The Big 12 is set to send quite a few teams to the NCAA tournament, but just one of them will enter March Madness as the champions of their conference.
The Big 12 men’s basketball conference tournament is underway, with all 16 teams in the conference invited to battle for the title and the automatic bid to the March Madness field that comes with it. The tournament begins with the bottom half of the conference playing in a first round to winnow the field, while the top four teams in the conference get a bye to the quarterfinals. Atop the conference, both Arizona and Houston will use the tournament to make their case to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament field.
