KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas (21-11, 11-9 Big 12) advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship as the No. 6 seed with a 98-94 overtime win against No. 14 seed UCF on March 12. The Jayhawks will face No. 3 seed Arizona (20-11, 14-6 Big 12) on Thursday, March 13, at 8:30 p.m. CT. The game at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, will be televised on ESPN.
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KU has won 15 postseason league tourney titles, including 11 in the Big 12 era. KU (11), ISU (5) and OSU (2) are active league members with Big 12 tournament titles. West Virginia has won 13 league tournament titles.
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Since the Big 12's inception in 1996-97, Kansas is 50-14 in the league tournament. KU is 2-1 in opening round games, 22-3 in the quarterfinals, 15-6 in semifinals and 11-3 in finals. NOTE: KU's 2018 title and three wins were later vacated.
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The Jayhawks, who are receiving votes in both polls, average 76.2 points per game with a +7.5 scoring margin. KU pulls down 38.7 rebounds per contest with a +3.9 rebound margin. Kansas is making 47.3% from the field, including 34.7% from three-point range. Entering the Big 12 Championship, Kansas leads the Big 12 in assists per game (17.6, seventh nationally) and blocked shots per game (4.8, 27th nationally). KU is second in the league in field goal percentage defense (39.3%, 10th nationally), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.53, 22nd nationally) and three point field goal percentage defense (30.1%, 19th nationally). KU also averages 6.3 steals per game.
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Hunter Dickinson has six double-doubles in his last seven games after his 23 points and 13 rebounds against UCF (3/12). A two-time All-Big 12 First Team selection in 2024 and 2025, Dickinson leads Kansas in scoring at 17.6 ppg. Dickinson also leads KU in rebounding at 10.0 rpg, which is second in the Big 12. A three-time Big 12 Player of the Week, Dickinson is second in the Big 12 in double-doubles (15). Dickinson is second on the team with 42 blocked shots and is also second on the team with 32 steals.
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Zeke Mayo is next in scoring at 14.3 points per contest, which includes back-to-back 20-point efforts with 20 against Arizona (3/8) and 24 versus UCF (3/12). An All-Big 12 Third Team and Big 12 All-Newcomer Team honoree, Mayo leads Kansas with 80 threes made and has made 10 in his last two games. He is making 41.2 percent from beyond the arc. A two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, Mayo is second on the team with 94 assists and pulls down 4.8 rebounds per contest.
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KJ Adams is averaging 15.6 points in his last five games and 8.0 rebounds in his last four outings. He posted his third career double-double, first of the season, with 21 points and a career-high 13 rebounds versus Texas Tech (3/1). Adams is a starter who is scoring 9.3 points per game and pulls down 4.9 rebounds per game. Adams has 70 assists, 24 blocked shots and 26 steals this season.
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Dajuan Harris Jr. has 80 assists in his last 13 games. A three-time All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection (2023, 2024, 2025), Harris is averaging 9.0 points per game. At Baylor (2/1), Harris moved into second on the Big 12 career assists list, currently at 855, which second on the KU career list. Harris is second the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.20 and second in the conference in assists per game at 5.7.
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Rylan Griffen is third on the team with 40 threes made. He has started 18 games this season and is averaging 6.5 points per contest.
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AJ Storr is coming off his best game as a Jayhawk where he scored a season-high 19 points against UCF (3/12). Storr has started four games and he is scoring 6.0 points per contest.
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Flory Bidunga leads KU with 51 blocked shots, which ranks fourth on the KU Freshman Blocked Shots list. Bidunga is second on the team with a 5.4 rebound average and he scores 6.0 points per game. He has a team-high 44 dunks this season.
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David Coit has made 19 threes in his last nine games, including a 4-for-6 effort at Houston (3/3). Coit has three starts and is second on the team with 43 threes made. Coit averages 5.1 points per game.
UP NEXT
If Kansas wins its quarterfinal game in the 2025 Big 12 Championship, the Jayhawks will face the winner of the No. 7 Baylor vs. No. 2 Texas Tech matchup in the semifinals on Friday, March 14. Tipoff at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, is set for 8:30 p.m. CT, with the game airing on either ESPN or ESPN2.
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Kansas is 23-16 in conference postseason tournament semifinals, including 15-6 in the Big 12 event which started in 1997.