Big 12 Tournament Semifinals - game times, tv info, radio, streaming, odds and more

Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship Semifinals Fri, Mar 13, 2015
6 p.m. CT	(4) Baylor (24-8, 11-7 Big 12)	vs	(1) Kansas (25-7, 13-5 Big 12)
8 p.m. CT	(3) Oklahoma (22-9, 12-6 Big 12)	vs	(2) Iowa State (23-8, 12-6 Big 12)

Raise your hand if you expected the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals to play out the way they did. You. Over there. With your hand raised. You're a liar, and you should shamefully apologize.

While no individual game really defied expecations in a vacuum, it was the sum total which beggared belief. All four winners last night accomplished something which is hard to do under any circumstances: beating the same team three times in the same season.

In the main, they also did so in basically the same manner they'd already done. Baylor handled West Virginia with relative ease, winning 80-70. Oklahoma pantsed their in-state rivals, beating Oklahoma State 64-59. Texas gave Iowa State a hard fight, but fell in a close on, 69-67. And everyone had Kansas on potential upset alert against a scrappy Horned Frogs squad; the Jayhawks escaped with a 64-59 win.

But this is the Big 12 Tournament, and nothing ever goes as planned. So while each game adhered to expectations, the shock is that they all did, and that the Big 12 semifinals will include the four teams that were supposed to be there to begin with. In Kansas City, that qualifies as absolute craziness.

Wednesday recaps from our colleagues

Kansas 64, TCU 59

Rock Chalk Talk recap (mikeville)

Frogs O' War recap (Jamie Plunkett)

Iowa State 69, Texas 67

Wide Right Natty Lite recap (KFitzy87)

Burnt Orange Nation recap (Cody Daniel)

Barking Carnival" recap (bitterwhiteguy)

Oklahoma 64, Oklahoma State 49

Crimson and Cream Machine recap (Rich DeCray)

Cowboys Ride for Free recap (Sean Bennett)

Baylor 80, West Virginia 70

Our Daily Bears recap (PocketChange)

Smoking Musket recap (Mountaineer Chuck)

The Semifinals

Game Seven

The game: The fourth seeded Baylor Bears face the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks. Baylor lost both regular season meetings, falling by a mere point on their home floor early in the season before losing by ten in Lawrence in mid-February.

Baylor game notes (pdf) - Kansas game notes (pdf)

Odds: Note that the lines for both games have just posted at this writing. Kansas opens as a one-point favorite.

Tipoff: Friday, March 13 at 6:00pm CT, Sprint Center (18,972) in Kansas City, Missouri.

Tickets: $162-656 on the secondary market (covers both games).

Television: ESPN2 with Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, and Holly Rowe.

Radio: In Central Texas, John Morris and Pat Nunley have the call for Baylor. In Kansas, the Jayhawk Sports Network carries Bob Davis and Greg Gurley. One of the two teams will be featured on the satellite feed on Sirius/XM 84.

Online: Video streaming via WatchESPN. Baylor's audio feed available via BaylorBears.com; the Kansas feed is available via KUAthletics.com. Live stats via Gametracker.

Game Eight

The game: The Oklahoma Sooners, seeded third, face the second-seeded Iowa State Cyclones. The teams split their regular-season meetings, with Oklahoma winning by 11 at home in mid-February while Iowa State won by 7 at home earlier this month.

Oklahoma post-game notes (pdf) - Iowa State post-game notes (pdf)

Neither team has posted their pre-game notes for tomorrow yet.

Odds: Note that the lines for both games have just posted at this writing. Iowa State opens as a three-point favorite.

Tipoff: Friday, March 13 at approximately 8:00pm CT (30 minutes after conclusion of Game Seven), Sprint Center (18,972) in Kansas City, Missouri.

Tickets: $162-656 on the secondary market (covers both games).

Television: ESPN2 with Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, and Holly Rowe.

Radio: The Sooner Radio Network provides coverage in Oklahoma, with Toby Rowland and Mike Houck. In Iowa, John Walters and Eric Heft do the duties for the Cyclone Radio Network. One of the two teams will be featured on the satellite feed on Sirius/XM 84.

Online: Video streaming via WatchESPN. Oklahoma's audio feed available via SoonerSports.com; the Iowa State feed is available via Cyclones.com. (Live links not yet available.) Live stats via Gametracker; that link is also not yet available, but you will be able to access it via the Baylor-Kansas Gametracker link by scrolling right on the scoreboard at the top of the page.