
Jennie Baranczyk will take over for the legendary Sherri Coale, who spent more than two decades re-establishing a women’s program that fell off considerably in the 90s. Porter Moser takes over the men’s side after Lon Kruger, who held the job for the last decade. The Big 12 Conference holds an annual women’s basketball tournament with the winner getting an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Sooners look to bounce back from a disappointing 2020-2021 season that saw them on the outside looking in of the NCAA Tournament after a first-round exit in the Big 12 tournament at the hands of rival Oklahoma State.īoth teams start fresh with new faces at the helm. New head coach Jennie Baranczyk will take a team into west Texas that won both of their matchups with Texas Tech during the 2020-2021 season.Īfter a one-point win in the first game between the two squads last season, the Sooners won the rematch by nine. The women’s basketball team will start Big 12 play a day later when they travel to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock. The loss in Manhattan was the first of a four-game losing streak that saw the once highly-ranked Sooners end the season on a low and unfavorable path in the NCAA Tournament. It was a let-down of a performance coming off the heels of winning seven of their previous eight games. After a 26 point win in the first matchup, the Wildcats got revenge in the second with a five-point win over the Sooners.

The Sooners split their regular-season matchups with the Wildcats in 2020-2021. The Sooners will host the Wildcats at Lloyd Noble Arena. In his first year as head coach for the Sooners men’s basketball team, Porter Moser will begin Big 12 conference play with a New Year’s Day matchup with the Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday, Jan. The Texas Longhorns are the defending Big 12 Tournament champions. The winner of the tournament will get the conference’s automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament. Though we already know their season openers, yesterday, the Big 12 announced its 2021-2022 conference schedule for both the men’s basketball team and the women’s basketball team. The 2022 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship will be held at T-Mobile Center, formerly known as Sprint Center, in Downtown Kansas City on Wednesday, March 9, through Saturday, March 12. The 2022 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament will tip off at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City on Wednesday, March 9, and conclude on Saturday, March 12. We’re just six weeks away from the dawn of new eras for the women’s and men’s basketball programs. Hang your Big 12 Conference Champions t. As September moves along and summer turns to fall, basketball season is right around the corner. Celebrate with Kansas Basketball by sporting KU Big 12 Championship gear and KU Big 12 Championship apparel. The conference announced record revenue again Friday for the 2017-18 fiscal year as its spring meetings closed in Irving.
