With the college basketball regular season winding down — is it winding down or unraveling? — it's time to start recognizing those who have made the Big 12 what it is: Oklahoma's doormat.

Actually, there have been bright spots — not be confused with Texas' collapse against Texas A&M on Bust Monday — and we're here to further illuminate those.

Here's our All-Big 12 team. Yes, we have five players good enough:

1. Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

2. Sherron Collins, Kansas

3. James Anderson, Oklahoma State

4. Craig Brackins, Iowa State

5. Blake Griffin, Oklahoma (hey, we told you it was a down year). Maybe Cory Higgins, Colorado, or Cole Aldrich, Kansas.

• But our guys hustle. I mean, really hustle. Maybe they have to, to make up for a lack of skill. But these guys hustle so much that the pounds have literally been dripping off our Big 12 players, which is why we choose to recognize them on our All-Jenny Craig team:

1. Dexter Pittman, Texas. Lost 93 pounds and his starting position.

2. Steve Moore, Nebraska. Lost 44 pounds. Used to own McDonald's $1 menu.

3. Sherron Collins, Kansas. Trimmed 15 pounds and is downright svelte.

4. Byron Eaton, Oklahoma State. Dropped 37 pounds. Actually seen giving half his hamburger away. Really.

5. B.J. Holmes, Texas A&M. Shed 12 pounds, added playing time.

• Because they sometimes get out of position or their teammates do, they have to help out more, which is a big reason these next five make our All-Robert Gates Defense team.

1. J.T. Tiller, Missouri. Love this guy's energy. He's my Defensive Player of the Year.

2. Anybody from Nebraska. They cover you so well, you may not get off the bus. Shortest team in D-I ball, 13th nationally in scoring defense.

3. Derrick Roland, Texas A&M. The man's so shut down, he's a traffic cop.

4. Cole Aldrich, Kansas. Has 64 blocks, 18 more than the next-best Big 12 eraser.

5. Sherron Collins, Kansas. Does he have to make every list? Pretty much, yes.

• Considering that the Sooners could elevate to the No. 1 spot in the nation and should earn a No. 1 seed with no other team in the league higher than a 3 or a 4, we have more sixth men than one-through-five men. Here are our candidates for Sixth Man of the Year.

1. Tyrel Reed, Kansas. Averages more than 7 points a game, hits clutch free throws and has 36 floor burns.

2. Juan Pattillo, Oklahoma. Gave up his redshirt on Jan. 12. Has 7-foot wingspan on 6-6 frame and can guard up to four positions.

3. Paul Velander, Nebraska. Leads his team with 54 three-pointers.

4. Matt Lawrence, Missouri. Three-year starter now brings 41 percent trey accuracy off the bench.

5. Fred Brown, Kansas State. Team's fourth-leading scorer with just one start. Hit game-winning treys against Texas and Texas A&M, both on the road.

• Where would college hoops be without their fan favorites? The Sooners have theirs in Beau Gerber; here are ours:

1. Zaire Taylor, Missouri. Hit a couple of game-winners, including against Kansas, and he's up for mayor of Columbia.

2. Keiton Page, Oklahoma State. Freshman from Pawnee, Okla., looks straight out from a rec league but once went off for 61 points in a game for two-time state champion and averages almost 10 off the bench.

3. Cookie Miller, Nebraska. Fans dig small guys. Huskers dig the Cookiemeister.

4. Dogus Balbay, Texas. Can't shoot, can't hit free throws, can't finish, but he's a purple bruise waiting to happen.

5. John Roberson, Texas Tech. Just a soph. Has already bumped up his assist total 65 to 166 this season.

• The All-Big 12 team needs an All-Big 12 Coach of the Year. Here's our top five:

1. Bill Self, Kansas. Lost all five starters off national champion and six of top seven scorers. In contention for fifth straight regular-season league title.

2. Mike Anderson, Missouri. Club was picked to finish seventh in the conference, but is half a game out of second. Won't be shocked to see him head to Alabama.

3. Jeff Capel, Oklahoma. Entering the year without much depth, without a lot of consistency from Austin Johnson, with a freshman at shooting guard, has a once-beaten team on the brink of No. 1 in the nation. Sweet.

• With considerable falloff outside Oklahoma and Kansas, we've got to have an Un-Coach of the Year. Sorry.

1. Scott Drew, Baylor. With virtually entire team back, the Bears were poised for breakout year. Instead, they broke apart, lost six straight and still can't beat OU or Texas.

2. Rick Barnes, Texas. With nearly everyone back but a point guard who can create, direct, lead and score, Longhorns dissolved, have no identity and one of their worst defenses.

3. Mark Turgeon, Texas A&M. Do they really miss DeAndre Jordan that much? Didn't think so.

• Best signs/sights of the year.

1. "Will you DeMarry Me?" — Valentine Day's sign for Missouri's DeMarre Carroll.

2. "Just like football." — OU chant during blowout win over Texas Tech.

3. "Boom goes the dynamite." — Comes after every Baylor three-pointer. A YouTube fave.

4. Fat guy dancing shirtless behind opponent's basket during free throws at Texas A&M. Words unnecessary.

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