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Here are some things to watch in the Big 12 Conference in Week 13, which will be the end of the season for three teams -- and maybe a fourth:GAME OF THE WEEKTCU (5-5, 3-4 Big 12) at Texas (5-6, 3-5). With all the uncertainty about Texas coach Charlie Strongs future, the winner Friday gets bowl eligible. This is the last chance for Texas, which goes into its regular-season finale after a stunning overtime loss at Kansas. TCU has two chances to get to six wins. Texas junior DOnta Foreman has 12 consecutive 100-yard rushing seasons and is the nations leading rusher with 1,863 yards in his 10 games -- he has 1,008 the last four. TCU allowed 343 yards rushing last week to Oklahoma State, which had two 100-yard rushers.BEST MATCHUPTexas Tech QB Patrick Mahomes vs. Baylor defense. OK, Mahomes is coming off a season-low 219 yards passing in a woeful 66-10 loss to Iowa State. But the nations leading passer (406 yards per game, 35 TDs) plays his season finale Friday since Tech (4-7, 2-6) cant get bowl eligible. The Bears are the Big 12s top passing defense (199 yards per game, giving up only eight TDs with 10 interceptions). In the first two times Mahomes faced the Bears in the Dallas Cowboys NFL stadium, he threw for 1,013 yards and nine TDs.INSIDE THE NUMBERSKansas State coach Bill Snyder goes for his 200th victory as head coach of the Wildcats (6-4, 4-3). They host Kansas (2-9, 1-7) in the Sunflower Showdown on Saturday. ... No. 7 Oklahoma (9-2, 8-0, No. 8 CFP) and No. 10 Oklahoma State (9-2, 7-1, No. 10 CFP), with a combined 15 consecutive wins between them, are the only Big 12 teams with Thanksgiving weekend off. They will settle the league title Dec. 3 in Norman. ... Just how lopsided was last weekends win for Iowa State? The Cyclones (3-8, 2-6) set school records for points in a conference game (66), margin of victory in a conference game (56) and points in a quarter (31). .. Baylor (6-4, 3-4) has averaged 49 points per game at AT&T Stadium, where they are 5-2.LONG SHOTIt seems unlikely Iowa State and Kansas will again win Big 12 games on the same weekend . Both play their finales, the Cyclones at home against West Virginia, and the Jayhawks at Kansas State. Before last weekend, the last time they both won Big 12 games on the same day was in November 2007.IMPACT PERFORMERSIowa State QBs Jacob Park and Joel Lanning. Park, a former Georgia transfer, has become the primary QB and has averaged 238 yards passing with eight TDs total over the past four games. Lanning, a nine-game starter, has been a running threat of late. 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Now that some of those players are starting to get healthy again, the Jazz could take the step forward everyone expected before the season began.Gordon Hayward returned Saturday after a one-game absence and led Utah to a 104-84 victory over the Sacramento Kings. Now the Jazz have more good news: Derrick Favors is expected to be back in the lineup Thursday when Utah plays host to the Oklahoma City Thunder.Favors, who missed the past 13 games because of a bone contusion on his left knee, is expected to play limited minutes against Oklahoma City. He has appeared in 11 games this season, and he is averaging 10.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.0 block per contest.His return should further strengthen one of the NBAs top defensive teams. Utah (15-10) showed why it earned such a lofty status during the fourth quarter against the Kings. The Jazz held Sacramento to just eight points on 3-of-22 shooting over the final 12 minutes. That effort helped Utah overcome a season-high 22 turnovers that led to 36 points for the Kings.We guarded, said Hayward, who notched his 10th consecutive 20-point game, finishing with 26. They got nothing easy. It seemed like a lot of the shots were contested. Thats just what happened. Then we were able to get the ball up the court and they werent set. We got some good looks. People knocked down timely threes.Finding a way to contain Russell Westbrook will offer one of the toughest defensive challenges Utah has faced this season. Westbrook is pplaying at a MVP level this season while serving as Oklahoma Citys primary offensive option following Kevin Durants departure over the summer.ddddddddddddThrough 25 games, Westbrook is averaging 30.7 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.8 assists. If he can stay on his current pace for an entire season, he would be the first NBA player to average a triple-double since Oscar Robertson did it in the 1961-62 season.Westbrook has 12 triple-doubles so far this season -- including one stretch of seven in a row. He became the first player to notch seven consecutive triple-doubles since Michael Jordan did it in the 1988-89 season.For Westbrook, his sole goal is all about doing whatever is necessary to help his team get better and reach a championship level.I think thats what made those players so great -- Magic, MJ, Oscar, Westbrook told USA Today. They did it by winning some championships (and) by also helping the guys around them. Thats what I want to do.Oklahoma City (15-10) lost two of its past three after reeling off six straight wins. The Thunder fell 114-95 at Portland on Tuesday night in the first leg of a back-to-back road trip. Oklahoma City shot only 38 percent from the field and committed 20 turnovers.The Thunders second-leading scorer, Victor Oladipo, did not play Tuesday after spraining his wrist against the Boston Celtics two nights earlier. Oladipo is averaging 16.1 points through 24 games.Oklahoma City swept the season series with Utah a year ago, winning all four games. ' ' '