Men's Big 12 tournament 2025: Schedule, bracket, how to watch, stream
The largest Big 12 conference tournament will commence with 16 teams vying to have strong showings in Kansas City.
It was a wild season in the newly expanded Big 12, but Houston remained the top cat in the conference as it won its second straight conference regular season title. Now the Cougars will try to win their first Big 12 tournament championship, although stiff competition awaits. Texas Tech beat Houston before and will be one of the top four seeds in the tournament, alongside offensive machine Arizona and surging Brigham Young. You also can't count out Iowa State, which has a knack for winning the conference tournament.
While winning the title is nice, some teams like Kansas, Baylor and West Virginia are hoping strong showings will help bolster their NCAA Tournament resume and give them a better seed on Selection Sunday.
When is the Big 12 tournament?
The men's Big 12 basketball tournament will be played from Tuesday, March 11-Saturday, March 15. The top four teams get a double-bye, and teams No. 5-8 in the standings get a first round bye. The tournament will be played at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Big 12 tournament schedule, bracket
All game times in Eastern Time.
First round
Tuesday, March 11
Game 1: No. 12 Oklahoma State vs. No. 13 Cincinnati (12:30 p.m., ESPN+)
Game 2: No. 9 TCU vs. No. 16 Colorado (3 p.m., ESPN+)
Game 3: No. 10 Kansas State vs. No. 15 Arizona State (7 p.m., ESPN+)
Game 4: No. 11 Utah vs. No. 14 UCF (9:30 p.m., ESPN+)
Second round
Wednesday, March 12
Game 5: No. 5 Iowa State vs. Game 1 winner (12:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 6: No. 8 West Virginia vs. Game 2 winner (3 p.m., ESPN+)
Game 7: No. 7 Baylor vs. Game 3 winner (7 p.m., ESPN+)
Game 8: No. 6 Kansas vs. Game 4 winner (9:30 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPNU)
Quarterfinal
Thursday, March 13
Game 9: No. 4 Brigham Young vs. Game 5 winner (12:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 10: No. 1 Houston vs. Game 6 winner (3 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 11: No. 2 Texas Tech vs. Game 7 winner (7 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 12: No. 3 Arizona vs. Game 8 winner (9:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Semifinals
Friday, March 14
Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner (7 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner (9:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Championship
Saturday, March 15
TBD vs. TBD (6 p.m., ESPN)
How to watch Big 12 tournament
The entirety of the Big 12 tournament will be available on ESPN providers. The first round will be exclusively on ESPN+ and the second round will have two games on ESPN+ and the other two either on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be on either ESPN or ESPN2. The Big 12 championship game will be on ESPN.
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