The Wildcats will have to go through Kansas, Texas Tech and Houston
will play in their first Big 12 Tournament game on Thursday against the all-time winningest program in college basketball history — the Kansas Jayhawks.
No. 6 seed Kansas beat UCF 96-93 in overtime in a second-round game on Wednesday night, earning the Jayhawks a berth in the quarterfinals against the No. 3 seed Wildcats."At some point with a guy like you've got to pick and choose what you're living with," Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said after Saturday's loss to Kansas. "He did a great job. ... He had his touch going around the basket.
With five days to prepare, it will be interesting to see what wrinkles Lloyd has for the rematch with Bill Self. Both teams are comfortably in the NCAA Tournament, with Arizona projected as a No. 5 seed and Kansas as a No. 6 seed. But a couple of wins in the Big 12 Tournament could boost the seeds for both teams.
The winner of Thursday's Arizona-Kansas quarterfinal will face the winner of Texas Tech vs. Baylor in Friday's second semifinal game. Here's the full quarterfinals schedule:Game 13 – Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10 - 6 p.m. CTBig 12 Tournament championship game Tommy Lloyd has emotional response to Utah's coach being fired
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