The Big 12 Championship in Kansas City is one of the top league tournaments that takes place every March. While Kansas sits atop the conference with 12 tournament titles all-time, the Jayhawks have gone through one of their toughest seasons in recent memory.

Big 12 Player of the Year Hailey Van Lith’s clutch basket late lifted TCU to the program’s first Big 12 Tournament championship in a 64-59 win over Baylor in Kansas City Sunday. The Horned Frogs completed the 3-0 sweep of the rival Bears a week after capturing the program’s first regular season title by defeating Baylor in Waco on March 2.

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With the Big 12 Tournament starting Tuesday in Kansas City, Missouri, this week's power rankings look at the favorites.

Wisconsin basketball is locked in as the No. 5 seed in the upcoming Big Ten men's basketball tournament. The finalized bracket sees the team play the winner of No. 12 Minnesota vs. No. 13 Northwestern The story of the Badgers' seed is what could have been.

Houston has quickly established itself as the kings of the Big 12 with back-to-back outright regular season titles in its two seasons since joining the conference from the AAC. But there is still one bit of league supremacy the Cougars have yet to claim. A year ago, they lost to Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament Championship Game.

The Iowa State men’s basketball team will open the Big 12 Tournament against Oklahoma State or Cincinnati. Here’s the tournament schedule, bracket.

The Houston Cougars will try to complete the Big 12 double in Kansas City. Kelvin Sampson's team ran rampant through the regular season to earn the No. 1 seed at the 2025 Big 12 tournament. Houston only lost once to the Texas Tech Red Raiders on its way to a 19-1 record in league play.

Arizona State Sun Devils (13-18, 4-16 Big 12) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (15-16, 9-11 Big 12) Kansas City, Missouri; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Kansas State plays Arizona State in the Big 12 Tournament.

UC basketball matches up against Oklahoma State again on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+ to kick off the first round of the 2025 Big 12 Tournament. Cincinnati just lost to OSU 78-67 on Saturday and is trying to avoid a four-game losing streak to end the 2025 Big 12 run.