The Big 12 conference announced on Saturday their All-Big 12 men’s basketball teams and three Oklahoma Sooners made the cut.

Amath M’Baye, Steven Pledger and Romero Osby were all three named to the team with Osby being selected to the first-team. Both M’Baye and Pledger were selected for third-team. Osby is the first Sooner to be selected to the conference first-team since Blake Griffin in 2009.

Osby led the Sooners in scoring in 13 of the 18 Big 12 games they played in. Osby hit 20 points six times in Big 12 play, and had at least 26 points three times.  He scored a career-high 31 points Feb. 27 against Texas.

M’Baye averaged 10-points and 5.3 rebounds a game to rank third and second on the team. M’Baye received Rookie of the Week honors twice from the Big 12 this season.

Pledger ranks second on the team with 12-points per game. He is also the best perimeter shooter the Sooners have on the roster. Pledger also ranks in second of all-time when it comes to the three-point range, averaging 16-points per game in the last seven games of the season.

The Big 12 tournament starts this week in Kansas City and the Sooners are entering in as a four-seed. They will take on Iowa State first, who is a five-seed on Thursday morning at 11:30 CST.

Amath M’Baye

Just as the women did on Saturday during the Sooners basketball double-header, the men’s basketball team will be hosting the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Wednesday night. In case you were wondering or hadn’t heard, the Sooners swept the games on Saturday, with the men beating Oklahoma State and the women beating the Red Raiders.

The MBB team has quietly been chugging a long and are now on a four-game winning streak. This start happens to be the best beginning to a season the Sooners have had since 2008. They are 11-3 on the season and now 2-0 in conference play.

The Red Raiders have only played one away game so far, are 8-6 and 1-2 in conference. Tech has not been able to find their groove on the court lately, especially with all the Billy Gillispie drama that went on last season.

One of the biggest credits to the Sooners success so far besides head coach Lon Kruger has been forward Amath M’Baye. The junior, who is a transfer that didn’t get to play last season has been an instant impact player for the Sooners on offense. M’Baye has scored double-digits in almost every game, and is averaging five rebounds per game he’s played in.

Oklahoma owns a 31-20 all-time record against Texas Tech and is 19-6 in the series when they play at the Lloyd Noble Center. As it sits right now, the Sooners are actually ranked No. 2 in the Big 12 behind the Kansas Jayhawks, of course.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7:05 PM on Wednesday.

The Sooners took on the Islanders Monday night in one of the Field House Series games being played at the old McCasland Field House on campus instead of the Lloyd Noble Center. It was a an outstanding 72-42 win for the Sooners but it was Amath M’Baye time to shine for the Crimson and Cream.

M’Baye, in his previous game had a 16-point, six-rebound performance that earned him Big 12 newcomer of the week honor. In Monday’s performance, M’Baye scored 14 points and had six rebounds.  M’Baye was 7 of 11 from the field to go with a game-high 17-point effort from Steven Pledger.

Head coach Lon Kruger on the win and their performance:

These two Pledger and M’Baye stepped up and made shots, and it’s good to see that. It gives you a good foundation and a good cornerstone to work from, and I think the other guys gain confidence when guys are stepping up and making shots like today.

It was the first time the Oklahoma basketball team has played in the Field House since 1975. The Sooners will take on conference opponent, West Virginia next on January 5th.