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Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast

Arizona Beats Houston in Big 12 Tournament Title | Top 3 Takeaways

Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast

Pete Mundo

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.8870 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The Arizona Wildcats are your Big 12 Basketball Tournament Champions after beating the Houston Cougars 79-74.

Heartland College Sports' Pete Mundo gives you his TOP 3 takeaways and LIVE reaction on the show, including what this game means ahead of Selection Sunday for March Madness.

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0:00.0

Congratulations to the Arizona Wildcats. You are Big 12 tournament champions of not just the regular season, but also the postseason. Welcome in. We're reacting with three big takeaways. Plus to your comments here on Heartland College, sports. I'm Pete Mundo. Thanks so much for joining us, as always, as a part of the show, after Arizona

0:22.5

beats Houston 79 to 74, getting revenge on Houston who beat them last year in the Big 12

0:32.1

championship game. Make sure you are subscribed right now to the channel. We appreciate you being here as always.

0:39.3

And if you are new on the podcast, also please leave us that five-star rating and review.

0:45.4

So my first takeaway here from the game is a very simple one. Arizona confirmed what we know.

0:53.9

They are the toughest team in the Big 12. They are the most

0:57.7

consistent team in the Big 12. And even when there was a run that was being put together by Houston,

1:04.1

even when there were a couple of mistakes down the stretch by Arizona, you could not help but deny the reality that this team

1:13.5

was the most well-rounded, the most consistent, and the best team in the Big 12 conference.

1:19.8

Whether it was a clutch rebound, a big-time bucket, a big three-pointer, Arizona had a few

1:26.2

of those tonight, which is fairly unusual for Arizona basketball.

1:30.3

That's not exactly their strong suit.

1:32.0

That's not their game.

1:33.6

Whatever they needed, somebody to step up in the clutch, they were able to find that person and get it done.

1:40.8

And it wasn't just one person tonight for Arizona.

1:43.8

It was across the board.

1:45.7

It was a consistent output for guys in double figures. It was not all Jaden Bradley. It wasn't.

1:54.1

You had a lot of guys consistently playing big roles in this game. I thought Coa Pete, who continues

2:00.8

to obviously grow and impress,

2:02.8

had one of his best games of the season at Clutch moments, finding him in the paint against

2:08.6

a very good Houston defense, right? I mean, this Houston defense is elite. And you had a freshman

2:15.8

like Coa Pete dropping 21 points on an efficient 7 to 15 shooting

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