Arizona will face UCF, Cincinnati or Utah in its first Big 12 Tournament game at noon Thursday in Kansas City.
The Wildcats (29-2, 16-2) earned a double-bye as the regular-season champion and No. 1 seed, while eighth-seeded UCF earned the last single bye on tiebreakers after finishing in a four-way tie for seventh place at 9-9 with BYU, Cincinnati and West Virginia.
Ninth-seeded Cincinnati will have to face 16th-seeded Utah in a first-round game Tuesday at noon, and the winner will play UCF in a second-round game on Wednesday at noon. The winner of that game will then face the Wildcats on Thursday.
"I'm looking forward to practice on Monday, getting better, and then flying out (to Kansas City) and get ready to see who we play," UA guard Brayden Burries said after scoring 31 points to lead Arizona to an 89-79 win over Colorado on Saturday.
Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd cheers on his players during the second half against Houston for the championship in the Big 12 Tournament, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo.
The full 2026 Big 12 tournament bracket:
All games at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City
All times Arizona (local tipoff times are two hours ahead)
First Round
Tuesday, March 10
Game 1: No. 12 ASU vs. No. 13 Baylor, 9:30 a.m., ESPN Plus
Game 2: No. 9 Cincinnati vs. No. 16 Utah, Noon, ESPN Plus
Game 3: No. 10 BYU vs. No. 15 Kansas State, 4 p.m., ESPN Plus
Game 4: No. 11 Colorado vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State, 6:30 p.m., ESPN Plus
Second Round
Wednesday, March 11
Game 5: No. 5 Iowa State vs. winner of Game 1, 9:30 a.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Game 6: No. 8 UCF vs. winner of Game 2, noon, ESPNU
Game 7: No. 7 West Virginia vs. winner of Game 3, 4 p.m., ESPNU
Game 8: No. 6 TCU vs. winner of Game 4, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPNU
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
Game 9: No. 4 Texas Tech vs. winner of Game 5, 9:30 a.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Game 10: No. 1 Arizona vs. winner of Game 6, noon, ESPN or ESPN2
Game 11: No. 2 Houston vs. winner of Game 7, 4 p.m., ESPN of ESPN2
Game 12: No. 3 Kansas vs. winner of Game 8, 6:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
Game 13: Winner of Game 9 vs. winner of Game 10, 4 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Game 14: Winner of Game 11 vs. winner of Game 12, 6:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Final
Saturday, March 14
Game 15: Winner of Game 13 vs. winner of Game 14, 3 p.m., ESPN
