Big 12 basketball quoteboard: Bill Self on the conference's national prominence

Missouri coach Mike Anderson:

"This potentially has a chance to be one of the deeper teams we've had and probably talent-wise. But sometimes that doesn't always mesh together. But with these guys things are starting to come together."

Kansas State coach Frank Martin:

"I love our team. We have a great group of guys. But as far as games played we're the second-youngest team in the Big 12. We're young and immature. (The suspensions) forced our team to react to adversity."

Texas coach Rick Barnes:

"This is a group that's unselfish, that's flexible, you can do a lot of things with. When you have a group of guys that mesh and get along ... it's a great group to be around. That's what you love."

Baylor coach Scott Drew:

"One thing about being ranked is you get everyone's A game. You can't sneak up on anybody. You're the hunted instead of doing the hunting. Last year's team through nonconference we had the opposite effect."

Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon:

"I know we're much better offensively than we're playing. We have a lot of really good basketball players that can score. That's going to get better but we've hung our hat on defense and rebounding."