Where is Texas in the BIg XII Tourney Bracket?

[bbdude]

The Big XII Baseball Tournament will commence on Wednesday May 23rd at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City and end next Sunday with one team staking its claim as tournament champion. The Texas Longhorns have won the Big XII baseball tournament 4 times since 1997, with their last championship coming in 2009. That 2009 Texas team had enough to make it to the College World Series Finals where they lost in 3 games to the LSU Tigers. Do they have what it takes to win a conference championship this year? Absolutely. Will they? We will have to wait and see. The Longhorns open up play on Wednesday at 7:30 pm against the Missouri Tigers, a team they lost 2 of 3 to in Columbia earlier this month. Assuming they beat the Tigers they will next face the winner of the Texas A&M/Kansas game which precedes their game on Wednesday. Texas needs to win a few games to feel good about their position in an upcoming NCAA Regional, which will likely be in Baton Rouge or Houston. The ‘Horns need great pitching and a solid offense if they want to progress past Missouri and then the Aggies, who are the #2 seed. Texas finished the regular season 3rd in the Big XII (behind #1 Baylor and #2 Texas A&M) with an overall record of 30-20 and a conference record of 14-10. “Horns up? Hell yeah.

For the complete Big XII tournament bracket including days and times click here.

 

[chutney38]

the Tigers punked us last time we played. Like James Brown said "gotta, gotta Payback!"

 

[Donald Boyles]

Pitching Rotation for the Big 12 Tournament.

Augie wants to win as many games as possible this week. By Making Knebel the starter on Wednesday and John Curtiss on Thursday, this gives Texas the best possible scenario.

 

[lakeman74]

Pitching Rotation for the Big 12 Tournament.
Augie wants to win as many games as possible this week. By Making Knebel the starter on Wednesday and John Curtiss on Thursday, this gives Texas the best possible scenario.

How easy is it for someone to make the shift from closer to starter? I love the guy and I am not sure Texas had many other options but i wish we had another solid starting pitcher.

 

[TexasBaseballBlog]

How easy is it for someone to make the shift from closer to starter? I love the guy and I am not sure Texas had many other options but i wish we had another solid starting pitcher.

Knebel definitely has what it takes, and he could very well be a starting pitcher next season as well. The good news is we haven't used him in a typical closer role for much of the season - he's seen extended outings with varying degrees of success for a while now. At least now, he knows when he starts a game that he'll be on the mound for a while and he can pace himself instead of just thinking he's going to give it all he's got for only one or two innings. It's not an easy transition to make, but he seems to be stepping up.