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In 1980, Kansas State defeated Kansas, 79-58. * Kansas and Kansas State met twice in the championship game of the old Big Eight Conference. The only loss came in 2002 when Oklahoma beat Kansas, 54-55. The Jayhawks are 3-1 in the title game as the top seed.

* Kansas is playing in its fifth championship game as the No. 2 seed in the championship game was Oklahoma State which defeated Texas, 65-49, in 2004.

2 seed has won three of the previous four meetings. It's happened every other year since 2002. * This is the fifth time in 14 seasons that the top two seeds have met in the championship game. Six of those have come against Kansas State including three consecutive seasons (1999, 20). * Kansas has 12 three-game sweeps since the start of Big 12 play in 1997. There have been 31 times that a team has swept all three games. It's the fourth time in this year's tournament where teams are meeting for the third time (Missouri-Nebraska, Oklahoma-Oklahoma State and Baylor-Texas). In Big 12 history, it's the 65 th time that teams have met three times in the same season. * Kansas and Kansas State are meeting for the third time. Both of those teams reached the Final Four. The top championship game in terms of rankings occurred in 2002 when No. * This is the eighth Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Championship where both teams were ranked (Kansas is No. Rankings listed are for Associated Press. Here are the 14 championship results for. Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Championship results The Phillips 66 Big 12 All-Tournament team When you invest and take a chance on being special, you've got to understand there's a chance that you might fall a little short of your dream. It's satisfying to do what everybody thought we were going to do, and now we can finally start talking about the national championship." "There's always expectations playing at Kansas, we love that. * Kansas has 32 wins for the seventh time in school history, including three of the last four years. This year's two upsets matched the 20 tournament in number of upsets. The 2004 Big 12 Tournament had the fewest upsets (one). 5 Missouri) the last nine games all went according to seeds. * After the first two games of this year's Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Championship resulted in upsets (No. The Jayhawks have won seven Big 12 tournament times and four of the last five. * When Kansas won the national championship in 2008, the Jayhawks also won the Big 12 Tournament title in the Sprint Center. (Against Kansas State) we needed him and he stepped up." "Tyrel being Tyrel," Sherron Collins said. In his last five games, he's made eight-of-12. He made three-of-four in three Big 12 Tournament games. * Kansas junior guard Tyrel Reed, who scored a career-high 15 points, is shooting 46 percent from 3-point range. Once you get past the top two seed lines, the rest of this bracket is going to be balanced. 6 seed but if the Aggies are a six seed and get past their first-round game they could be a nightmare for a No. Your Humble Correspondent would say that Texas A&M is better than a No. Seeds, projected first-round sites in parentheses.ĮSPN's Joe Lunardi has Kansas (1, Oklahoma City), Kansas State (2, Oklahoma City), Baylor (3, New Orleans), Texas A&M (6, New Orleans), Oklahoma State (8, Milwaukee), Texas (8, Buffalo), Missouri (10, Milwaukee).īracketology 101.com has Kansas (1, Oklahoma City), Kansas State (2, Oklahoma City), Baylor (5, New Orleans), Texas A&M (6, Providence), Texas (7, Buffalo), Oklahoma State (8, New Orleans), Missouri (9, Jacksonville). He has reported from 23 Final Fours and more than three dozen bowl games and has written about the Big 12 and its schools since the conference's beginning.įor those of you who love expert speculation, here's what two NCAA Tournament bracket projections have to say about the Big 12. Wendell Barnhouse is a nationally-known and respected columnist who has spent over 20 years covering collegiate athletics. 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship Coverage