Just two days stand between us and Selection Sunday, which means it won’t be long until we know how the bracket will look for the 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The outcomes to this point in the Big 12 Tournament give us a pretty solid indication that the league will get eight bids in the tournament—it’s just a matter of where they’ll be playing and what seed they’ll earn.
After a thrilling round of quarterfinal games on Thursday, the Big 12 has a few teams rising in the latest bracketology from Joe Lunardi.
BYU picked up a hard-fought 96-92 win over Iowa State on Thursday behind and incredible shooting performance and is on the rise as a result. While still on the five-line, the Cougars are inching closer to a four-seed and are now projected to face No. 12 seed McNeese.
Arizona is on the rise, too, after taking down Kansas on Thursday night. The Wildcats are now up to a four-seed and are projected to face No. 13 Lipscomb in the opening round.
Baylor played Texas Tech tough in a two-point loss on Thursday evening, and as a result, the Bears are off the bubble and up to a No. 9 seed. In today’s projection, the Bears would face No. 8 seed Creighton, with the winner likely moving on to face No. 1 seed Florida in the Round of 32.
Here’s a quick look at each of the Big 12 projected seeds and matchups, as of Friday afternoon.
Big 12 Bracketology (March 14, 2025)
- (1) Houston vs. (16) Quinnipiac
- (2) Texas Tech vs. (15) Montana
- (3) Iowa State vs. (14) Troy
- (4) Arizona vs. (13) Lipscomb
- (5) BYU vs. (12) McNeese
- (6) Kansas vs. (11) Vanderbilt
- (9) Baylor vs. (8) Creighton
- (10) West Virginia vs. (7) Missouri
