Tuesday, March 12th 2024, 10:22 am
Houston, the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 and a projected No. 1 seed by CBS Sports Bracketology Expert Jerry Palm, secured the No. 1 seed in this week's Big 12 Tournament bracket by blowing the doors off Kansas at home on Saturday and winning the league's regular-season title outright in its first season in the league. With a win at home coupled with an Iowa State loss earlier in the day, the Cougars clinched the league by two games and are one of four teams to secure double-byes in the bracket.
Iowa State secured the No. 2 seed with a 13-5 Big 12 record, and both Baylor and Texas Tech tied with a 11-7 record in conference action. Baylor won the tiebreaker over Texas Tech thanks to a win over Iowa State to earn the No. 3 seed; Texas Tech is the No. 4 seed.
Big 12 Tournament play tips Tuesday morning local time from Kansas City with a doubleheader featuring No. 12 seed UCF and No. 13 seed Oklahoma State followed by No. 11 seed Cincinnati and No. 14 seed West Virginia in the afternoon. The winners of those games will face BYU and Kansas, respectively, in the second round on Wednesday.
The full slate of second-round games will be set pending those outcomes and features TCU and Oklahoma in the 8/9 game and Texas-Kansas State in the 7-10 game. Houston, Iowa State, Baylor and Texas Tech all play their first games Thursday in the quarterfinals round.
Below is the full schedule and tip times for the tournament:
Location: T-Mobile Center -- Kansas City, Missouri
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All times Eastern; some start times approximated
First round -- Tuesday, March 12
Game 1: No. 12 UCF vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State | 12:30 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 2: No. 11 Cincinnati vs. No. 14 West Virginia | 3 p.m. on ESPN+
Second round -- Wednesday, March 13
Game 3: No. 5 BYU vs. Game 1 winner | 12:30 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Game 4: No. 8 TCU vs. No. 9 Oklahoma | 3 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 5: No. 7 Texas vs. No. 10 Kansas State | 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 6: No. 6 Kansas vs. Game 2 winner | 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2/ESPNU
Quarterfinals -- Thursday, March 14
Game 7: No. 4 Texas Tech vs. Game 3 winner | 12:30 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Game 8: No. 1 Houston vs. Game 4 winner | 3 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Game 9: No. 2 Iowa State vs. Game 5 winner | 7 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Game 10: No. 3 Baylor vs. Game 6 winner | 9:30 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Semifinals -- Friday, March 15
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner | 7 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner | 9:30 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Big 12 Championship Game -- Saturday, March 16
Game 13: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner | 6 p.m. on ESPN
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