The top-seeded Cougars headline a contingent of seven Big 12 teams heading to the NCAA tournament, which begins this week.

The Auburn Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Houston Cougars and Florida Gators were selected as No. 1 seeds in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

Overall top seed Auburn was joined by Duke, Houston and Florida as 1-seeds, and a record 14 teams from the SEC were selected to participate in the NCAA tournament.

The third day of the 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament is basically an NCAA Tournament preview. Thursday's four quarterfinal games feature seven NCAA-bound teams, plus upset-minded Colorado who stunned No.

The Crown is a new men’s basketball tournament of just 16 teams, with automatic bids given to teams from the Big East, Big 12 and Big Ten with the rest being at-large bids given to other conferences . GW will play its first postseason basketball since 2017, when they were eliminated in the second round of the College Basketball Invitational.

The inaugural 16-team College Basketball Crown will be played March 31-April 6 in Las Vegas, including teams from the Big Ten, Big East, Big 12.

The finals, between Houston and Arizona, will take place March 15 at 6:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. CT. Notably, this is Arizona’s first year as a member of the Big 12 conference, following the numerous shakeups in the conferences. This will mark Houston’s return to the finals after falling to Iowa in 2024 in their first year in the Big 12.

Which Big 12 teams will improve their NCAA odds in Kansas City, and who will win the league’s automatic NCAA tournament berth?

The Arizona Wildcats basketball program lost to the Houston Cougars in the 2025 Big 12 tournament championship.