NEWSLETTER
The 2023 Big 12 Tournament starts NOW with some play in games tonight before a whole mess of teams that will be hearing their names called on Sunday get into it for three days.
When is the Big 12 Tournament?
March 8th through March 11th.
Where is the Big 12 Tournament played?
The whole thing will be at the at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
How to Watch
All games on ESPN networks with Saturday nights finale on the flagship
Who won the regular season title?
Tightly contested, but Kansas is our Big 12 champ with a 13-5 record
Defending Champ
Kansas won last year’s tournament, their 12th title.
Who will participate
No postseason bans this year, all ten teams are in.
How Many teams will the Big 12 send to the tournament?
As much as 80% of the conference could keep playing in March. Oklahoma State needs a little help, but the top seven teams are all but locked in.
Big 12 Tournament Bracket
Byes to the top six with the bottom four playing Wednesday. Big games for WVU and OSU.
Big 12 Tournament Odds
FIVE teams under 10/1 here, lots of ranked squads and plenty of revenge spots.
Big 12 Tournament Preview
Cutting this one a little close with some teams playing a couple hours so, we’ll keep it brief.
Kansas: Very, very good and usually plays well in the tournament. A few of their losses have been by margin though and this conference is DEEP, so I’m putting them on upset alert right now. Not getting a ton of offensive rebounds or steals, which always help since extra possessions are nice.
Baylor: Hot, nasty offense but will lose games where they take 25 three pointers and don’t make enough of them to make up for a bad defense and the inability to often score in other ways.
Texas: Takes care of the ball, makes their bunnies, is fairly balanced. Do we trust the coaching in his first Big 12 tourney as top banana?
TCU: Up and down season marred by some missed time from contributors. Shooting under 30% from deep in league play isn’t a great recipe for success, especially if you find yourself down late.
Kansas State: Finished the season on a 1-7 run in away games. Fast pace, but can be sloppy with the ball. Very good defensively, some bad shooting nights from deep have doomed them down the stretch.
Iowa State: another elite defense that still lost half its games due to an offense that can’t break 60 repeatedly. Doesn’t get to the line enough and when they get there, only shoots 67.2%
Big 12 Tournament Prediction
Ok, cool. hook em. Shop around and you might find a +330 or better. Like K-State, hasn’t been as good away from home, but they just dummied the Jayhawks and I like their path to the final.
My Bet: Texas +300
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