Finals Fever Swells as Team Embarks on Season’s Final Push for Victory!
Arizona leads a loaded Big 12 into March Madness, but can the conference produce a national champion? We power-ranked the contenders.
The Big 12 is one of the best, if not the best, basketball conferences in America this year. Eight teams made the NCAA Tournament , with five landing on the 5 line or better. It's deep, loaded, and as good as any league in the country, but can it actually produce a national champion this season?
The last time the Big 12 cut down the nets was in 2022, when Kansas won it all, and Baylor before that in 2021. Since then, UConn went back-to-back in 2023 and 2024, with Florida the reigning champion. So now the question is simple.
Can the Big 12 get back on top in 2026? Here's how the conference stacks up heading into March, ranked by who has the best shot to win it all. UCF and TCU are not included due to their extreme longshot title odds .
6. BYU Cougars (6 seed) BYU has one of the best players in the entire tournament in future top-three NBA pick AJ Dybantsa. The freshman from Massachusetts took a big NIL deal to come to Provo, and it's paid off.
Continue to the original source for the full article.