Steve Pledger

The Big 12 is shaping up to have an interesting race around the bubble of the NCAA Tournament, and Oklahoma basketball is right at the heart of the conversation at this point in the schedule. The Sooners are a modest surprise, off to a 13-5 start, including victories in four of six Big 12 games. But a big schedule stretch starts tonight when they visit Baylor (7 PM ET, ESPNU). Then OU hosts Kansas State on Saturday (6 PM ET, ESPN2).