The Arizona Wildcats and Kansas Jayhawks meet in the Big 12 Tournament. The teams meet Thursday for the second time this season.

The Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team will play No. 3-seeded Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday. Kansas defeated UCF in an overtime thriller Wednesday. Meanwhile, Arizona had a bye through the early rounds of the tournament.

Kansas men's basketball beat the Wildcats on Senior Day, and Jayhawks coach Bill Self said his team would need a better overall effort to do it again.

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Kansas State Wildcats guard Dug McDaniel drives into the lane in the second half of the Big 12 Championship First Round win vs. the Arizona State Sun Devils on Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 at T-Mobile Center.

Arizona State's disastrous 2024-25 season mercifully came to an end Tuesday with a 71-66 loss to Kansas State in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. Because of behavior and injury issues, head coach Bobby Hurley had trouble fielding a competitive team over the final six weeks of the season.

LAS VEGAS – Arizona State men’s basketball entered Tuesday’s Big 12 first-round matchup against Kansas State how it has for the past month of the season: shorthanded.