Big 12 Record Book Topic

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Big 12, I figured it would be a good time to sort through the records and see who's who and how each team stacks up. I will have individual, team, and coach records updated soon. It's been a good 20 years in the conference. We've had our share of great players, coaches, and teams. Here's to another 20 years of dominance.
12/15/2009 1:15 PM
Scoring Leaders

Name


School


Seasons


Pos


Points
Leon MummertOklahoma6-9SF1663
Cody BurchamKansas State4-7SF1611
Bruce CoganColorado5-8SF1606
Christopher PhillipsTexas Tech1-4SF1576
Steve SchultzOklahoma2-5SF1542
Edgar JamesOklahoma4-7PF1477
Marcus SmithTexas5-8SG1454
Kenneth GoetschTexas Tech4-7SF1394
Fernando DominguezTexas A&M10-14SF1362
Joshua PritchardKansas1-4C1357
Richard HickmanOklahoma7-10SG1357
Roger MorganMissouri1-4C1356
There were 12 players who reached 1350 points. There were 2 centers and 1 power forward. There were 2 shooting guards and no point guards on the list. The top 5 on the list were small forwards and 7 out of top 12. 11 out of 12 guys were from the first 10 years of the league. 3 of the top 6 were from Oklahoma and 4 out of the top 11. Only 5 players have cracked the 1500 point mark.
12/15/2009 1:24 PM
Rebounding Leaders

NameSchoolSeasonsPosRebounds
Carter NogaTexas1-4C1005
Edgar JamesOklahoma4-7PF991
Roger MorganMissouri1-4C988
John HarrisTexas Tech5-8C950
Gonzalo DiazOklahoma St5-8PF950
Telek LozinksiOklahoma St3-6PF896
Donald CookeColorado1-4C892
Anthony RichardsNebraska2-5PF872
Richard EvansOklahoma3-6C864
Walter RussoKansas State2-6C861


There were 10 players who reached the 850 rebound mark. This list was dominated by players from the first 8 years of the league. No player in the last 12 years has cracked this impressive list. So far, only one player has reached 1000 rebounds for a career, Carter Noga from Texas.
12/15/2009 1:27 PM
Assist Leaders

Richard ZeimetKansas State7-10PG511
Richard GrauTexas Tech15-18PG505
Terry IvieTexas11-14PG503
Lars ZnidarsicMissouri7-10PG500
John HardinColorado3-6PG495
Bill FaheyTexas Tech11-14PG488
Ralph RetherfordKansas State3-6PG487
John SjobergTexas3-6PG484
Kurt MazurowskiOklahoma5-8PG476
Richard JoeOklahoma St3-6PG472
John BettisTexas A&M10-14PG471


11 players have reached the 450 assist mark and only 4 have reached 500 assists for a career.
12/15/2009 1:28 PM
Steals Leaders

Joshua PritchardKansas1-4C184
Ronald LynchBaylor1-4SG179
Michael BecerraKansas2-5PG178
Leon MummertOklahoma6-9SF177
Joshua MaldanadoKansas6-9PG173
John SjobergTexas3-6PG171
James BradleyKansas5-8SG167
Gary HardwickBaylor16-19SG159
Andrew JohnsonNebraska17-20PF158
Justin HarrisonBaylor13-16PF156
Richard JoeOklahoma St3-6PG156
David WesnerBaylor9-12C154
Christopher PhillipsTexas Tech1-4SF153
James NicholsTexas7-10PG153


14 players have reached the 150 steal mark for their careers. This a pretty diverse list. 2 centers made the list including the all time leader. 2 power forwards and 2 small forwards made the list as well. 8 guards made up the rest of the list. Kansas had 4 players in the top 7 and Baylor had 4 guys in the top 12.
12/15/2009 1:33 PM
Blocks Leaders

NameSchoolSeasonsPosBlocks
Gonzalo DiazOklahoma St5-8PF205
Roger MorganMissouri1-4C202
Anthony RichardsNebraska2-5PF189
Nicholas PaoliniKansas State8-11C184
Donald CookeColorado1-4C184
Chris PorterMissouri17-20C177
Dennis AustinNebraska13-16C176
Joseph DemingTexas Tech6-9C175
Edgar JamesOklahoma4-7PF171
Carter NogaTexas1-4C171


10 players have reached the 170 block milestone for their career. There have only been 2 players to reach 200 blocks for a career. That's quite an accomplishment.
12/15/2009 1:36 PM
Field goal % Leaders

NameSchoolSeasonsPosFG%
Walter SimpsonOklahoma St1-4PF56.9
James LewisOklahoma1-2C56.8
Charles CarrOklahoma1-3PF55.9
Frank JohnsonOklahoma St1-3C55.6
Alexander StoneOklahoma St5-8PG55.5
Herbert KnowlesBaylor6-9PG55.5
Joshua PritchardKansas1-4C55.4
Donald CombsOklahoma St4-7SG54.8
Robert UnderwoodBaylor5-8PG54.7
Danny PayneBaylor1-2C54.2
Kenneth McDonaldIowa State1-2C54.2
Leonard LeeOklahoma1-4C54.1


This list represents the 12 players who shot 54% or better for their career. Once again this list was dominated by players from the first 9 years of the league. This list was dominated by Oklahoma players. OU and OSU made up the top 5 players in this category.
12/15/2009 1:40 PM
3 Point % Leaders

NameSchoolSeasonsPos3PT%
Eddie ClevingerColorado17-18SG48.7
Anthony YarbroughOklahoma St19-SG46
Donald CombsOklahoma St4-7SG45.3
James ScottOklahoma St1-1SG44.8
Marcus LisiColorado11-13SF43.8
James BradleyKansas5-8SG43.8
Andre RussoTexas10-13SG42.9
Jack BlairTexas A&M18-SF42.9
Timothy OpitzNebraska19-SG42.7
James ChasteenOklahoma11-12SF42.4
Alexander StoneOklahoma St5-8PG42.4
Ralph LamarNebraska3-6SF42
John SmithNebraska8-11SG42


13 players have shot 42% or better for their careers. The top 5 were dominated by two schools, Colorado and Oklahoma State.
12/15/2009 1:58 PM
Free Throw % Leaders

NameSchoolSeasonsPosFT%
Lars ZnidarsicMissouri7-10PG88
Marcus SmithTexas5-8SG87.7
Patrick EarleColorado9-13PF84.6
Tim LeglerTexas4-6PF83.6
Gary RicheyOklahoma6-9C82.6
Jack BlairTexasA&M18-SF82.3
Paul DuncanBaylor12-14PF81.6
Garret FeaginTexas Tech2-5PG81.2
Ezra WhitleyOklahoma1-2SG80.9
Christopher GreeneOklahoma15-17PF80.4


12 players have shot 80% or better for their career. This list is made up of at least one player from each position.
12/15/2009 1:59 PM
Thru the first 20 seasons of play in the Big 12 there have been 18 coaches, including at least one at each school. Here are the list of coaches who have won over 100 games while in the Big 12.

CoachSchoolSeasonsRecord
daveymacOklahoma11-21199
markshirTexas A&M10-20188134
isiahthomasTexas11-180118
robuskMissouri10-174141
professor17Oklahoma St12-1813773
sigouBaylor14-1912965
grecianfoxKansas14-12680
brainbreadColorado14-101104
12/15/2009 2:06 PM
Here is the list of coaches who have won over 50 conference games in the Big 12.

CoachSchoolSeasonsConf Record
daveymacOklahoma11-10456
markshirTexas A&M10-209581
robuskMissouri10-9482
isiahthomasTexas11-9367
grecianfoxKansas14-6943
professor17Oklahoma St12-186547
sigouBaylor14-195838
pakeliColorado10-13559
12/15/2009 2:07 PM
Here is a list of coaches who have won multiple regular season conference championships.

CoachSchoolSeasonsConf Title
pakeliColorado10-134
grecianfoxKansas14-4
markshirTexas A&M10-204
daveymacOklahoma11-3
sigouBaylor14-193
chip1213Kansas State15-2
robuskMissouri10-2
12/15/2009 2:08 PM
These are the coaches who have won postseason conference tournaments.

CoachSchoolSeasonsConf Tourny
sigouBaylor14-193
isiahthomasTexas11-2
markshirTexas A&M10-202
pakeliColorado10-131
grecianfoxKansas14-201
daveymacOklahoma11-1
bluejayscottOklahoma St19-1


sigou is the only coach with 3 tournament titles, but he's coaching elsewhere now.
12/15/2009 2:14 PM
Here is a list of Big 12 coaches who have had players drafted.

CoachSchoolSeasonDrafted
daveymacOklahoma11-12
professor17Oklahoma St12-188
pakeliColorado10-136
isiahthomasTexas11-6
sigouBaylor14-196
brainbreadColorado14-204
noleanimlIowa State14-2
markshirTexas A&M10-202
wyounggwBaylor11-132
grecianfoxKansas14-201
robuskMissouri10-201
shambo2000Nebraska13-191


12/15/2009 2:16 PM
Here is the list of coaches who have taken their teams to the National Tournament and their tournament records.

CoachSchoolSeasonsNat tourny wins
daveymacOklahoma11-137
sigouBaylor14-19124
markshirTexas A&M10-20107
grecianfoxKansas14-95
pakeliColorado10-1354
bluejayscottOklahoma St19-52
professor17Oklahoma St12-1855
isiahthomasTexas11-49
brainbreadColorado14-32
wyounggwBaylor11-1332
robuskMissouri10-22
chip1213Kansas State15-11
noleanimlIowa State14-11
shambo2000Nebraska13-1902
frankietTexas Tech11-13,1502
12/15/2009 2:17 PM
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