No. 1 Arizona 79, No. 2 Houston 74<\/a><\/p>\nLive coverage is over136 updatesSat, March 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
The Wildcats survive! Houston made a valiant effort with its second-half comeback, but ultimately came up just short.<\/p>\n
Koa Peat and Brayden Burries led the way for Arizona with 21 each. Joseph Tugler had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Houston.<\/p>\n
Arizona pulls off the double, winning the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Arizona\u2019s Jaden Bradley had a breakaway and missed a layup instead of holding the ball. Houston made him pay with a 3-ball by Milos Uzan at the other end to cut it to 75-72.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s only 50 seconds left and the Cougars have made it a one-possession game.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Emanuel Sharp is out of the game after committing his fifth foul to send Arizona\u2019s Koa Peat to the line.<\/p>\n
Houston\u2019s Joseph Tugler is trying to keep his team in this with his 20 points, but the Cougars are running out of time.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Houston\u2019s Chris Cenac is heading to the bench alongside Emanuel Sharp after picking up his fourth foul. Arizona\u2019s Koa Peat and Tobe Awaka also have four each now.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s back to a 7-point lead for Arizona with just under 4 minutes left in the game.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
There\u2019s still 6:40 left in the game and Emanuel Sharp just picked up his fourth foul on a driving layup by Arizona\u2019s Brayden Burries.<\/p>\n
Sharp is Houston\u2019s second-leading scorer on the year behind Kingston Flemings and has eight points so far in this one.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
With just under 10 minutes left in the game, Houston has started to rally.<\/p>\n
The Cougars are on a 10-0 run and it\u2019s a five-point game. Chase McCarty has come alive here in the second half.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Arizona fans can breathe a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n
Jaden Bradley returned to the bench with his left wrist taped up and the X-ray was negative, a team spokesperson told ESPN sideline reporter Kris Budden.<\/p>\n
A few moments later, he was back on the court.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
The Arizona star looked like he was in a bit of pain and left the game with a left wrist injury just moments ago.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been huge for the Wildcats so far in this one with 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting. It would be a significant loss depending on the severity of the injury.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
We are back for the second half in Kansas City and the Wildcats have their first double-digit lead of the game.<\/p>\n
Arizona is a blistering 50% from the field (17 for 34) against the No. 2 defense in the country.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
The Wildcats were able to get some separation with a 11-3 run just before the end of the half and will head into the break with an eight-point lead.<\/p>\n
Arizona has one of the highest-scoring offenses in the country (86.4) and Houston has one of the most efficient defenses (62.4 ppg allowed).<\/p>\n
The Wildcats have had the edge so far thanks to the aggressive play of Jaden Bradley, Koa Peat and Brayden Burries, who have combined for 36 of Arizona\u2019s 44 points.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Despite Jaden Bradley and Koa Peat going off early, the Cougars are matching them and just tied things up at 33 with just under 4 minutes left in the half.<\/p>\n
Joseph Tugler has 10 for Houston, but they\u2019re getting help from all over.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Jaden Bradley is being really aggressive on the offensive end for Arizona so far. The senior guard averages 13 points per game and he has that already in this one.<\/p>\n
Koa Peat is doing his part as well with 10 points, including this dunk on an alley-oop from Bradley:<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Now Tobe Awaka and Motiejus Krivas each have two fouls for Arizona just a few moments later. It\u2019s been a tense, foul-heavy first few minutes. Both teams play high-pressure defense and the refs are calling a lot early.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the Cougars have cut it back to a one-possession game at 22-20.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Chris Cenac and Emanuel Sharp each have two fouls in the first 10 minutes and they\u2019re both headed to the bench early.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats have extended their lead to 22-14 after a 6-0 run.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Jaden Bradley is off to a hot start for the Wildcats. He has a pair of 3-pointers and 8 points in the early going as Arizona takes a two-possession lead at the 12-minute mark.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Arizona scored the first five points of the game, but it\u2019s been all Houston since then in the opening minutes. Chris Cenac just buried a 3 to give the Cougars a 7-5 lead at the first media timeout.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 3:13 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
We are underway in Kansas City and Arizona is on the board first on a tip-in by Koa Peat.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Good afternoon folks and welcome back to our Big 12 live tracker!<\/p>\n
We still have about 15 minutes before tip-off in Kansas City. If the first meeting between these teams during the regular season is any indication, we\u2019re in for a fun night. Arizona won that matchup as Anthony Dell\u2019Orso went off for 22 in a close road win at Houston. The Wildcats didn\u2019t have star guard Koa Peat for that one either.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
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Fri, March 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a formality at this point. The Cougars will play Arizona for the Big 12 title on Saturday night. Kansas, meanwhile, is headed for either a No. 3 or No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona’s Brayden Burries reacts after making a basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6550,32769,1890,80743,67337,56,58,57,305,16598,3112],"class_list":["post-205172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-arizona","tag-big-12-championship-game","tag-big-12-conference","tag-big-12-mens-basketball-tournament","tag-brayden-burries","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city","tag-ncaa-tournament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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