The 2025 NCAA Tournament is underway and with all the First Round Big 12 games wrapped up, the league has finished with a 6-1 record. The only Big 12 team to lose in the first round was the Kansas Jayhawks, who came up short against Arkansas on Thursday night.
Here are the results of the first round Big 12 games.
NCAA Tournament: Big 12 First Round Scores
Thursday Games:
Houston 78, SIUE 40
BYU 80, VCU 71
Arkansas 79, Kansas 72
Texas Tech 82, UNC Wilmington 72
Friday Games:
Baylor 75, Mississippi State 72
Iowa State 82, Lipscomb 55
Arizona 93, Akron 65
This is a much better than last season, when the Big 12 had eight teams make the 2024 NCAA Tournament and the league went 5-3 in the first round games, while only two teams advanced to the 2024 Sweet 16. The Big 12 had zero teams reach the Elite 8 in 2024. Houston and Iowa State reached the Sweet 16 for the league last year, but Iowa State fell to Illinois and Houston lost to Duke.
The Big 12 Conference received seven bids this season, which is half of what the SEC received, as 14 of their 16 teams made the Big Dance.
Second Round Match Ups
The Big 12 Conference’s six second round games start on Saturday.
Texas Tech vs. Drake: 6:10 p.m. ET on TNT
BYU vs. Wisconsin: 7:45 p.m. ET on CBS
Houston vs. Gonzaga: 8:40 p.m. ET on TNT
There will be three games on Sunday as well.
Baylor vs. Duke: Time/TV TBD
Iowa State vs. Ole Miss: Time/TV TBD
Arizona vs. TBD: Time/TV TBD
