No. 2 seed Iowa State made a statement Saturday, dismantling No. 1 seed Houston 69-41 to claim the Big 12 Tournament championship in emphatic fashion. The Cyclones jumped on the Cougars early and stepped on the gas down the stretch, swelling a 7-point halftime lead to as many as 32.
The Cyclones handed Houston its first loss of the season on Jan. 9 and could also be responsible for its last loss of the season with March Madness beginning in earnest in only a few days. Despite the loss, Houston is a projected No. 1 seed when the 68-team bracket drops on Sunday, and top-three in the betting markets to take home the NCAA title.
Iowa State entered Saturday as a projected No. 2 seed and scored arguably the most impressive win any team has collected all year. The win potentially adds some drama to the race for the final No. 1 seed on Selection Sunday, with UNC believed to be in the driver's seat before Saturday's action.
Iowa State's win gives the Cyclones their seventh conference tournament championship as a program and fifth since 2014. In that span ISU has not won a regular-season Big 12 title but famously has fans show up in droves in Kansas City for the week, earning T-Mobile Center the nickname of "Hilton South."
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Below is the full schedule and tip times for the tournament.
2024 Big 12 Tournament schedule, scores
Location: T-Mobile Center -- Kansas City, Missouri
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All times Eastern; some start times approximated
Big 12 Championship Game -- Saturday, March 16
Game 13: No. 2 Iowa State 69, No. 1 Houston 41 | Recap
First round -- Tuesday, March 12
Game 1: No. 12 UCF 77, No. 13 Oklahoma State 62 | Recap
Game 2: No. 11 Cincinnati 90, No. 14 West Virginia 85 | Recap
Second round -- Wednesday, March 13
Game 3: No. 5 BYU 87, No. 12 UCF 73 | Recap
Game 4: No. 8 TCU 77, No. 9 Oklahoma 70 | Recap
Game 5: No. 10 Kansas State 78, No. 7 Texas 74 | Recap
Game 6: No. 11 Cincinnati 72, No. 6 Kansas 52 | Recap
Quarterfinals -- Thursday, March 14
Game 7: No. 4 Texas Tech 81, No. 5 BYU 67 | Recap
Game 8: No. 1 Houston 60, No. 8 TCU 45 | Recap
Game 9: No. 2 Iowa State 76, No. 10 Kansas State 67 | Recap
Game 10: No. 3 Baylor 68, No. 11 Cincinnati 56 | Recap
Semifinals -- Friday, March 15
Game 11: No. 1 Houston 82, No. 4 Texas Tech 59 | Recap
Game 12: No. 2 Iowa State 76, No. 3 Baylor 62 | Recap
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