March Madness BIg 12 First Predictions: Who Advances?
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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It's March Madness time! We have picks and previews for each Big 12 basketball first round game in the NCAA Tournament, from Arizona vs. LIU to TCU vs. Ohio State and Texas Tech vs. Akron, along with every game in between.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, we're getting set for the NCAA tournament. |
| 0:02.8 | It is here, one of the great times of the year, |
| 0:05.4 | and we're going to give you a preview for every Big 12 first round game on Heartland College. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm Pete Mundo. |
| 0:12.3 | He is Matthew Postins, joining us on the show, our lead Big 12 basketball columnist. |
| 0:18.1 | Always appreciate you being here. |
| 0:19.8 | And all we ask of you, it's that time of year. |
| 0:21.5 | Make sure you are subscribed to our channel. |
| 0:24.0 | We'll be covering all the big 12 games throughout the tournament and much more. |
| 0:28.0 | And also hit that five-star rating and review on the podcast. |
| 0:32.1 | So Matthew, let's start off with the Thursday games. |
| 0:36.3 | And let's begin with two seed Houston. |
| 0:39.0 | They're taking on Idaho. |
| 0:40.8 | It's a late Thursday game on True TV. |
| 0:44.6 | I think we both like Houston in the South Regional first off. |
| 0:48.4 | So I don't think either of us think that Houston's in a lot of trouble. |
| 0:52.2 | But what's just your read on this game? |
| 0:54.7 | And as Houston obviously tries to get back to a national championship, how this is going to |
| 0:59.3 | play out for them. Well, I think what's interesting about Idaho is that this is a team that |
| 1:04.5 | knows how to score. They've got five players and double figures this season. The big sky is usually |
| 1:09.4 | a pretty solid basketball conference. |
| 1:11.2 | So they've been tested quite a bit throughout the year. But they don't really have a dominant |
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