The Arizona Wildcats basketball program lost to the Houston Cougars in the 2025 Big 12 tournament championship.

Houston completed a sweep of the Big 12's regular-season and tournament titles, with an Oklahoma transfer growing into an X-factor.

Milos Uzan had a career-high 25 points as the top-seeded Cougars rallied in the second half to beat No. 3 seed Arizona 72-64 in the Big 12 tournament championship game at T-Mobile Center.

Houston is the favorite after a dominant regular season, but there are plenty of contenders that could win the Big 12 tournament crown this season.

It’s almost time for the big dance to begin. Now that conference tournaments are winding down, local college basketball teams are shifting focus toward Selection Sunday. The 68-team fields for the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments will be revealed Sunday evening.

The UCF Knights will not hear their name called when the 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket is unveiled on CBS at 6 p.m. After losing to Kansas 98-94 in overtime Wednesday and falling out of the Big 12 Tournament, they sit in a kind of purgatory. With a 17-16 record, their season could be over.