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Texas Wins Share of Big 12 Title

UConn routs Cincy; Purdue beats out Michigan

By Jamie Buss, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 9, 2008 10:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Texas Longhorns earned a share of the Big 12 title today with a win over Oklahoma State, 62-57, and will head into the conference tournament as the No. 1 seed, owning the tiebreaker over co-champion Kansas, reports the AP. D.J. Augustin... Read full story »

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Texas Wins Share of Big 12 Title

UConn routs Cincy; Purdue beats out Michigan

Texas 62 Oklahoma State 57

UConn 96 Cincy 51

Purdue 72 Michigan 58

NCAA • NCAA basketball • Texas Longhorns • Michigan Wolverines • UConn Huskies • Oklahoma State Cowboys • Big Ten Conference • Big East Conference • Cincinnati Bearcats • D.J. Augustin • Big 12 Conference • Purdue Boilermakers • Damian James

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