The basketball’s better (in the Big 12) than it was in the Pac-12, so as a true basketball fan, we’re happy to be here.”

Kansas as the No. 6 seed for a second straight year? Cincinnati playing on the opening day as the No. 13 seed? Nobody would have expected that at the start of the season.

There are new faces at this year’s Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championships, as fans of four new conference teams make their first visit to T-Mobile Center.

Kansas basketball had a chance to advance to the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament. To get there, though, the Jayhawks had to beat Arizona.

A wild week of Big 12 Tournament action in Kansas City that began with 16 teams and has featured 14 games across four days leaves us with two contenders standing: No. 1 seed Houston and No. 3 seed Arizona.