Big 12 Conference

At least 10 people were injured overnight when post-basketball game revelry in Lexington, Kentucky, turned violent, The Louisville Courier-Journal reported Sunday.

(Reuters) - Kevin Durant stole the spotlight from LeBron James to help orchestrate a stirring 152-149 All-Star Game victory for the Western Conference Sunday that shifted from exhibition to grudge match in the closing stages.

FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - Four Texas Christian University football players were among 17 students arrested Wednesday morning as a result of a six-month investigation into illegal drug dealing on the Fort Worth campus.

In the wake of the Nov. 17 crash in Arkansas, Oklahoma State postponed home games last weekend against Grambling and Texas-Arlington, but university officials decided to resume the Cowgirls' schedule yesterday, five days after a memorial service for the victims inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Andre Dawkins added 14 points and the Blue Devils hit 11 of 21 3-pointers while shooting 56 percent overall to earn a spot in tonight's title game against No. 14 Kansas.

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - More than 6,000 mourners gathered on Monday in Oklahoma to remember the head coach of the Oklahoma State University women's basketball team and three others who were killed last week in an Arkansas plane crash.

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna died when a plane carrying them on a recruiting trip crashed in Arkansas, the university said on Friday.

Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna were among four people killed in a plane crash, the university announced on Friday.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Oklahoma State University's women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna died Thursday night in a plane crash in Arkansas, the university said in a statement on its website on Friday.

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Penn State's football team struggled in its final home football game of the year on Saturday after its revered coach was fired amid a child sex abuse and cover-up scandal that has rocked the campus.

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Penn State's football team struggled in its final home football game of the year on Saturday after its revered coach was fired amid a child sex abuse and cover-up scandal that has rocked the campus.

(Reuters) - The University of Missouri will leave the Big 12 conference to join the Southeastern Conference effective next summer with sports competition to begin in the fall of 2012, the Southeastern Conference announced on Sunday.

Preseason ballots were sent recently to members of the Mountain West Conference media, and after taking a glance at it, one thought crossed my mind: "Boy, this league is top-heavy and otherwise thin this year." ¶ The MWC is in a transition phase, and that's the main reason for it. Gone are BYU and Utah, in is Boise State, on its way out is TCU and on its way in next season will be Fresno State and Nevada-Reno. Beyond that, who knows? ¶ With that said, it will be an eight-team league this year with two experienced and rather loaded teams duking it out at the top, a few pesky contenders immediately behind them and some programs hanging around in the background. ¶ The official preseason poll and individual honors will be unveiled this week when MWC media day takes place in Colorado Springs, Colo. ¶ Here is what my top five looks like, with explanations.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Christian University, which had already pledged to join the Big East conference, will instead join the Big 12 athletic conference, officials announced Monday, latest in a series of college sports realignments.

NORMAN, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Big 12 Conference Commissioner Dan Beebe resigned on Thursday as the struggling conference pledged to stick together despite losing three members the past two years.

US universities with top-level American football squads are realigning into super conferences, pushing aside long-time local rivalries for the sake of television riches.

TULSA, Okla./AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The landscape of college sports could be gearing up for a seismic shift after the presidents of Oklahoma and Texas received the green light on Monday to withdraw from the Big 12 conference.

TULSA, Okla/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents was meeting on Monday to decide whether the football powerhouse Sooners will leave the Big 12 conference, a move which would set off a scramble that could remake the college sports landscape.

Lee Roy Selmon, an American Football Hall of Fame defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, died on Sunday in a Tampa hospital at age 56 just two days after being hospitalized for a stroke.

Derrick Jasper is aware of the reaction many familiar with the story of his college hoops career have upon hearing about his new job.