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1997-98 Big 12 Conference Season Summary

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Record: 206-158, .566 W-L% (7th of 30) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 7.17 (6th of 30) ▪ SOS: 5.11 (6th of 30)

Regular Season Champion: Kansas
Tournament Champion: Kansas

NCAA Tournament: 4 (Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Kansas)

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Kansas* RT 15 1 .938 35 4 .897 84.2 67.8 22.9 6.5
2 Oklahoma*  11 5 .688 22 11 .667 74.0 68.8 9.4 4.2
3 Oklahoma State*  11 5 .688 22 7 .759 78.9 69.2 14.3 4.6
4 Nebraska*  10 6 .625 20 12 .625 71.6 68.5 8.7 5.6
5 Baylor  8 8 .500 14 14 .500 70.4 72.1 3.2 4.9
6 Missouri  8 8 .500 17 15 .531 71.3 71.8 6.8 7.4
7 Texas Tech  7 9 .438 13 14 .481 77.3 78.6 4.0 5.3
8 Kansas State  7 9 .438 17 12 .586 74.6 68.6 9.4 3.4
9 Colorado  7 9 .438 13 14 .481 71.4 73.7 2.1 4.4
10 Texas  6 10 .375 14 17 .452 79.5 81.4 4.5 6.5
11 Iowa State  5 11 .313 12 18 .400 63.2 68.5 0.7 6.0
12 Texas A&M  1 15 .063 7 20 .259 75.0 77.4 0.0 2.4

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/18 11/25 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/30 1/6 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24 3/3 Final
Kansas 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 3 4 4 4 3 2
Oklahoma 20 19 18                              
Oklahoma State                   25           25 25  
Texas 22                                  

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Kansas won (110-52) versus Prairie View (Midwest Regional)
Nebraska lost (74-65) versus Arkansas (West Regional)
Oklahoma lost (94-87) versus Indiana (East Regional)
Oklahoma State won (74-59) versus George Washington (South Regional)

Second Round
Kansas lost (80-75) versus Rhode Island (Midwest Regional)
Oklahoma State lost (79-73) versus Duke (South Regional)

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Eric Chenowith-KS 39
  Nick Bradford-KS 39
  Kenny Gregory-KS 39
  Ryan Robertson-KS 39
5. Paul Pierce-KS 38
  C.B. McGrath-KS 38
7. Billy Thomas-KS 36
8. Corey Brewer-OK 33
  Renzi Stone-OK 33
  Robert Allison-OK 33
  Michael Johnson-OK 33
Field Goals
1. Paul Pierce-KS 287
2. Tyronn Lue-NE 240
3. Raef LaFrentz-KS 232
4. Corey Brewer-OK 214
5. Cory Carr-TXTECH 209
6. Brian Skinner-BAY 192
7. Shanne Jones-TXAM 189
8. Billy Thomas-KS 181
9. Brett Robisch-OKST 179
10. Marcus Fizer-IAST 173
Field Goal Attempts
1. Paul Pierce-KS 559
2. Tyronn Lue-NE 547
3. Corey Brewer-OK 499
4. Cory Carr-TXTECH 494
5. Raef LaFrentz-KS 423
6. Billy Thomas-KS 387
7. Shanne Jones-TXAM 375
8. Marcus Fizer-IAST 365
9. Adrian Peterson-OKST 364
10. Kris Clack-TX 361
Field Goal Percentage
1. Brian Skinner-BAY .553
2. Raef LaFrentz-KS .548
3. Manny Dies-KSST .547
4. Desmond Mason-OKST .525
5. Paul Pierce-KS .513
6. Shanne Jones-TXAM .504
7. Brett Robisch-OKST .500
8. Marcus Fizer-IAST .474
9. Billy Thomas-KS .468
10. Adrian Peterson-OKST .462
3-Point Field Goals
1. Billy Thomas-KS 105
2. Kenny Price-CO 90
3. Stan Bonewitz-TXTECH 84
4. Tyronn Lue-NE 78
5. Corey Brewer-OK 72
6. Luke Axtell-TX 68
7. Cory Carr-TXTECH 67
8. John Woods-MO 66
  Roddrick Miller-BAY 66
10. Jerry Curry-IAST 60
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Billy Thomas-KS 262
2. Kenny Price-CO 214
3. Tyronn Lue-NE 209
4. Stan Bonewitz-TXTECH 201
5. Cory Carr-TXTECH 198
6. Corey Brewer-OK 192
7. Luke Axtell-TX 173
8. John Woods-MO 171
9. Jerry Curry-IAST 165
10. Roddrick Miller-BAY 164
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Kenny Price-CO .421
2. Stan Bonewitz-TXTECH .418
3. Roddrick Miller-BAY .402
4. Billy Thomas-KS .401
Free Throws
1. Corey Brewer-OK 186
2. Paul Pierce-KS 163
3. Kelly Thames-MO 155
4. Cory Carr-TXTECH 143
5. Adrian Peterson-OKST 131
6. Brian Skinner-BAY 123
7. Raef LaFrentz-KS 121
8. Tyronn Lue-NE 120
9. Rayford Young-TXTECH 113
10. Shanne Jones-TXAM 108
Free Throw Attempts
1. Corey Brewer-OK 233
2. Paul Pierce-KS 221
3. Brian Skinner-BAY 208
4. Kelly Thames-MO 198
5. Shanne Jones-TXAM 185
6. Cory Carr-TXTECH 166
7. Adrian Peterson-OKST 164
  Raef LaFrentz-KS 164
  Marcus Fizer-IAST 164
10. Evan Wiley-OK 152
Free Throw Percentage
1. Cory Carr-TXTECH .861
2. Rayford Young-TXTECH .843
3. Tyronn Lue-NE .828
4. Adrian Peterson-OKST .799
5. Corey Brewer-OK .798
6. Kelly Thames-MO .783
7. Brett Robisch-OKST .782
8. Raef LaFrentz-KS .738
9. Paul Pierce-KS .738
10. Patrick Hunter-BAY .737
Total Rebounds
1. Raef LaFrentz-KS 342
2. Venson Hamilton-NE 315
3. Brian Skinner-BAY 265
4. Paul Pierce-KS 253
5. Chris Mihm-TX 248
6. Brett Robisch-OKST 238
7. Klay Edwards-IAST 231
8. Desmond Mason-OKST 223
9. Andy Markowski-NE 212
10. Ryan Humphrey-OK 209
Assists
1. Ryan Robertson-KS 248
2. Doug Gottlieb-OKST 201
3. Tyronn Lue-NE 152
4. Michael Johnson-OK 141
5. Brian Barone-TXAM 125
6. Cookie Belcher-NE 124
7. Steve Houston-TXAM 119
8. Rayford Young-TXTECH 116
9. Stan Bonewitz-TXTECH 113
10. Corey Brewer-OK 107
Steals
1. Cookie Belcher-NE 75
2. Steve Houston-TXAM 67
3. Tyronn Lue-NE 63
4. Brian Barone-TXAM 61
5. Billy Thomas-KS 60
6. Kris Clack-TX 55
  Ryan Robertson-KS 55
8. Joe Adkins-OKST 54
  Corey Brewer-OK 54
  Michael Johnson-OK 54
Blocks
1. Brian Skinner-BAY 98
2. Chris Mihm-TX 90
3. Venson Hamilton-NE 66
4. Eric Chenowith-KS 62
5. Ryan Humphrey-OK 58
6. Manny Dies-KSST 49
7. Raef LaFrentz-KS 45
8. Paul Pierce-KS 43
9. Ronnie DeGray-CO 40
10. Shawn Rhodes-KSST 38
Points
1. Paul Pierce-KS 777
2. Corey Brewer-OK 686
3. Tyronn Lue-NE 678
4. Cory Carr-TXTECH 628
5. Raef LaFrentz-KS 593
6. Adrian Peterson-OKST 512
7. Brian Skinner-BAY 507
8. Billy Thomas-KS 489
9. Shanne Jones-TXAM 487
10. Kris Clack-TX 484
Points Per Game
1. Cory Carr-TXTECH 23.3
2. Tyronn Lue-NE 21.2
3. Corey Brewer-OK 20.8
4. Paul Pierce-KS 20.4
5. Raef LaFrentz-KS 19.8
6. Brian Skinner-BAY 18.1
7. Shanne Jones-TXAM 18.0
8. Adrian Peterson-OKST 17.7
9. Kris Clack-TX 17.3
10. Manny Dies-KSST 15.7
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Raef LaFrentz-KS 11.4
2. Venson Hamilton-NE 9.8
3. Brian Skinner-BAY 9.5
4. Brett Robisch-OKST 8.2
5. Chris Mihm-TX 8.0
6. Klay Edwards-IAST 7.7
7. Cliff Owens-TXTECH 7.7
8. Desmond Mason-OKST 7.7
9. Charlie Melvin-CO 7.6
10. Manny Dies-KSST 7.6
Assists Per Game
1. Doug Gottlieb-OKST 6.9
2. Ryan Robertson-KS 6.4
3. Brian Barone-TXAM 4.8
4. Tyronn Lue-NE 4.8
5. Steve Houston-TXAM 4.4
6. Rayford Young-TXTECH 4.3
7. Michael Johnson-OK 4.3
8. Patrick Hunter-BAY 4.2
9. Stan Bonewitz-TXTECH 4.2
10. Roddrick Miller-BAY 3.9
Steals Per Game
1. Steve Houston-TXAM 2.5
2. Brian Barone-TXAM 2.3
3. Cookie Belcher-NE 2.3
4. Tyronn Lue-NE 2.0
5. Kris Clack-TX 2.0
6. Joe Adkins-OKST 1.9
7. Desmond Mason-OKST 1.8
8. Rayford Young-TXTECH 1.7
9. Billy Thomas-KS 1.7
10. Venson Hamilton-NE 1.7
Blocks Per Game
1. Brian Skinner-BAY 3.5
2. Chris Mihm-TX 2.9
3. Venson Hamilton-NE 2.1
4. Manny Dies-KSST 1.9
5. Ryan Humphrey-OK 1.8
6. Eric Chenowith-KS 1.6
7. Raef LaFrentz-KS 1.5
8. Ronnie DeGray-CO 1.5
9. Shawn Rhodes-KSST 1.3
10. Charlie Melvin-CO 1.2
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Billy Thomas-KS .603
2. Desmond Mason-OKST .562
3. Raef LaFrentz-KS .558
4. Brian Skinner-BAY .553
5. Paul Pierce-KS .549
6. Manny Dies-KSST .547
7. Kris Clack-TX .525
8. Adrian Peterson-OKST .523
9. Tyronn Lue-NE .510
10. Brett Robisch-OKST .506
True Shooting Percentage
1. Billy Thomas-KS .608
2. Evan Wiley-OK .606
3. Roddrick Miller-BAY .594
4. Raef LaFrentz-KS .592
5. Desmond Mason-OKST .588
6. Stan Bonewitz-TXTECH .586
7. Paul Pierce-KS .585
8. Manny Dies-KSST .581
9. Adrian Peterson-OKST .579
10. Kenny Price-CO .576
Offensive Win Shares
1. Paul Pierce-KS 4.3
2. Corey Brewer-OK 3.5
3. Raef LaFrentz-KS 3.4
4. Tyronn Lue-NE 3.2
5. Billy Thomas-KS 3.1
6. Adrian Peterson-OKST 2.8
7. Brian Skinner-BAY 2.6
8. Cory Carr-TXTECH 2.6
9. Desmond Mason-OKST 2.4
10. Manny Dies-KSST 2.3
Defensive Win Shares
1. Raef LaFrentz-KS 3.6
2. Paul Pierce-KS 3.5
3. Venson Hamilton-NE 3.5
4. Eric Chenowith-KS 3.0
5. Desmond Mason-OKST 2.9
6. Brian Skinner-BAY 2.8
7. Ryan Robertson-KS 2.6
8. Ryan Humphrey-OK 2.6
9. Manny Dies-KSST 2.2
10. Brett Robisch-OKST 2.1
Win Shares
1. Paul Pierce-KS 7.9
2. Raef LaFrentz-KS 7.0
3. Corey Brewer-OK 5.6
4. Brian Skinner-BAY 5.5
5. Desmond Mason-OKST 5.3
6. Billy Thomas-KS 5.2
7. Tyronn Lue-NE 4.9
8. Venson Hamilton-NE 4.8
9. Ryan Robertson-KS 4.8
10. Adrian Peterson-OKST 4.5