LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — There is a nice bit of symmetry to the fact that Kansas and Oklahoma could be meeting Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse as the top two teams in the country.
That's because they were also 1-2 the last time their league had such a matchup.
Of course, those were the days of the old Big Eight, before the Big 12 expanded to 12 — and then became 10. It happened in the conference tournament semifinals at Kansas City's Kemper Arena, when the top-ranked Sooners ran roughshod over the second-ranked Jayhawks on their way to the title.