![]() Like a lot of other top seeded squads, 3 seed Baylor (23-10) struggled with 14 seed UC Santa Barbara early in their matchup. #6 Creighton Sunday, March 19th 6:10 PM CT, TBS Combine that with what will likely be a heavy Kentucky crowd in Greensboro, North Carolina, and I like Kentucky to “upset” KState in a close, low-scoring game.Ħ5-63 Kentucky #3 Baylor vs. Both of these teams have nearly identical offensive stats, but Kentucky has had a much stronger defense. On paper, Kentucky has more raw talent than Kansas State, with stars like Oscar Tshiebwe, but they just haven’t been able to synergize that talent consistently throughout the season. The Kentucky Wildcats took down 11 seed Providence in their first game, winning 61-53. Their second round opponent is 6 seed Kentucky (22-11), a showdown of Wildcats. #6 Kentucky Sunday, March 19th 1:40 PM CT, CBSģ seed Kansas State (24-9) snapped a two game losing streak from before the NCAA tournament by defeating 14 seed Montana State, 77-65. Texas is a much more rounded team so I have them advancing to the Sweet Sixteen.ħ4-68 Texas #3 Kansas State vs. That’s impressive, but it’s hard to keep that offensive fire between games, especially when fatigue can hit in the second game of a single weekend. ![]() Much of that win by the Nittany Lions, their first NCAA tournament win since 2001, was on the back of Andrew Funk, who went 8 of 10 from three point range. The Longhorns now take on 10 seed Penn State (23-13), who denied 7 seed Texas A&M a matchup with their heated rival. 2 seed Texas (27-8) fits that to a tee, as they battled 15 seed Colgate in the first half of their first round game, before going on to win 81-61. The theme for a lot of Big 12 teams in the first round was a close battle in the first half that became not a close battle in the second half. #10 Penn State Saturday, March 18th 6:45 PM CT, CBS Especially with this game being in Des Moines, in close proximity to Kansas, I have KU advancing to the Sweet Sixteen.ħ5-67 Kansas #2 Texas vs. So while the win over Illinois should certainly help boost them, Kansas just seems like too much for them in my book. Arkansas has been really suspect in the latter half of their season, losing six of their last ten games before the tournament. They now take on 8 seed Arkansas (21-13) who secured a ten point victory over Illinois in their first round game. #8 Arkansas Saturday, March 18th 4:15 PM CT, CBSġ seed Kansas (28-7) was in a little bit of a close game early in their matchup against 16 seed Howard before they blew the doors off of them in the second half and won 96-68. What tiebreakers were used for each tie is included in the table.Īll games had limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams earned a first-round bye. Texas became the first school that was not a member of the Big Eight Conference to win the tournament.Īll ten teams participated in the tournament. Texas defeated Oklahoma State in the championship to earn their first Big 12 Tournament Championship and third Conference tournament Championship overall. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament. It was played from March 10 to 13, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center. The 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference.
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