- The Big 12 basketball tournament will run March 12-16 in Kansas City.
- No. 1 seed Houston (-165) is favored to win.
- Kansas (+1600) is historically dangerous in this tournament.
The best conference in college basketball begins its conference tournament on Tuesday.
In the evolved Big 12, newcomer Houston has maintained its status as a dominant program. Iowa State, Baylor, and Texas Tech are representing the old guard. And of course, no one should count out the Jayhawks in Kansas City.
For those watching the high Big 12 drama this week, BetMGM is locked in with college basketball odds for both individual games and futures odds. That’s true not only for the Big 12 but for all NCAA conference basketball tournaments.
Big 12 Tournament Schedule
The Big 12 men’s basketball Tournament runs March 12-16 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Game 1: No. 12 UCF vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State
- Game 2: No. 11 Cincinnati vs. No. 14 West Virginia
- Game 3: No. 5 BYU vs. Game 1 Winner (March 13)
- Game 4: No. 8 TCU vs. No. 9 Oklahoma (March 13)
- Game 5: No. 7 Texas vs. No. 10 Kansas State (March 13)
- Game 6: No. 6 Kansas vs. Game 2 Winner (March 13)
- Game 7: No. 4 Texas Tech vs. Game 3 Winner (March 14)
- Game 8: No. 1 Houston vs. Game 4 Winner (March 14)
- Game 9: No. 2 Iowa State vs. Game 5 Winner (March 14)
- Game 10: No. 3 Baylor vs. Game 6 Winner (March 14)
- Game 11: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner (March 15)
- Game 12: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner (March 15)
- Game 13: Game 11 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner (March 16)
Big 12 Tournament Odds
| Team | Odds |
|---|---|
| Houston | -165 |
| Iowa State | +400 |
| Baylor | +800 |
| BYU | +1000 |
| Kansas | +1400 |
| Texas Tech | +2000 |
| Texas | +2500 |
| TCU | +5000 |
| Oklahoma | +8000 |
| Cincinnati | +10000 |
| Kansas State | +10000 |
| UCF | +15000 |
| Oklahoma State | +20000 |
| West Virginia | +20000 |
Big 12 Tournament Prediction
Houston (-165) will win the Southern Conference Tournament and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
While the Big 12 repeatedly proves that it’s a deep conference that can be won by nearly anyone, Houston is clearly the best team in this conference and will contend for the 2024 national championship.
Kansas Is Still Live
The Big 12 somehow became an even better college basketball conference this year with the addition of Houston, Cincinnati, BYU, and UCF. And while the conference itself is a big winner, the Kansas Jayhawks have been a slight loser.
In previous years, Lawrence was the clear center of the Big 12 basketball world. Every season started with Kansas, and fans & analysts worked outward from there. I don’t want to overreact to one season, but it’s not clear that’s the status quo in this conference anymore.
Still, No. 6 seed Kansas remains a particularly dangerous team in the Big 12 conference tournament, which is still a virtual home tournament for the local Jayhawk mob. There’s a reason most years, this tournament is framed as Kansas vs. The Field.
There’s no doubt that this year’s Kansas team isn’t quite as good as in year’s past and has struggled away from home. But with a friendly crowd, the Jayhawks are certainly worth a dart throw at +1400.
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2023-24 Big 12 Standings
Team Conf. Wins Conf. Losses Win Pct. Houston 15 3 .833 Iowa St. 13 5 .722 Baylor 11 7 .611 Texas Tech 11 7 .611 BYU 10 8 .556 Kansas 10 8 .556 TCU 9 9 .500 Texas 9 9 .500 Oklahoma 8 10 .444 Kansas St. 8 10 .444 Cincinnati 7 11 .389 UCF 7 11 .389 Okla. St. 4 14 .222 West Virginia 4 14 .222 -
Big 12 Tournament Champions
Year Champion Runner-Up 1997 Kansas Missouri 1998 Kansas Oklahoma 1999 Kansas Oklahoma State 2000 Iowa State Oklahoma 2001 Oklahoma Texas 2002 Oklahoma Kansas 2003 Oklahoma Missouri 2004 Oklahoma State Texas 2005 Oklahoma State Texas Tech 2006 Kansas Texas 2007† Kansas Texas 2008 Kansas Texas 2009 Missouri Baylor 2010 Kansas Kansas State 2011 Kansas Texas 2012 Missouri Baylor 2013 Kansas Kansas State 2014 Iowa State Baylor 2015 Iowa State Kansas 2016 Kansas West Virginia 2017 Iowa State West Virginia 2018 Kansas West Virginia 2019 Iowa State Kansas 2021 Texas Oklahoma State 2022 Kansas Texas Tech 2023 Texas Kansas -
Most Big 12 Tournament Championships
Team Championships Kansas 12 Iowa State 5 Oklahoma 3 Texas 2 Missouri 2 Oklahoma State 2
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