Houston has quickly established itself as the kings of the Big 12 with back-to-back outright regular season titles in its two seasons since joining the conference from the AAC. But there is still one bit of league supremacy the Cougars have yet to claim. A year ago, they lost to Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament Championship Game.

Baylor won on Wednesday to advance to take on the Texas Tech basketball team in Thursday's quarterfinal round of the Big 12 Conference tournament.

The pivotal day of the 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament has arrived. Four quarterfinal games are on the schedule Thursday — and all four have NCAA Tournament implications. Six of the eight teams in the quarterfinals are comfortably in the NCAA Tournament.

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N’Guessan, a forward who was spent the past three years at K-State, scored 20 points and he was far and away the best offensive weapon on his team. He also grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double. Hawkins, a transfer from Illinois, was held to five points.

The Knights outscored Utah 24-3 to open the second half keyed by Jordan Ivy-Curry’s 15 points and will face Kansas in the second round.