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Monday - May 22, 2006

Game 56: Texas at Missouri

My folks had a party yesterday (my dad grilled up some of the best brisket you will ever taste...sorry you couldn't be there!) so we missed the game. We had it streaming but really couldn't listen. Alas, the Horns lost yet again 5-7. So that bookends the season nicely, I suppose. They started off the year by getting swept in San Diego and ended by getting swept in Columbus. Not pretty. I sincerely hope it does not affect their status with respect to getting one of the coveted Top-8 National seeds but you just never know.

As I mentioned previously, the Horns won the regular season and are seeded #1 for the Big 12 tournament. The format of the tournament is a bit different this year. The eight teams are being split up into two divisions (numbers 1, 4, 5, and 8 in one division; numbers 2, 3, 6, and 7 in the other). The two divisions will play a round-robin series of games and the leaders of each division at the end of the round-robins will meet for a winner-take-all Championship game. Head-to-head tournament results and final regular season standings will be used to settle things in the event of a tie at the end of the round-robin series. I've gone ahead and set up a post season tracking page that lists the tournament schedule. It looks like FSN Southwest will be airing the first two games on Saturday (which includes a Texas/Nebraska game) and the Championship game on Sunday. But, it's very unclear. Currently, their online schedule says they'll be airing two taped "semi-final" games on Saturday. There are no semi-final games with the new format. And, there's no point in airing taped games if there are live games to be had. So, my guess is that they'll probably show those first two games but anything is possible.

I do hope the Horns get things together and win the tournament. C'mon, guys! Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 6:46 PM