Big 12 Tournament 2026 Men's Bracket, TV Schedule, Dates, Bracketology Predictions

The deepest conference in men's college basketball heads to Kansas City to determine a tournament champion.

The Arizona Wildcats topped the Big 12 in the regular season, but you could also make a case for the Houston Cougars, Kansas Jayhawks, Texas Tech Red Raiders or Iowa State Cyclones to win the Big 12 tournament.

Arizona and Houston do have history on their sides, though, as the last four Big 12 tournament winners were either a No. 1 or No. 2 seed.

2026 Big 12 Tournament Schedule

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Tuesday, March 10

No. 12 Arizona State vs. No. 13 Baylor (12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

No. 9 Cincinnati vs. No. 16 Utah (3 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

No. 10 BYU vs. No. 15 Kansas State (7 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

No. 11 Colorado vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

Wednesday, March 11

No. 5 Iowa State vs. Arizona State/Baylor winner (12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

No. 8 UCF vs. Cincinnati/Utah winner (3 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

No. 7 West Virginia vs. BYU/Kansas State winner (7 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

No. 6 TCU vs. Colorado/Oklahoma State winner (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

Thursday, March 12

No. 4 Texas Tech vs. Iowa State vs. Arizona State/Baylor winner (12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

No. 1 Arizona vs. UCF vs. Cincinnati/Utah winner (3 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

No. 2 Houston vs. West Virginia vs. BYU/Kansas State winner (7 p.m. ET, ESPN)

No. 3 Kansas vs. TCU vs. Colorado/Oklahoma State winner (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Friday, March 13

Semifinal No. 1 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

Semifinal No. 2 (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

Saturday, March 14

Championship Game (6 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Predictions

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Arizona had the best regular-season record in the Big 12, but there's a case to be made against it in Kansas City.

The Wildcats' two conference losses were to Kansas and Texas Tech and they only beat Houston by seven points.

Arizona is still the most well-rounded team in the league, but the other top-four seeds at least know how to slow down the top seed.

Houston and Kansas just need to win one game each to face off in the semifinals. That plays in Arizona's favor because the Wildcats would have an easier semifinal matchup.

The first two days of the Big 12 tournament have two storylines to watch.

The ninth-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats need to reel off multiple wins to have a shot at the NCAA tournament bubble, while the BYU Cougars need to recalibrate after a tough February.

BYU struggled to replace Richie Saunders' output after his torn ACL, but A.J. Dybantsa is one of the best players in the country and could carry BYU on a deep run in Kansas City.

Kansas' Darryn Peterson is the one individual who could take over the latter stages of the tournament. He can lead Kansas past Houston in the semifinal round.

Arizona will be favored against Houston or Kansas, and while the Wildcats are the top team, they will face a battle in the title game if they get there.

Prediction: Arizona over Kansas