Big 12 Hoops Has Everything Right Now: Coaching Drama, Doubt & a Monster Matchup
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Big 12 basketball has it all right now.
Pete Mundo is joined by Big 12 basketball columnist Matthew Postins to break down a wild week in the conference, including questions surrounding Bill Self’s health, Bobby Hurley’s surprising comments about home-court advantage, and Arizona rising to No. 1 in the country.
The guys also preview one of the biggest games of the season as Texas Tech hosts Houston, plus what it all means for the Big 12 moving forward.
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| 0:00.0 | Another busy week of Big 12 basketball, and we are here to talk about it on Heartland College Sports with our lead Big 12 basketball. |
| 0:08.1 | Columnist Matthew Postins. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Pete Mundo. |
| 0:10.6 | We're Heartland College Sports. |
| 0:12.0 | We cover the Big 12, and we are always glad you are here. |
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| 0:26.6 | Well, Matthew, I don't want to say a ho-hum week because it wasn't in the big 12. |
| 0:31.2 | Maybe it didn't have the juice of last week. But to me, we have to start with Bill Self, the health issues there for a legendary |
| 0:41.0 | coach. He says he's coaching Saturday against Kansas State. But for a guy who's had heart |
| 0:46.6 | issues and health troubles, I can't help but think as to whether or not Bill Self is seeing |
| 0:52.8 | the finish line. What are you seeing? How do you see |
| 0:54.9 | this playing out right now? Yeah, I mean, I think that's something you got to consider if you're |
| 0:58.9 | Bill Self. I mean, obviously he had the heart issues a few years ago at the Big 12 tournament. |
| 1:03.8 | I think he's had another procedure done in the last six to eight months, if I recall. |
| 1:10.7 | You know, when you get to this point in your life, he's in his 60s and he's a young 60s |
| 1:16.6 | at this point. |
| 1:18.0 | You got to think about, you know, managing stress, managing your health. |
| 1:22.0 | This is not an easy profession that he is in. |
| 1:25.9 | But, you know, I think for me, he's accomplished everything that, |
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