Welcome back, Craig Sager. The NBA just wasn't the same without him.

• Lots of Oklahoma updates on Thursday following the Sooners' spring opening news conference. Bob Stoops announced Joe Mixon will not get to play in the team's April 11 spring game. Stoops says that was one of the terms of Mixon's season-long suspension, though he will be a full participant in practice this spring. OU fans will have to wait until September for Mixon's long-awaited debut.

• Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman writes that Stoops is considering (or, at least, experimenting with) the idea of moving Mike Stoops off the sideline and up to the press box this fall. His brother was reassigned to coaching outside linebackers this offseason, instead of the secondary, and that duty can be performed up in the box. If you read between the lines, relocating Stoops on game days makes some sense. His sideline tantrums and propensity for yelling at players when this defense struggles is probably not a good look.

• The early reviews on Davis Webb out of Texas Tech spring ball are positive. Kliff Kingsbury says Webb is throwing the ball well and has been a full participant in practice (in a non-contact role). Patrick Mahomes is going to miss this Saturday's practice for a weekend baseball series. We wrote about this quarterback battle on the blog Thursday and it's probably worth repeating: Don't assume Webb can't win back his job, especially if he does the superior job of avoiding turnovers in scrimmage settings.

• Want a redshirt freshman to watch this spring? In this Insider piece, Tom Luginbill writes that Texas defensive end Derick Roberson is one of eight second-year players worth keeping an eye on in 2015. Roberson, the No. 78 ranked recruit in the 2014 ESPN 300, has been praised by his Texas teammates for his pass rushing skills. He just needed to put on weight when he arrived in Austin and should now be, at the very least, a dangerous situational threat on passing downs this fall.

• In recruiting news, Baylor picked up an interesting commitment on Thursday: Raleigh Texada of Frisco Centennial in the Dallas area. Yep, that's the younger brother of TCU starting cornerback Ranthony Texada. The junior defensive back did not hold an offer from the Horned Frogs, at least not yet. Another interesting decision came Thursday night when quarterback Tristen Wallace of DeSoto backed out of his commitment to Texas Tech. Sounds like Ohio State is in the mix, and Texas recently offered as well.