Houston has advance to the championship game with wins over BYU and Colorado. Friday the Cougars suffocated the BYU offense limiting them to just 20 points in the first half enroute to a 74-54 win. The Houston tandem of Emanuel Sharpe and LJ Cryer combined for 46 points to nearly outscore BYU themselves.

The Big 12 Tournament wraps up Saturday night at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The action tips off at 6:00 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+ with a championship on the line, as the top-seed Houston Cougars face the newcomer Arizona Wildcats for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Instead, the No. 6-seeded Jayhawks wilted in an 88-77 loss at T-Mobile Center. A prime example came when Kansas trailed by five with 4:06 left. Kansas turned the ball over on two straight possessions and eventually lost another winnable game.

Henri Veesaar and KJ Lewis scored 19 points apiece and Arizona pulled away late to beat Kansas 88-77 in a Big 12 Conference Tournament quarterfinal at T-Mobile Center.