Big 12 Unveils Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket

The bracket for the Big 12 men's basketball tournament is set

Casey Lundquist | Mar 9, 2024

On Saturday night, the Big 12 Conference unveiled the bracket for the 2024 men's conference tournament. BYU will be the 5-seed in the conference tournament. The Cougars have a bye in the first round - they will play the winner of UCF-Oklahoma State in the second round. That game will be played on Wednesday morning and will be broadcast on either ESPN or ESPN 2. Below is the full Big 12 men's tournament bracket.

Update: The bracket has been updated to reflect Tuesday's results.

Big 12 Men's Tournament Bracket

A game against UCF would be a quad two game and an opportunity for BYU to boost its NCAA Tournament resume. Oklahoma State would be a quad three game and would be a must-win game in terms of avoiding a potential blemish on a resume. BYU is undefeated in quad three and quad four games this season.

If BYU wins its first game on Wednesday morning, it will advance to the quarterfinals to take on 4-seed Texas Tech. That game would also be played in the morning on Thursday and would be broadcast on either ESPN or ESPN2.

Updated Big 12 Men's Tournament Bracket

No. 1 Houston locked up the top seed in the Big 12 tournament on Saturday with a dominant win over no. 14 Kansas. The Jayhawks go into the tournament with major injury concerns. Kansas' leading scorer Kevin McCullar has missed multiple games over the last month due to injury. On Saturday, star big man Hunter Dickinson left the game against Houston with a dislocated shoulder.

Texas Tech ended the regular season on a high note. The Red Raiders go into the tournament on a three-game winning streak. All three wins were by double digits. BYU and Texas Tech faced each other early in the conference schedule. BYU took a 17-point lead into the halftime locker room, then Texas Tech stormed back for the 85-78 win.

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Published Mar 9, 2024

CASEY LUNDQUIST

Casey Lundquist is the publisher and lead editor of Cougs Daily. He has covered BYU athletics for the last four years. During that time, he has published over 2,000 stories that have reached more than three million people.