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 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.

Utah women's basketball is set to be a No. 8 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Here's who the Utes will face in the first round in Columbia, South Carolina:

The Tritons were playing Division II ball just five years ago, when the pandemic shut down its tournament and may have kept his team from winning a national championship. The school began the transition to Division I the following year,