{"id":657152,"date":"2026-03-14T02:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/657152\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T02:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:32:40","slug":"big-12-basketball-tournament-live-updates-scores-bracket-arizona-wins-on-buzzer-beater-follow-houston-vs-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/657152\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 basketball tournament live updates, scores, bracket: Arizona wins on buzzer beater; follow Houston vs. Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just days left until Selection Sunday<\/a> and March Madness<\/a>, it\u2019s crunch time in conference tournaments around the country.<\/p>\n

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.<\/a> The Wildcats went 29-2 this season and the two games they dropped came in early February against Kansas and Texas Tech \u2014 two very good teams that could make March Madness runs of their own.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

[Enter Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem now for your shot at $50K<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Who will hoist the trophy in Kansas City? Follow along below for scores, highlights, bracketology and more (scroll for live updates).<\/p>\n

Big 12 men\u2019s basketball tournament<\/p>\n

When: March 10-14
Where: T-Mobile Center | Kansas City, Missouri
TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+
Big 12 tournament bracket, scores<\/a><\/p>\n

Big 12 schedule, results (all times ET)<\/p>\n

Friday, March 13 \u2014 Semifinals<\/p>\n

Game 13 | No. 1 Arizona 82, No. 5 Iowa State 80<\/a>
Game 14 | No. 2 Houston vs. No. 3 Kansas | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN\/2<\/p>\n

Live108 updatesFri, March 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

The Cougars are still up by that much despite not scoring for the past two minutes. Kansas is shooting 7-of-24 from the floor and just 3-of-14 from inside the arc.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 7:19 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Cenac buries a 3-pointer to have 13 points through the first 15:18 of the game. The Cougars have outclassed the Jayhawks so far on both ends.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Cenac is a bit overlooked among Houston\u2019s freshman given how good Kingston Flemings is. But the big man has improved as the season has gone on and has been fantastic so far.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks have composed themselves after a rough start, but Peterson will need help and they still trail by two possessions with 8:27 to go.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s going to need a lot more help. Houston\u2019s defense has been suffocating so far \u2026 and the Cougars are shooting 50% from the field.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Houston leads 13-2 as Kansas is 0-of-5 from the field and has two turnovers.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

After a JoJo Tugler offensive rebound led to a Chris Cenac dunk, Bill Self was absolutely livid with his team.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Kansas is very dependent on Flory Bidunga\u2019s presence this year. That probably won\u2019t change tonight.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

What a sequence for Jaden Bradley! His game-winner for the Wildcats knocks off Iowa State 82-80.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

After Arizona used its fouls to give, Tamin Lipsey hits a three with 15.2 seconds to go and an 80-80 tie.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Momcilovic is on fire. He\u2019s up to 28 points and is 8-of-14 from the 3-point line.<\/p>\n

This has been a phenomenal game \u2014 and maybe the best game of conference tournament week so far.<\/p>\n

Arizona leads 78-77 with 1:04 to go.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Arizona leads by 4 with less than two minutes to go after three consecutive three pointers (Moncilovic, Dell\u2019Orso and Jefferson) followed by a fantastic offensive rebound and feed underneath to Tobe Awaka.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are up five with 2:56 to go following another Anthony Dell\u2019Orso 3-pointer. The Wildcats were up five just two possessions earlier, but Milan Momcilovic buried a three to cut the lead back down to two.<\/p>\n

This has been a fantastic second half between two teams that are Final Four contenders. Dell\u2019Orso now has 23 and Ivan Kharchenkov has scored 17.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Lipsey asked the officials for a timeout to head to the bench. He appears to be favoring his right leg and headed straight for the locker room with less than 5 minutes to go.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a key member of the team even though he\u2019s just 1-of-9 from the field tonight.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Iowa State fans travel well to Kansas City every year for the Big 12 tournament and the city is full of Kansas fans.<\/p>\n

The same number could be attained Saturday night if both the Cyclones and Jayhawks win.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Iowa State got two offensive rebounds \u2014 the second by Buchanan \u2014 before finally getting a basket in the paint to take a 65-64 lead with less than seven minutes to go.<\/p>\n

Buchanan, however, picked up his fourth foul on the next possession.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Dell\u2019Orso was massive in Arizona\u2019s win at Houston and he\u2019s coming up big again tonight. He is 8-of-12 from the field and 4-of-7 from the 3-point line.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Can the Wildcats hang onto it this time? Arizona has surged ahead by making its last five shots from the field while Iowa State went 0-of-4 in that span.<\/p>\n

\"NickFri, March 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

The Wildcats trail 60-56 at the under-12 timeout. So far, it\u2019s a very Sisyphean performance for the Big 12 regular season champions. As soon as it gets close, Iowa State inches away again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just days left until Selection Sunday and March Madness, it\u2019s crunch time in conference tournaments around the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,9110,2469,9025,7456],"class_list":["post-657152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-conference-tournaments","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city","tag-march-madness"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116225194171333278","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}