Top-Seed Kansas to Face Either Nebraska or Oklahoma State Thursday at Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship
March 5, 2011
IRVING, Texas – Top-seed Kansas will play its quarterfinal game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Thursday, March 10, at 11:30 a.m. at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. KU will face the winner of the Wednesday, March 9, contest against No. 8 seed Nebraska and No. 9 seed Oklahoma State. KU’s quarterfinal game will be televised on ESPN2.
Kansas (29-2, 14-2 Big 12) earned the No. 1 seed and the 2011 Big 12 regular-season championship outright with a 70-66 win against Border Showdown foe Missouri Saturday. It marked the seventh-straight conference regular-season title for Kansas and the 11th Big 12 title in the 15-year history of the conference. Kansas won its NCAA-leading 54th conference regular-season title as well in 2011.
Kansas is the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Championship for the eighth time (1997-98-2002-03-07-09-10-11). The Jayhawks are defending tourney champs and have won seven Big 12 Championship titles (1997-98-99-2006-07-08-10), including four under head coach Bill Self.
2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Schedule
Wednesday, March 9
G1 – #9 Oklahoma State vs. #8 Nebraska, Big 12 Network, 11:30 a.m.
G2 – #12 Iowa State vs. #5 Colorado, Big 12 Network, 2 p.m.
G3 – #10 Oklahoma vs. #7 Baylor, Big 12 Network, 6 p.m.
G4 – #11 Texas Tech vs. #6 Missouri, Big 12 Network, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 10
G5 – G1 Winner vs. #1 KANSAS, ESPN2, 11:30 a.m.
G6 – G2 Winner vs. #4 Kansas State, Big 12 Network, 2 p.m.
G7 – G3 Winner vs. #2 Texas, Big 12 Network, 6 p.m.
G8 – G4 Winner vs. #3 Texas A&M, ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, March 11
G9 – G5 Winner vs. G6 Winner, Big 12 Network, 6 p.m.
G10 – G7 Winner vs. G8 Winner, Big 12 Network, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 12
G11 – G9 Winner vs. G10 Winner, ESPN, 5 p.m.
