Top-seeded KU men to play K-State or West Virginia in quarterfinals of Big 12 tourney

By Matt Tait Mar 6, 2022

Nick Krug

The Jayhawks come together before a couple of free throws from Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji (30) with seconds remaining in the second half on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 at Allen Fieldhouse.

The brackets are set for next week’s Big 12 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, running simultaneously in Kansas City, Missouri.

The KU men are the top seed in their bracket and they’ll face the winner of Wednesday’s 8-9 game between Kansas State and West Virginia at 2 p.m. Thursday at T-Mobile Center.

This year’s men’s event has just nine teams because Oklahoma State is ineligible to participate in the postseason due to NCAA penalties.

If KU wins its quarterfinal matchup, it would play the winner of the 4-5 game between Texas and TCU at 6 p.m. on Friday.

The championship game is set for 5 p.m. on Saturday, and all eight games will be televised on ESPNU, ESPN2 or ESPN.

Baylor, which tied with Kansas for a share of the regular season title, is the No. 2 seed and Texas Tech is the 3 seed. Baylor will play Oklahoma in the quarterfinals and Texas Tech will face Iowa State. Both of those games are in the night session on Thursday.

On the women’s side, Kansas is the 5 seed and will play No. 4 Oklahoma at 11 a.m. Friday at Municipal Auditorium.

KU and OU split the season series, with the Jayhawks winning in Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday.

The winner of that matchup will face the winner of top-seeded Baylor and the 8-9 winner on Saturday, with the title game slated for Sunday.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.