Big 12 Tournament Odds, Schedule, Picks & How to Watch

• The Kansas Jayhawks are +250 favorites to win the Big 12 Tournament
• There’s also short odds on the Texas Longhorns (+350) and Baylor Bears (+450)
• Three other schools are also showing betting lines shorter than +1000

It only seems like the Kansas Jayhawks win the Big 12 Tournament every year. Sure, the reigning NCAA Tournament champion Jayhawks are the +250 favorites to repeat as champions this season. Yes, Kansas has won a record 16 titles in the 24-year history of the conference. It’s true that the Jayhawks are 47-12 (.797) all-time in tourney play, including a 12-3 (.800) record in championship games.

That being said, Kansas has won just once in the past three Big 12 Tournaments. And the Jayhawks aren’t the only school that oddsmakers feel are in with a real chance in this year’s event.

For instance, there’s the Texas Longhorns at +350 and the Baylor Bears at +450.

2023 Big 12 Conference Tournament Odds

Also getting relatively short odds in this betting market are the Kansas State Wildcats and Iowa State Cyclones, each at +700, with the TCU Horned Frogs at +800. The competitiveness of this tournament makes it worth looking for value in the betting line. In the past eight years, a #3 seed, two #4 seeds and a #5 seed have won the Big 12 tourney title.

Kansas is the +800 second betting choice in the March Madness odds. Texas and Baylor are co-ninth betting picks at +2000. TCU is the co-12th betting option at odds of +3000. The projected March Madness bracket is showing a half-dozen Big 12 school earning seedings between #2 and #5 across the four regions.

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Big 12 Conference Tournament Format

Slated to be held at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, the Big 12 Tournament offers the top six seeds byes into the quarterfinals. The bottom four seedings – #7 vs #10 and #8 vs #9 – square off in what basically amount to single-elimination play-in games for the other two  quarterfinal placings on Wednesday, March 8 on ESPNU.

The four quarterfinals go Thursday, March 9 and the semifinals are Friday, March 10 semifinals. These games will carried by ESPN and ESPN2.

At 6 pm ET on Saturday, March 11, the Big 12 Tournament championship game will be broadcast on ESPN.

Jayhawks Aren’t Invincible

On the one hand, it’s easy to make the case that Kansas could be the first team since 2006-07 Florida to repeat as national champions. The Jayhawks are that deep and that good.

Then again, they’re also playing in the toughest conference in college basketball. At one point this season, Kansas endured a three-game losing streak in Big 12 play. The Jayhawks closed out the regular season on the short end of a 75-59 humbling by Texas.

Many Contenders in Big 12

The Big 12 houses five of the AP top 25-ranked teams, including three of the top 10 – 25-6 Kansas (#3), 23-8 Texas (#7) and 22-9 Baylor (#10. There’s also #12 Kansas State (23-8) and #22 TCU (20-11).

TCU is #1 in the nation in fast break points per game (18.81). Texas is ninth in bench points per game (29.0) and eighth in turnover margin (4.4).

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Kansas State’s Markquis Nowell (#3, 7.7) and Dajuan Harris (#8, 6.3) both rank among the top 10 in assists per game. Harris is third in assists/turnover ratio (3.40).

Baylor guard  Keyonte George (16.0 points per game), anticipated to be an NBA Draft lottery pick, is nursing an ankle injury. Will the Bears go easy on him to assure he’s as close to 100% as possible for March Madness?

Will Anyone Beat Jayhawks?

This is the 10th time since 2010 that Kansas is heading into the Big 12 Tournament as the #1 seed. The Jayhawks won six of those tourneys and lost in the final in a seventh.

KenPom lists Kansas as #25 in adjusted offensive efficiency (115.4) and #9 in adjusted defensive efficiency (92.5).

Led by guard Marcus Carr (16.2 ppg), Texas split two meetings with the Jayhawks this season and isn’t that far off Kansas in terms of talent. TCU fields an outstanding backcourt in Mike Miles Jr and Damion Baugh, and are absolutely relentless around the hoop.

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Still, no school in the nation sends out a starting five like the Kansas group of Harris, KJ Adams Jr, Gradey Dick, Kevin McCullar Jr and Jalen Wilson. Any of them can step up and lead the way.

Basically playing at home in Kansas City, the Jayhawks will prove to be a tough out.

Pick: Kansas Jayhawks (+250)