Arizona Saves the Big 12… What Went Wrong in March Madness?
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Arizona is headed to the Final Four… but what does it say about the rest of the Big 12?
In this video, Heartland College Sports' Pete Mundo breaks down Arizona’s win over Purdue, what went wrong for the Big 12 in March Madness, and the bigger picture for the conference after a disappointing NCAA Tournament showing.
PLUS, will Tommy Lloyd stay? And Kelvin Sampson is returning, what are those Big 12 implications?
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| 0:00.0 | Congratulations to the Arizona Wildcats. |
| 0:04.2 | You are going to a final four first time in 25 years and way to represent the Big 12 conference. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Pete Mundo. |
| 0:13.7 | We're Heartland College Sports. |
| 0:15.0 | Thank you for joining us as always as a part of the show. |
| 0:17.1 | Make sure you're subscribed right now as we cover the Big 12 and the final stretch of |
| 0:21.9 | March madness. And then it's college baseball, softball, offseason football. We've got it all |
| 0:27.3 | right here on Heartland College Sports. So you might have been a little nervous at halftime for |
| 0:33.2 | Arizona when they're trailing Purdue, 3831, couldn't really get the offense going. |
| 0:39.5 | End of the first half was a very good run for Purdue. |
| 0:43.8 | But I don't know. |
| 0:46.5 | Maybe it was my confidence in Arizona going back two and a half, three months. |
| 0:50.4 | But I just wasn't worried. |
| 0:53.4 | I'm like, these guys are going to get this thing in line. |
| 0:56.4 | They're going to figure it out. They're going to lock down on defense. And that is exactly |
| 1:03.6 | what they did. Purdue was held to its second lowest point total of the season. They shot just |
| 1:10.0 | 38% from the floor. |
| 1:12.1 | And the game ultimately played out the way that I thought it would. I had Arizona winning this |
| 1:17.0 | game by 10 points, a higher scoring game. I said 8575. But you know what? 79.64 is a testament to what |
| 1:27.2 | Arizona has done all season long. |
| 1:29.6 | I thought that Purdue was going to have to hit a lot of three-pointers to win this game. |
| 1:33.5 | And they shot 36%. |
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