When is the NCAA tournament starting?
The Big 12 announced its first bracket Tuesday night, with the conference announcing the conference champion will face the champion of the Big East.
Baylor’s first game of the season will be on Saturday in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals, with Texas and TCU both slated to play in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
Baylor has won its last three games.
TCU has not played since Feb. 12 and is 3-5 in its last six games.
The Bears have lost to Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Texas Tech.
TCU, ranked No. 16 in the preseason AP Top 25, is on a two-game winning streak, which is its longest since a seven-game run in 2013-14.
The Horned Frogs are coming off a win over West Virginia on Friday.
The Cyclones are 1-5 against Power 5 opponents.
Kansas is the only Power 5 team Baylor has beaten this season.
Baylor is 4-4 in Big 12 play, and the Bears are 1 of 5 teams in the league with a winning record.
The rest of the league is 1-10.
TCU is 3 of 11 teams to have lost at least one game this season, and Kansas is 0 of 3.
The Huskies are 2-1 in conference play.
Baylor was the Big Ten’s best team in the final AP poll of the year, averaging 89 points per game.
The Big East is 2 of 3 teams with at least three wins, and TCU is 1 of 3 with three wins.
The conference average is 76.0 points per contest.
The AAC has won two of its last four games.
Its last loss came to Texas Tech on Dec. 17, and a pair of wins over Baylor have lifted the AAC into the top half of the conference rankings.
TCU (11-2, 6-2) has won three of four against the Longhorns, including a victory on Jan. 2.
TCU won a road game against Baylor on Jan 7, and is coming off back-to-back wins over the Bears in the series opener.
Baylor (8-11, 6/9) has lost five of its past six games, and its last loss to TCU came Dec. 19.
The Longhorns are coming into the tournament with a 5-5 record against the AAC.
Kansas (10-8, 5-7) has scored at least 100 points in each of its five games, but it is 3 for 18 from 3-point range.
The Jayhawks are 2 for 12 in their last 10 games overall, but are 7 of 20 from beyond the arc.
TCU shot 57 percent from the field, but is shooting 29.7 percent from beyond downtown.
