March Madness Big 12 Picks: Who Reaches the Sweet 16?
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
It's time for your Big 12 March Madness picks and predictions for every second round NCAA Tournament game as teams battle for a spot in the Sweet 16.
Heartland College Sports' Pete Mundo gives you the rundown for all six Big 12 second round match ups, as TCU, Houston, Kansas, Iowa State, Texas Tech and Arizona try to punch a ticket to the Sweet 16.
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| 0:00.0 | The Big 12 conference goes 6 and 2 in its first round NCAA tournament games. |
| 0:06.1 | I would have liked 7 and 1. |
| 0:08.1 | 6 and 2 is not terrible, but it's not great either. |
| 0:11.3 | Now we've got the second round games. |
| 0:13.3 | We'll talk about them here on Heartland College. |
| 0:15.1 | Sports. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm Pete Mundo. |
| 0:16.8 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:18.0 | Please make sure you are subscribed right now to the channel as March Madness. Yes, |
| 0:23.9 | March is on. So let's start off with just putting a quick bow on round one. Here's what I'll say. |
| 0:31.1 | Disappointment is BYU. No doubt about it. You got a top two pick in the NBA draft and you |
| 0:36.9 | bust out in the first round. |
| 0:38.5 | And you were playing pretty good basketball down the stretch. |
| 0:40.9 | I know Richie Saunders has gone, but it doesn't matter to me. |
| 0:45.1 | The fact that BYU could not win one game in this tournament, I'm not saying Kevin |
| 0:49.4 | Young's in any kind of a hot seat, but this year should be viewed as a disappointment |
| 0:54.0 | for BYU. |
| 0:56.1 | Noah fans are buts. |
| 0:57.2 | You spend a lot of money. |
| 0:58.4 | You got a top star, and you bust out in the first round. |
| 1:02.0 | UCF losing to UCLA, what are you going to do? |
| 1:05.9 | I mean, they were the underdog. |
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