With just days left until Selection Sunday and March Madness, it’s crunch time in conference tournaments around the country.
Arizona stands above the rest of the Big 12 after winning the regular season title and appears to be a lock for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats went 29-2 this season and the two games they dropped came in early February against Kansas and Texas Tech — two very good teams that could make March Madness runs of their own.
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That said, of all the major conference tournaments this week, this one feels the most wide open. Perennial contender Houston has another stacked team. The Cougars went 26-5 and have repeatedly looked capable of making another Final Four run under Kelvin Sampson. No. 7-ranked Iowa State will be in the mix as well.
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Who will hoist the trophy in Kansas City? Follow along below for scores, highlights, bracketology and more (scroll for live updates).
Big 12 men’s basketball tournament
When: March 10-14
Where: T-Mobile Center | Kansas City, Missouri
TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+
Big 12 tournament bracket, scores
Big 12 Friday schedule, results (all times ET)
Friday, March 13 — Semifinals
Game 13 | No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 1 Arizona | 7 p.m. | ESPN/2
Game 14 | No. 2 Houston vs. No. 3 Kansas | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN/2
Live73 updatesFri, March 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM PDT
Nick Bromberg
Pour one out for the Big 12’s LED court.
The conference announced late Thursday night that it would be going back to the wood court that it used a season ago for Friday night’s semifinals and Saturday night’s final. Texas Tech’s Christian Anderson slipped and was injured in the Red Raiders’ loss to Iowa State on Thursday in the quarterfinals.
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM PDT
Nick Bromberg
No. 5 Iowa State and No. 1 Arizona kick off the semifinals at 7 p.m. ET followed by No. 2 Houston and No. 3 Kansas about 30 minutes after that game concludes.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The Jayhawks held on for the win over the Horned Frogs and will now face No. 2 Houston in the Big 12 semifinal.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Darryn Peterson now has 20 points and the Jayhawks are up 5 but it’s anyone’s ballgame as we hit the 4-minute mark.
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Thu, March 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
We’re at the 10-minute mark and we have a good one. TCU and Kansas have traded leads all game and now the Jayhawks are back in front.
The winner of this game gets No. 2 Houston in the semifinal of the Big 12 tournament.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Micah Robinson just put the Horned Frogs up 6 with this trey ball with just under 14 minutes left in the game.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
We are back for the second half and the Jayhawks have re-taken the lead, at least momentarily. These teams are pretty evenly matched and this game should come down the stretch.
Darryn Peterson has 10 points to lead Kansas.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 7:40 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
There’s been a lot of ebbing and flowing in this one. The Jayhawks started off hot, then the Horned Frogs went on a run, and then the two teams traded blows for the rest of the half.
TCU will take the lead into the half after a late 3-pointer by Jayden Pierre.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The Jayhawks have stopped the bleeding and are back in front as the game ticks toward halftime.
Kansas is getting help from everybody, but Darryn Peterson in particular has been lighting it up and it’s a 12-0 Jayhawks run.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The Frogs are blitzing the Jayhawks now and have a 23-16 lead after a torrid shooting streak. Kansas has hit a bit of a cold spell.
That was a 20-4 run for TCU after the poor start.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The Horned Frogs are right back in this one after a 9-0 deficit to start the game. Darryn Peterson just got his first points of the game on a couple of free throws before the 10-minute mark in the first half.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Well it took over 5 minutes but the Horned Frogs are finally on the board and have made it a one-possession game with just over 13 minutes left in the first half.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
We are back in action in Kansas City and the Jayhawks are up 7-0 early.
These two teams have only met once this season and it ended up as a 104-100 Kansas win in late January.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM PDT
Nick Bromberg
Dybantsa hit a late three for his 26th point on Thursday night. That gives the potential No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft 93 points in three Big 12 tournament games. The previous record for Big 12 tournament scoring was held by Kevin Durant with 92.
Houston moves on to face either Kansas or TCU. That game will tip off at approximately 9:45 p.m. ET.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM PDT
Nick Bromberg
With Houston up six and getting a defensive rebound with just over a minute to go, BYU let the game play out. That was a bad decision. Houston got an offensive rebound and Emmanuel Sharp was fouled while driving to the lane with 33.6 points to go.
Sharp hit both his free throws. The lead is now eight. BYU is going to really regret not fouling 30 seconds earlier.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM PDT
Nick Bromberg
The Houston forward’s 3-pointer with 3:13 to go finally broke the scoring drought. Six points feels insurmountable for BYU.
A minute after McCarty’s basket, Kingston Flemings re-entered the game with four fouls.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM PDT
Nick Bromberg
It’s the under-4 timeout with 3:50 to go … the last points of the game came with 6:35 remaining.
This has officially turned into a slog.
Thu, March 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM PDT
Nick Bromberg
The freshman point guard heads to the bench as BYU cuts the lead to one. How long will Kelvin Sampson keep him out of the game?