Now that the Big 12 Tournament is upon us, perhaps the most tightly contested, most talented conference in the history of basketball, and yet most of the headlines have nothing to do with this week’s games.
Texas Tech’s Mark Adams in not in Kansas City after allegedly making racially insensitive remarks to members of his team, which has earned him a suspension. Yesterday, TCU starting big man and important member of their team, Eddie Lampkin, Jr., not only announced he was stepping away from the team for personal reasons, but shared screenshots on social media that accused head coach Jamie Dixon of not only being abusive toward him but also saying racially insensitive things.