Big 12 Basketball Tournament Bracket, Schedule Released For 2024 Season
Mar 9, 2024, 9:36 PM | Updated: Mar 17, 2024, 1:05 am
(Mitch Harper, KSL Sports)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – It’s a new era for the Big 12 basketball tournament.
For the first time in the league’s history, the Big 12 will hold a 14-team tournament.
The 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Champions… the Iowa State University Cyclones 🏆 pic.twitter.com/fIoSuL0R6G
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) March 17, 2024
The top four seeds will have byes until the Quarterfinal round.
Big 12 Tournament play begins on Tuesday, March 12 and goes until Saturday, March 16.
All of the action will take place at the T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City.
Houston won the regular season title
The No. 1 team in the country is in the Big 12 Conference. Newcomer Houston enters the Big 12 Tournament as the No. 1 seed after winning the outright league championship by two games.
Star guard Jamal Shead leads the Cougars.
How to watch the Big 12 Basketball Tournament
All of the action from the 2024 Big 12 men’s basketball tournament will be televised on an ESPN network.
ESPN’s premium streaming service, ESPN+, will air the first-round action and two games in the second round.
The rest of the games are on linear television ranging from ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU.
Seeds
1. Houston Cougars (15-3 Big 12)
2. Iowa State Cyclones (13-5)
3. Baylor Bears (11-7)
4. Texas Tech Red Raiders (11-7)
5. BYU Cougars (10-8)
6. Kansas Jayhawks (10-8)
7. Texas Longhorns (9-9)
8. TCU Horned Frogs (9-9)
9. Oklahoma Sooners (8-10)
10. Kansas State Wildcats (8-10)
11. Cincinnati Bearcats (7-11)
12. UCF Knights (7-11)
13. Oklahoma State Cowboys
14. West Virginia Mountaineers (4-14)
2024 Big 12 Men’s Tournament Schedule
All tip times are listed in Mountain and Central Time Zones
First Round – Tuesday, March 12
Game 1: No. 12 UCF 77, No. 13 Oklahoma State 62
Game 2: No. 11 Cincinnati 90, No. 14 West Virginia 85
Second Round – Wednesday, March 13
Game 3: No. 5 BYU 87, No. 12 UCF 73
Game 4: No. 8 TCU 77, No. 9 Oklahoma 70
Game 5: No. 10 Kansas State 78, No. 7 Texas 74
Game 6: No. 11 Cincinnati 72, No. 6 Kansas 52
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
Game 7: No. 4 Texas Tech 81, No. 5 BYU 67
Game 8: No. 1 Houston 60, No. 8 TCU 45
Game 9: No. 2 Iowa State 76, No. 10 Kansas State 57
Game 10: No. 3 Baylor 68, No. 11 Cincinnati 56
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
Game 11: No. 1 Houston 82, No. 4 Texas Tech 59
Game 12: No. 2 Iowa State 76, No. 3 Baylor 62
Championship – Saturday, March 16
Game 13: No. 2 Iowa State 69, No. 1 Houston 41
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