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WHO LEFT THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE SERIES

Texas (30-15, 10-7 Big 12) can move into a tie for second place Monday afternoon as the Longhorns conclude their weekend series with TCU. The Big 12 baseball standings as of May 1, 2023.

Only eighth-place Kansas has beaten Mazey’s team in a conference series this season. Rice, SMU, UH and TCU were left behind to devastating results to their athletics departments, though TCU joined the Big 12 years later after a run of football success. West Virginia has also claimed series victories over seventh-place TCU and ninth-place Baylor. WVU has won series over both OSU and K-State, meaning the Mountaineers have the head-to-head tiebreaker over both squads. Randy Mazey’s bunch has a three-game cushion in the loss column. The Big Eight schools and former members of the SWC that combined to form the Big 12 Conference all benefited from the alliance, even the four schools that left a decade ago.

With just three weeks left in the regular season, West Virginia (33-11, 11-4 Big 12) has a 1.5-game-lead over Oklahoma State (30-13, 11-7 Big 12) and Kansas State (28-17, 11-7 Big 12), who are tied for second place in the league standings. Last year, after the Big 12 added BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston, Commissioner Bob Bowlsby addressed a gathering of media at a Baylor football game and said there could be 20 to 24 members in the Big 12 in the future. West Virginia has four Big 12 series victories, and a pair of sweeps, on its résumé. 12 West Virginia continues to hold on to the top spot in the Big 12 Conference standings.Īfter gaining sole possession of first place in the Big 12 for possibly the first time in program history with a sweep of TCU, West Virginia strengthened its grip on the league’s top spot with three wins over Baylor.įollowing the weekend series sweep in Waco, the Mountaineers improved their conference record to 11-4 on the season. College baseball’s regular season has journeyed to the month of May, and No.