Overview
- The 16-team event runs March 10–14 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, determining the conference champion and automatic NCAA bid.
- Top four seeds Arizona, Houston, Kansas and Texas Tech earned byes into Thursday’s quarterfinals.
- Tuesday’s first round features Arizona State vs. Baylor, Cincinnati vs. Utah, BYU vs. Kansas State, and Colorado vs. Oklahoma State.
- Games air across ESPN networks with streaming on ESPN+ and Fubo, with quarterfinals Thursday, semifinals Friday, and the title game Saturday.
- ESPN’s Joe Lunardi projects Arizona as a No. 1 NCAA seed and Houston as a No. 2, while scouts track prospects such as Kansas’ Darryn Peterson and BYU’s AJ Dybantsa.