Here are our Week 16 Big 12 Men's Basketball Power Rankings, as voted on by our group of sports journalists and fans representing many of the 16 teams in the conference. What did this week tell us? It told us Houston is in the driver's seat and hopes to cross the finish line first, but a lot of teams are jockeying for position right behind them.

The race for the Big Ten regular-season championship is on. So is the race to avoid missing the Big Ten Tournament. A new No. 1 shakes up the rankings.

Setting the scene for high school boys basketball in the MLive Bay City area with notebook, power rankings, playoff ratings, high-point games, league standings, upcoming schedule and more for Feb. 20,