projected, largely on the strength of their wins. They get to play Alabama in Storrs, Connecticut, on Saturday, and then the winner will likely get UConn, a 2 seed. Is there any chance the Bears can pull a big upset of the host and face the second weekend?
• The brackets are set and prognostications are flying everywhere, it seems. Who do you like to win it all, on the men's and the women's side? 
• Hitting the road for Denver and Connecticut for the NCAA Tournament: John and Brice talk food, attractions and more as they get out of town for a few days (and hopefully not just one weekend).
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Baylor vs. the bracket: Sweet 16 roads (difficult and not), national champ picks & travel thoughts

• The Baylor men lost both games to Iowa State in the regular season by 15 points, and that's who they get Thursday morning to open the Big 12 tournament in front of a hostile crowd that will be packed with Cyclones fans. Is Kansas City a fair setting for Texas teams? What do the Bears need to do to get over that gold-and-red hump, and how do you peg their odds to win the tourney?

• Meanwhile, the Baylor women will also see some partisan crowds with a Friday night game vs. Iowa State. The Bears and Cyclones split their regular-season series with an early win up in Ames for BU and then a heartbreaking double-OT loss in Waco for Baylor. What do they need to do to pull off a win, and how do you see them going?

• Let's talk NCAA Tournament: With Selection Sunday just days away, what are your final predictions for the Baylor men and women, and how far do you see each of them going?

• In addition to being Top 25 pollsters, Brice and John get to vote for All-America teams, too: Here are their picks for those teams, as well as Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.

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• The Baylor men lost both games to Iowa State in the regular season by 15 points, and that's who they get Thursday morning to open the Big 12 tournament in front of a hostile crowd that will be packed with Cyclones fans. Is Kansas City a fair setting for Texas teams? What do the Bears need to do to get over that gold-and-red hump, and how do you peg their odds to win the tourney?
• Meanwhile, the Baylor women will also see some partisan crowds with a Friday night game vs. Iowa State. The Bears and Cyclones split their regular-season series with an early win up in Ames for BU and then a heartbreaking double-OT loss in Waco for Baylor. What do they need to do to pull off a win, and how do you see them going?
• Let's talk NCAA Tournament: With Selection Sunday just days away, what are your final predictions for the Baylor men and women, and how far do you see each of them going?
• In addition to being Top 25 pollsters, Brice and John get to vote for All-America teams, too: Here are their picks for those teams, as well as Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.
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Baylor faces tough Big 12 crowds — is KC an unfair site? Plus NCAA seed predictions, national awards

• It's Senior Day at the Ferrell Center on Saturday, as the Baylor men host Iowa state and the women welcome in West Virginia. Let's talk about those seniors and what they've meant to these programs — Adam Flagler, Flo Thamba, Caitlin Bickle, Ja'Mee Asberry and others, fuzzy COVID eligibility or not. 

• That win over Texas in Austin last week was certainly Nicki Collen's best coaching job at Baylor, as Brice wrote in a recent column. She seemed to push all the right buttons in a nothing-to-lose situation and thwart the Longhorns' title hopes with a 63-54 win. And now her team could end an up-and-down year on a four-game win streak. 

• The Baylor men won't 3-peat for the conference title as Kansas has it sewn up, but could the Bears, who were injury-riddled are much healthier than a year ago, wind up going much deeper in the NCAA Tournament this year after bowing out last year in the second round? This team seems to have a deeper bench, is healthy and could go pretty far if they can overcome some streaky shooting. 

• Who are your Big 12 Player of the Year and Coach of the Year picks? Teams in the state of Kansas should sweep the men's awards, it seems, while the bests on the women's side are a bit of a toss-up — especially after Rori Harmon's eyebrow-raising comments after Texas' loss to Baylor last week. 

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• It's Senior Day at the Ferrell Center on Saturday, as the Baylor men host Iowa state and the women welcome in West Virginia. Let's talk about those seniors and what they've meant to these programs — Adam Flagler, Flo Thamba, Caitlin Bickle, Ja'Mee Asberry and others, fuzzy COVID eligibility or not. 
• That win over Texas in Austin last week was certainly Nicki Collen's best coaching job at Baylor, <a href="https://wacotrib.com/sports/basketball/brice-cherry-collen-pushes-all-the-right-buttons-in-her-best-coaching-performance-yet/article_687d5c6e-b7bc-11ed-9817-03c5ce8b7460.html">as Brice wrote in a recent column.</a> She seemed to push all the right buttons in a nothing-to-lose situation and thwart the Longhorns' title hopes with a 63-54 win. And now her team could end an up-and-down year on a four-game win streak. 
• The Baylor men won't 3-peat for the conference title as Kansas has it sewn up, but could the Bears, who were injury-riddled are much healthier than a year ago, wind up going much deeper in the NCAA Tournament this year after bowing out last year in the second round? This team seems to have a deeper bench, is healthy and could go pretty far if they can overcome some streaky shooting. 
• Who are your Big 12 Player of the Year and Coach of the Year picks? Teams in the state of Kansas should sweep the men's awards, it seems, while the bests on the women's side are a bit of a toss-up — especially after Rori Harmon's eyebrow-raising comments after Texas' loss to Baylor last week. 
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