May 21, 2006

2006 BIG 12 TOURNAMENT SCHEUDLE
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Missouri will open up play in the Big 12 Conference Tournament against Oklahoma State at 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Okla., as the conference office announced the tournament schedule on Sunday night.

The Big 12 Tournament will be conducted under a new format this year in which the eight teams in the tournament are divided into two pools. Each team will play the other three teams in its pool and the winners of the two pools will meet in the Big 12 Championships Game on Sunday.

Mizzou is the seventh seed in the tournament and is joined in its pool by second-seed Oklahoma State, third-seed Oklahoma and sixth seed Kansas. Top-seed Texas, fourth-seed Nebraska, fifth-seed Baylor and eighth-seed Texas Tech make up the other pool.

After facing Oklahoma State on Wednesday, the Tigers will take on Oklahoma at 5 p.m. on Friday and Kansas at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDLE
Wednesday
Nebraska vs. Baylor, 10 a.m.
Texas vs. Texas Tech, 1 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. Kansas, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma State vs. Missouri, 8 p.m.

Thursday
Texas vs. Baylor, 5 p.m.
Nebraska vs. Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

Friday
Oklahoma vs. Missouri, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma State vs. Kansas, 8 p.m.

Saturday
Baylor vs. Texas Tech, 10 a.m.
Texas vs. Nebraska, 1 p.m.
Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma, 5 p.m.
Kansas vs. Missouri, 8 p.m.

Sunday
Big 12 Championship Game, 1 p.m.