Big 12 Basketball Tournament: Schedule, Odds, Predictions

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

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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