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NCAA APR again hits schools with lesser resources

Both are members of the Southwest Athletic Conference, as are Grambling and Alabama State, whose men's basketball teams must also sit out the next postseason.

First year in Big 12 nearly in the books; how did TCU fare?

"TCU, left out of the Big 12 formation when the Southwest Conference broke up, was a big dog in the MWC with an athletic budget at the top of the league of around $42 million.

Through the eyes of Texas: 75 years of March Madness

Houston compiled an 88-16 record in that three-year stretch but did not win a national championship.43 Red-hot Holcombe: TCU guard Carven Holcombe, the 1987 Southwest Conference player of the...

Texas schools earned their historic shutout in 2013 NCAA field

It's been 36 years since we found ourselves in this situation, when Arkansas beat eight Texas-based schools for the 1977 Southwest Conference title and no one else stepped up in another league or...

Baylor a No. 2 seed in NIT, Kentucky draws a No. 1

Tip-off between the former Southwest Conference rivals has not yet been finalized.

Texas schools earned their historic shuout in 2013 NCAA field

It's been 36 years since we found ourselves in this situation, when Arkansas beat eight Texas-based schools for the 1977 Southwest Conference title and no one else stepped up in another league or...

Cash broke barriers on court, in classroom

In 1967, James Cash Jr. stepped onto the basketball court in jersey No. 54 for TCU and became the first African-American player in the Southwest Conference.

Kabongo's return brings tougher Texas back to Fort Worth to face TCU

As far as Johnson's concerned, any talk of a rivalry with the Longhorns -- even one that dates to the Southwest Conference -- is pointless at the moment.

Texas Southern blows out Grambling State 80-52

Omar Strong and Ray Penn each scored 15 points and made four 3-pointers to lift Texas Southern past Grambling State 80-52 Monday night in Southwest athletic Conference play.

Expansion could be on Big 12 horizon

Food for thought: The first steps toward creation of today's Big 12 began with talk of a scheduling alliance between schools from the Southwest Conference and the Big Eight.

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NCAA APR again hits schools with lesser resources

Both are members of the Southwest Athletic Conference, as are Grambling and Alabama State,...

Tech sets home-and-home series with Arkansas

Former Southwest Conference rivals Texas Tech and Arkansas will renew an old rivalry with a...

Area college report/Postcard home

Texas Lutheran tennis — Senior from Reagan was named American Southwest Conference West...

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SXSW Reporter's Notebook: Who Rules the Data?

For the bleeding-edge techies who gather here at the annual South by Southwest conference, data...

Jim Carrey, Steve Carell bring Burt Wonderstone magic to SXSW

"Burt Wonderstone," out in U.S. theaters on March 15, tells the tale of childhood friends Burt...

UPDATE 1-Jim Carrey, Steve Carell bring 'Burt Wonderstone' magic to SXSW

(Reuters) - Comedians Jim Carrey and Steve Carell brought a touch of magic to the opening day...