According to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Big 12 fans can start preparing for their New Year’s Eve festivities to include the nation’s best basketball.
On Wednesday, Rothstein reported that a source indicated four Big 12 games would be played on Monday, December 30, and another four games will be played on Tuesday, December 31.
Over the two-day span, we will see all 16 teams face off to break in a new year and a new-look conference slate that figures to provide one of the most entertaining title races in the country.
Here’s a look at the matchups scheduled for each day.
Monday, December 30
- Cincinnati at Kansas State
- Iowa State at Colorado
- TCU at Arizona
- Houston at Oklahoma State
Tuesday, December 31
- Arizona State at BYU
- Utah at Baylor
- UCF at Texas Tech
- West Virginia at Kansas
This news comes just a couple of days after the announcement that CBS Sports and the Big 12 Conference have “expanded their partnership by significantly increasing the number of Big 12 men’s college basketball games across the Network’s platforms.”
This new multi-year deal, a sublicensing agreement with ESPN, will run through the 2026-27 season and more than triple the number of minimum Big 12 basketball games broadcast on CBS Sports.
“CBS Sports continues to be the home for big-time college basketball and we are excited to expand our long-standing relationship with the Big 12,” said Dan Weinberg, Executive Vice President, Programming, CBS Sports. “The Big 12 is one of the nation’s signature basketball conferences with marquee schools, student-athletes and coaches along with a rich history in the sport. This is a tremendous opportunity to add 20 high-quality games from a premier conference to our schedule and we are thrilled to increase the number of Big 12 basketball games across our CBS Sports platforms.”
