Big 12 Conference Announces 2024 Basketball Tournament Format
The best basketball conference in America announced the format for the upcoming Big 12 basketball tournament on Friday afternoon which features a unique combination of matchups and bye rounds.
The format will feature matchups between the bottom four seeds, a second round including seeds as high as No. 5, and four double byes for each team that finishes in the top four from the regular season.
While the conference tournament is set to take place in Kansas City on March 12th-16th, if the bracket were to be filled out today, the matchups are as follows.
Tuesday, March 12 – First Round
Game 1: No. 12 West Virginia vs. No. 13 Texas, 11:30 AM CT
Game 2: No. 11 UCF vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State, 2:00 PM CT
Wednesday, March 13 – Second Round
Game 3: No. 5 Houston vs. West Virginia/Texas, 11:30 AM CT
Game 4: No. 8 Cincinnati vs. No. 9 Iowa State, 2:00 PM CT
Game 5: No. 7 Oklahoma vs. No. 10 TCU, 6:00 PM CT
Game 6: No. 6 BYU vs. UCF/Oklahoma State, 8:30 PM CT
Thursday, March 14 – Quarterfinals
Game 7: No. 4 Kansas State vs. Winner Game 3, 11:30 AM CT
Game 8: No. 1 Kansas vs. Winner Game 4, 2:00 PM CT
Game 9: No. 2 Baylor vs. Winner Game 5, 6:00 PM CT
Game 10: No. 3 Texas Tech vs. Winner Game 6, 8:30 PM CT
Friday, March 15 – Semifinals
Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 6:00 PM CT
Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 8:30 PM CT
Saturday, March 16 – Championship
Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 5:00 PM CT
