By Wendell Barnhouse | Big12Sports.com Correspondent
wendell@big12sports.com

The four-year Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series in men’s basketball will be discontinued after this season.

The Big 12’s coaches and administrators desire to continue a series and will continue pursuing options to schedule strong non-conference opponents, which could include alliances or agreements with other major conferences.

Last season, the Big 12 had a 9-3 edge in the Hardwood Series. Over the three years of the series, the Big 12 had a 20-16 record. In both regular-season and postseason games in 2009-10, the Big 12 had a 13-4 record against the Pac-10.

The matchups for this season are included below.

2010 BIG 12 / PAC-10 HARDWOOD SERIES

Saturday, November 27
USC at Nebraska (FSN)

Thursday, December 2
Missouri at Oregon (FSN)
UCLA at Kansas (ESPN2)
Arizona State at Baylor (ESPN2)

Friday, December 3
Kansas State at Washington State (FSN)

Saturday, December 4
Oregon State at Colorado (ESPNU)
California at Iowa State (FSN)
Texas Tech at Washington (FSN)

Sunday, December 5
Texas at USC (FSN)
Oklahoma at Arizona (FSN)

Saturday, December 11
Washington at Texas A&M (ESPN2)

Tuesday, December 21
Stanford at Oklahoma State (ESPNU)