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Breaking down the Big 12 basketball tournament schedule

Taking a look at who, where and when for the Big 12 Conference Championship, which will be hosted at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: MAR 14 Big 12 Conference Championship - Iowa State v Baylor Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The Big 12 Conference Championship stretches from March 10-13, with all games taking place at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The tournament will include 10 teams, who will play single-elimination games with no reseeding. Seeds 1-6 win an automatic bid to the quarterfinals on March 11.

The Big 12 Conference Tournament will air across ESPN platforms, with the first round on ESPNU. You can watch the quarterfinals and semifinals on ESPN or ESPN2, and the Big 12 championship game on ESPN.

Baylor enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Big 12, but Baylor sits with the highest ranking in the Big 12, ranked No. 3 overall in the Ken Pomeroy ratings and No. 2 overall in the NCAA Net Rankings.

Wednesday, March 10, First Round

Game 1: No. 9 Kansas State 71-50 over No. 8 TCU
Game 2: No. 7 Oklahoma 79-73 over No. 10 Iowa State

Thursday, March 11, Quarterfinals

Game 3: No. 5 Oklahoma State 72-69 over No. 4 West Virginia
Game 4: No. 1 Baylor 74-68 over No. 9 Kansas State
Game 5: No. 2 Kansas 69-62 over No. 7 Oklahoma
Game 6: No. 3 Texas 67-66 over No. 6 Texas Tech

Friday, March 12: Semifinals

Game 7: No. 5 Oklahoma State 83-74 No. 1 Baylor
Game 8: No. 3 Texas by forfeit over No. 2 Kansas (COVID-19)

Saturday, March 13: Championship game

Game 9: No. 3 Texas 91-86 over No. 5 Oklahoma State

Texas wins the Big 12 Championship, their first as a member of the league that formed in 1996.