Arizona vs. Iowa State: Top 3 Takeaways and What it Means for the Big 12
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Pete Mundo reacts to Arizona winning over Iowa State on Big Monday and what the game means for the Big 12 Conference in the standings and the Big 12 Tournament seeding in the final week of the regular season. Plus, a look ahead to Tuesday night's Big 12 games!
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| 0:00.0 | Congratulations to the Arizona Wildcats. You are the number one C in the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City next week, and you are the regular season champions in the Big 12. Let's do takeaways from the Big Monday game as Arizona took care of business against Iowa State, 73 to 57. I'm Pete Mundo, Heartland College Sports, is where you find us covering the Big 12. |
| 0:25.6 | Make sure you like the video. |
| 0:27.3 | You're subscribed on YouTube and on the podcast. |
| 0:30.2 | Appreciate you doing that. |
| 0:31.2 | March is here, baby. |
| 0:32.3 | Let's go. |
| 0:33.2 | So my number one takeaway is what this game means in the Big 12 standings and for the Big 12 tournament seating in Kansas City. |
| 0:42.5 | It is all but certain that Iowa State is going to play on Wednesday. |
| 0:46.5 | They will not get a double buy and get to wait until Thursday to play in the Big 12 tournament. |
| 0:52.3 | They will now play on Wednesday. |
| 0:53.5 | Now that will make bar owners around the power and light district in Kansas City very happy. |
| 0:59.8 | Another day of Hilton South is a good thing for business. |
| 1:03.8 | But Iowa State wanted that double buy. |
| 1:05.8 | Iowa State was in a very good position to get that double buy. |
| 1:11.2 | But having lost three of their last four games, two of those games, you know, they were |
| 1:15.6 | in good position as favorites, BYU and Texas Tech, and now they're on the outside looking |
| 1:20.7 | in. |
| 1:21.0 | They would need to win out, which is one more game on Saturday against Arizona State, and |
| 1:26.7 | have KU lose its final two games, Tuesday |
| 1:30.0 | night to Arizona State and then Saturday versus K State to move back up to the four seed |
| 1:35.7 | to get a double by. That's not going to happen. Let's be clear. I mean, barring a collapse of |
| 1:41.5 | epic proportions for KU, that's not going to happen. So this now is a |
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